Dogged by Lousy Global Demand and Wild Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Crashes to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Dec 8, 2015 • 4 Comments Bad breath of zero-interest-rate era wafts over real economy.
China Trade Swoons, Collapse of Containerized Freight Index Hits Worst Level Ever, Global Slowdown Worse than Forecast by Wolf Richter • Nov 9, 2015 • 33 Comments But it “shouldn’t lead to an outright crisis,” like the Financial Crisis, “at this point in time.”
China Containerized Freight Index Collapses to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Oct 25, 2015 • 15 Comments Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse…
Pummeled by Lousy Global Demand and Rampant Overcapacity, China Containerized Freight Index Collapses to Worst Level Ever by Wolf Richter • Oct 19, 2015 • 19 Comments Bitter reality is setting in.
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Plunges to New Low by Wolf Richter • Jul 27, 2015 • 12 Comments Down 45% from where it was during the Financial Crisis!
China Containerized Freight Index Collapses by Wolf Richter • Jun 5, 2015 • 25 Comments An ugly reflection of reality.
China Containerized Freight Index Plunges to Multi-Year Low, Shanghai-EU Rates Totally Collapse, US Rates Morose by Wolf Richter • May 4, 2015 • 17 Comments Something is going on in the shipping business – and beyond – to create this gloom.
Shanghai Containerized Freight Index Collapses: China-US Rates Hit Hard, China-Europe Rates Plunge to All-Time Low by Wolf Richter • Apr 20, 2015 • 6 Comments “Rates in many Asia export trades are in a tailspin.” And here’s why.
Massive Inflation in Shipping Costs. And the Reasons by Wolf Richter • Jan 16, 2021 • 145 Comments Rates for trucking, ocean containers, airfreight, parcels, you name it, the costs for shipping consumer & industrial goods are surging.
Holy-Cow Spikes in China-US Container Freight Rates & US Consumer Spending on Goods Trigger Mad, Possibly Illegal Scramble for Empties. US Farmers Twist in the Wind by Wolf Richter • Dec 20, 2020 • 135 Comments US Federal Maritime Commission investigates container carriers’ “abandonment” of American agricultural industry. Weirdest Economy Ever.