The Global Container Shipping Industry since the Hanjin Collapse by MC01 • Aug 11, 2018 • 32 Comments Overcapacity reigns as companies splurge on the largest ships, consolidation rages, no one wants to back off.
China Ocean Freight Index Collapses to Record Low by Wolf Richter • Apr 17, 2016 • 26 Comments Relentless deterioration meets stunning overcapacity.
First Ocean Freight Rates Collapse to “Zero,” China Freight Index Plunges to Record Low, Bailouts Loom by Wolf Richter • Mar 28, 2016 • 26 Comments The next stage of “Moral Hazard?”
China Ocean Freight Indices Plunge to Record Lows by Wolf Richter • Mar 14, 2016 • 40 Comments There’s simply no respite.
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.
Global Shipping Veers into Capital Destruction by Wolf Richter • Oct 9, 2015 • 13 Comments Overcapacity “will be even greater than in 2009.”
Freight Goes to Heck, Now Even in the US by Wolf Richter • Sep 14, 2015 • 18 Comments Global recession watch: the cleanest dirty shirt gets dirtier.