Worst is yet to come for volumes, fuel costs a salve – S&P Global Platts Container Update, April 2020 — Panjiva
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Worst is yet to come for volumes, fuel costs a salve – S&P Global Platts Container Update, April 2020

Corp - Shipping 997 Energy - Bunker Fuel 90 Global 1390 Mode - Containerized 1495 Mode - Seaborne 1823 Theme - Rates 238

Containerized freight markets continue to face significant uncertainty regarding the outlook for demand as well as carrier capacity management as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. There’s been over 400 cancelled containerline sailings this year with more to come. S&P Global Platts report some carrier sources as stating May and June will be the worst months in terms of demand. Yet, the cancelled sailings offset lower demand which has meant container rates were stable in the past month with Asia-to-U.S. west coast rates down by just 3.2% sequentially in April versus March. The situatio...

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