Drewry: Growing inbound trade drives China’s port congestion

Chinese ports are encountering major congestion brought on by bad weather, the restructuring of alliance networks, ever…

Drewry: Bigger ships to continue pressuring freight rates

Westbound Asia to Mediterranean volumes have been disappointing thus far in 2017, but shipments heading in…

Drewry: World container index down by 4.4%

The World Container Index assessed by Drewry, a composite of container freight rates on 8 major…

Drewry: Liner alliances make illogical port choices

By examining the correlation between carrier terminal ownership and the choice of port calls by the…

Carriers reluctant to narrow supply-demand gap, says Drewry 

Amid a huge gap between supply and demand in the container shipping industry, carriers seem to…

Drewry launches credit research services for the maritime sector

Drewry Financial Research Services Ltd., the investment research arm of global shipping consultancy Drewry, has announced…

Drewry: LNG shipping rates to improve from 2018

Liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipowners are facing a tough period as rates are expected to remain under…

Newbuild deliveries biggest threat to container market recovery – Drewry

The biggest threat facing the recovery in the container shipping market is the large amount of…

Drewry: New alliances to have limited effect on ports

The seemingly never ending move towards reduced service frequency may be coming to an end for…

Drewry: Idle containership fleet surges amid overcapacity

The number of idle containerships increased from 238 vessels with a combined capacity of about 900,000…

Container terminal operators facing ‘perfect storm’: Drewry

Cash-strapped containers line pushing for lower terminal handling charges are putting future port investment at risk…

Drewry: Oversupply persists in Asia-Mediterranean trade

The withdrawal of Hanjin Shipping’s tonnage has not been enough to rectify the Asia-Mediterranean trade’s supply-demand…