A regional crisis is making ships costlier to run. The same crisis has handed carriers back the Suez shortcut. Container freight rates now sit between a rising cost floor and returning capacity
The SeaNation team presents data from Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Inc., mapping Japan’s dry bulk shipbuilding landscape, yard specialization and orderbook concentration, alongside the latest transactions shaping the global S&P market
Drawing on the week ending 11 September 2026, Iakovos (Jack) Archontakis finds dry bulk entering Q4 with firmer Atlantic pockets, mounting Asian pressure and increasingly decisive regional tonnage imbalances
Dry bulk markets searched for direction as Capesizes weakened and smaller segments firmed during the week ending 11 September 2026, with regional tonnage – cargo balances increasingly shaping freight outcomes
The SeaNation team presents data from Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Inc., as Capesize earnings reach five-year highs, Atlantic tonne-mile demand accelerates and strong freight conditions increasingly support secondhand vessel values
In its Weekly Market Report & Outlook for the week ending 4 September 2026, Ultramax and Handysize markets firmed as tightening tonnage and stronger demand increasingly shifted leverage towards owners
Dry bulk markets entered September with renewed momentum, as the week ending September 4, 2026, brought stronger rates across key basins, supported by tightening tonnage availability and resilient cargo demand
Asia shipped a record 10.77 million TEU to Europe in the first half of 2026. Europe sent back just 3.02 million. The gap, not the record, reveals where the trade relationship is heading
The SeaNation team presents data from Xclusiv Shipbrokers, Inc., showing a sharp summer contraction in Black Sea dry bulk trade as geopolitical disruption increasingly compounds seasonal weakness across Russia and Ukraine
COSCO’s realised rate jumped 12.3% in Q2. The market rose 19.5%. Then COSCO committed USD 2.688 billion to twelve ships. The recovery was real. So was the gap