container price spike

We know the Asiam market and its culture, here we share the topics that we think are most relevant about Asia and the economic situation, which we think can help you make decisions.
4 de April de 2022

Why are container costs not going down?

As everybody knows by now, container costs raised tenfold during Covid (yes, multiply by 10). For example, Ningbo-Barcelona 20ft container, from USD700 to USD7500 (but if you really wanted your container to ship on time, you had to pay premium, up to USD9500-10000). The causes that caused container prices to […]
27 de October de 2021

When will container prices go down?

When container prices shot up during Covid pandemic, we all though that the situation would be transitory. Nobody thought that, more than a year later, the situation would be so dramatic: prices are ten times higher than usual and, even when you pay, it’s very hard to get a container, […]
1 de December de 2020

Why are containers so expensive lately?

Now that it seems that Covid situation is improving and we can finally relax a little bit and get back to business as usual, shipaggedon is here (cool name but sadly not mine, New York times gets the credit). To make it short, good luck these days if you want […]