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Global container carrier CMA CGM has reversed plans to expand its transits through the Suez Canal and Red Sea, deciding instead to reroute three major Asia–Europe services via the longer Cape of Good Hope passage around southern Africa. The move reflects continued caution in response to what the carrier described as a “complex and uncertain…

U-Freight is urging a measured and pragmatic response to rising geopolitical tensions surrounding Greenland, warning that escalation could undermine transatlantic supply chains and add inflationary pressure at a time when global trade is showing early signs of recovery. With a long-established footprint in the transatlantic trade, U-Freight is closely monitoring developments following announcements from the…

After a period of sustained increases through late 2025, intra-Asia container freight rates have begun to cool as carriers introduce new services and add capacity across key regional trade lanes. According to market intelligence from Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index, average freight rates moderated in the first two weeks of January, reflecting a softening from recent…

An article on the Splash247 website provides a good analysis of the importance of this week’s news that Maersk is taking its first structural step back into Red Sea / Suez canal transits. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group as well as the clients that use our international container shipping services for LCL…

The American Shipper website reports that container rates are rising as shippers move cargo early ahead of the Lunar New Year, with Red Sea diversions adding longer lead times. This is of great interest to the U-Freight Group with our large portfolio of global container shipping services for LCL and FCL cargoes, and for the…

According to data provider Xeneta, the air cargo market closed 2025 with a 6% year-on-year increase in demand for December and an overall annual growth of 4%. Capacity rose 5% in December, and the dynamic load factor improved by one percentage point to 63%. This represents interesting news for the U-Freight Group, with our strong…

With a large portfolio of international container shipping services for LCL and FCL cargoes, U-Freight notes that global container shipping rates have surged since the turn of the new year. In the week to January 8th, Drewry’s composite World Container Index rose 16% to USD2,557 per feu, driven largely by sharp increases on Transpacific and…

With U-Freight’s strong presence in the global container shipping arena, we note that ocean freight data at the end of 2025 crossed a projection threshold, exceeding a billion 20-foot containers moved. News outlets are reporting that Sea intelligence platform Linerlytica says that about 400 million of teu throughput was recorded by ports in China and…

As 2026 begins, U-Freight delivers its thoughts how the issues that are affecting how freight planning is undertaken. Global freight and logistics is no longer operating in a cycle of disruption and recovery. Volatility has become permanent. What once appeared to be a succession of isolated shocks – pandemics, port congestion, trade disputes – has…