The present trend carries on this week, as almost all sizes show increasing charter rates, although the overall upswing has slowed down

The market improved further in almost all segments except for the classes below 1700 TEU. Looking at numbers the segments which made

The New ConTex improved by a further 4,9 % during the week and has reached the same level of 341 as seen a year ago. The market is active in

The obvious shortage in the larger size segment with a record number of fixtures is now filtering down to the medium-sizes with a sharp

Spring has arrived and it brought along reserved optimism as we are currently at the beginning of the traditionally most active period of the

Another exciting week is coming to an end and the fixing activity is keeping its pace with more and more spot ships disappearing from the

The New ConTex followed its trend of the previous weeks and moved another point up compared to the last week. All segments are positive

The New ConTex Index increased again this week – this time by two points bringing it to 305. This week the largest gain was made by

The New ConTex Index managed to gain a further point this week and presently stands at 303. All the component rates were marked higher

With the Chinese New Year in full swing, the New ConTex saw another two point increase to 302. As expected activity has slowed but the

In the pre-Chinese New Year week the New ConTex continued its increase. It rose by two points to 300. However, the upcoming Chinese

There are positive signs from most of the New ConTex groups and the Index reflects this by improving by 2 points and ending week 03

It is human nature to find cause for optimism, and the new year brings with it fresh hopes for a recovery in container shipping although the

The new year started on a positive note for the New ConTex with almost all segments increasing on their pre-Christmas figures. Positive

The last week of New ConTex of the year 2016 did not show any (positive) surprises at all. Though it would have been desirable to see