Future Transport and Logistics brief week 42 2026

Opublikowano: 2026-10-18

Ocean carriers are aggressively restoring Suez Canal transits, with Q3 large containership transits surging to 166 from 16 year-over-year, trimming Asia to US East Coast transit times by 10–14 days and effectively doubling offered Red Sea capacity.Global maritime schedule reliability collapsed to a multi-year low of 27%, as Asia-Europe on-time arrivals plunged to 4% (averaging 9.9 days in delays) due to Asian typhoon backlogs, Singapore yard queues (stretching up to 5 days), and US rail dwells reaching 14 days.Middle East container shipping costs quadrupled on China-to-Gulf routes, peaking between $8,000 and $14,245 per unit under a four-layer surcharge stack, forcing forwarders to divert cargo through Omani transshipment hubs li...