https://jvq.net/tags/maersk/ Recent content in Maersk on JVQ.net: Just Very Quick Hugo en-us Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/container-shipping-in-2026-chokepoints-rate-spikes-and-the-port-costs-nobody-quotes/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://jvq.net/container-shipping-in-2026-chokepoints-rate-spikes-and-the-port-costs-nobody-quotes/ <p>Freight has spent 2026 being repriced by events that have nothing to do with demand. A war closed a waterway, tariff deadlines pulled cargo forward, and carriers discovered that surcharges outlive the disruptions that justified them. Below is a walk through what has actually moved, and where the numbers come from.</p> <h2 id="the-rate-story">The Rate Story</h2> <p>The cleanest signal did not show up in crude. It showed up in box rates on lanes that never touch the Persian Gulf: <a href="https://transportational.com/strait-of-hormuz-closure-drives-asia-us-container-spot-rates-276-higher/">Asia-US spot rates ran 276% above their February baseline</a> after the strikes on Iran, with East Coast rates up 232% over the same window. What made that interesting was what happened next. Capacity came back on the two major East-West lanes and <a href="https://transportational.com/asia-europe-and-transpacific-freight-rates-surge-despite-capacity-recovery-from-iran-war-disruption/">rates stayed elevated anyway</a>, which is the point at which a supply shock quietly becomes a pricing regime.</p>