Container Bytes
Container Bytes is your go-to podcast for quick insights on the latest global freight trends, condensed into easy-to-digest, under-ten-minute episodes. Each week, you’ll get key data points, actionable market movements, and forecasts to help you navigate the ups and downs of ocean and air freight. Tune in, stay sharp, and ship smarter. Brought to you by Freightos, the global freight booking platform.
Container Bytes
Episode #11: Red Sea Flippity Floppity and Air Cargo Peak
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BREAKING: So... the Suez Canal Authority is that friend who tells everyone you're definitely coming to their party when you clearly said "maybe next year."
Meanwhile, carriers are playing Red Sea chicken while rates do whatever the heck they want (mostly staying flat by YMMV).
Air cargo is peaking harder than my acting career (I was a lollipop in Willy Wonka in second grade, nbd). , with China-US hitting $6.50/kg despite everyone's doom predictions. Who needs consistency when you can have CHAOS?
Here's a link to the procurement planning webinar I casually dropped in while chatting.
Also..share this episode or we'll blank sail your podcast feed. (Kidding! ...or are we?)
Chapters
00:00:00 — Red Sea Confusion™: the world's most expensive game of "you first"
01:56 — Ocean rates refusing to behave, carriers blanking sailings
03:42 — Capacity management theater: Slow steaming and ship scrapping
05:04 — China→US rates climbing to $6.50/kg (because apparently people still buy stuff)
07:42 — Plot twist: People actually bought things on Black Friday/Cyber Monday! Supply chains acting surprisingly adult-like for once
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