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  • Market Update · 3 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 2/2/2026

    The trans-Pacific headhaul market moved further into a pre–Lunar New Year lull, with carriers leaning harder on capacity discipline as spot pricing continued to soften across key…

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  • Market Update · 4 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 1/26/2026

    Over the past week, the ocean freight market showed a clear post-early-January softening in pricing momentum, especially on major east–west corridors.

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  • Market Update · 3 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 1/20/2026

    Ocean freight conditions shifted meaningfully this week as carriers and shippers reacted to two competing forces: (1) a seasonal pre–Lunar New Year lift in Asia–North America demand…

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  • Market Update · 4 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 1/12/2026

    Ocean freight conditions tightened modestly into early January as pre–Lunar New Year (LNY) demand returned to the trans–Pacific, and carriers leaned on early-year GRIs to lift spot…

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  • Market Update · 3 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 1/5/2026

    This week's most actionable signals for U.S. and Canadian importers were driven less by short-term rate volatility and more by carrier-side strategic repositioning and early-2026…

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  • Market Update · 4 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 12/29/2025

    Ocean freight conditions for U.S. and Canadian importers remained volatile heading into year-end, with carriers leaning heavily on capacity discipline to stabilize pricing in a…

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  • Market Update · 4 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 12/22/2025

    Container freight markets strengthened modestly through mid-December, with spot pricing showing a third consecutive week of improvement in several major corridors—most visibly on…

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  • Market Update · 3 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 12/15/2025

    This week's ocean freight narrative was defined by a familiar late-year pattern: demand softened after most holiday cargo moved earlier than usual, while carriers leaned more heavily…

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  • Market Update · 4 min read

    Shippabo Newsletter 12/8/2025

    Eastbound trans-Pacific spot rates continued to unwind their November spike, with cumulative declines of roughly one-third over the past two weeks, despite a small uptick in the most…

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