Since August last year, the global merchant fleet has grown by nearly 3 percent. The number of scrapped ships is heading for lowest level in 15 years, writes Clarksons Research.

Delayed goods have plagued global supply chains for years, and logistics group DB Schenker has now developed a digital platform that increases shipment transparency for shippers and collaborators.

The falling spot rates in the container market have made more shippers seek out renegotiations of rates on their long contracts with box carriers. Numbers from Xeneta show that contract rates in September have dived by 1.1 percent.

Chief of environmental technology company ReFlow agrees with PwC Norway that shipping companies are not reporting well enough on scope 3 emissions. If they don’t pick up the slack soon, it will hit them full force in a couple of years, he says.

The container market, which for several months has been cooling down after two years with record earnings, has waned even further in September, accelerating the decline in freight rates, according to new figures from Clarksons Research.