Container market insights
Container market insights from the Singapore desk: where equipment is tight, where it is surplus, and where retiring fleets earn most.
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Each note ends with the desk that acts on it: one-way leasing for lane moves, container trading for fleet sales and disposals.
Market Analysis
Empty container surplus: US West Coast and northern Europe
Empty container surplus is building at Los Angeles, Long Beach, Rotterdam, Antwerp and Hamburg. How one-way leases turn those idle boxes into lower daily rates.
Fleet Management Team, 1 min read
Strategic Disposals
Container fleet disposal: where retired boxes earn most
Container fleet disposal at end of marine life: why inland depots and agricultural markets pay more than port terminals or scrap, and how Contrade sells them.
Asset Sales Division, 1 min read
Q3 2026 Outlook
40ft high cube shortage: where supply is tight, Q3 2026
40ft high cube container shortage at Shanghai, Ningbo and Qingdao while Rotterdam, Antwerp and Jebel Ali hold empties: the causes and the one-way lease answer.
Logistics Desk, 1 min read