ContainerSignal BlogGlobal container shipping news and market intelligence. Container freight rates, ocean carriers, ports and terminals, capacity, trade lanes and supply-chain disruptions, with primary sources.https://containersignal.com/en-usContainer freight rate indexes explained: WCI, FBX, SCFI and morehttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-container-freight-rate-indexes/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-container-freight-rate-indexes/A reference guide to the main container freight rate indexes: what WCI, FBX, SCFI, NCFI and Xeneta XSI measure, how each is quoted, and how to cite a rate.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTfreight-ratesindexesdrewryfbxContainerSignal Daily: Carriers edge back to Suez as rates fallhttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-cs-daily/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-cs-daily/Carriers return to Suez transits as Drewry's WCI slips 1% to US$4,434 per 40ft container and Xeneta calls the post-Hormuz rate peak for 2026.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTfreight-ratessuez-canalred-seablank-sailingsport-congestionhapag-lloydpanama-canalregulationDemurrage vs detention: who charges what, and whenhttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-demurrage-vs-detention/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-demurrage-vs-detention/Demurrage applies when a loaded container sits at the terminal past free time; detention applies once the box is held outside it. A guide to who charges whom.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTdemurragedetentionfree-timeHow container ships are sized: classes, TEU capacity and limitshttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-how-container-ships-are-sized/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-how-container-ships-are-sized/How container ship size classes are defined, from feeders to 24,000 TEU ultra-large vessels, and how canals, draft, cranes and demand set the limits.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTvesselscapacityteuWhat is a blank sailing? Container capacity and scheduleshttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-a-blank-sailing/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-a-blank-sailing/A blank sailing is a scheduled container voyage or port call that a carrier cancels. Why they happen, how they are announced, and what shippers can do.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTblank-sailingscapacityfreight-ratesWhat Is a Shipping Alliance? How Liner Alliances Work in 2026https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-a-shipping-alliance/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-a-shipping-alliance/A liner shipping alliance is a vessel-sharing partnership between container lines. Learn how alliances differ from VSAs and what reshuffles mean for shippers.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTalliancescarrierscapacityWhat is TEU? Twenty-Foot Equivalent Unit Explainedhttps://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-teu/https://containersignal.com/posts/2026-10-02-what-is-teu/TEU, the twenty-foot equivalent unit, is container shipping's standard measure of capacity. See what a TEU counts, where it is used, and what it leaves out.Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTteucontainer-shippingbasics