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Recovery Tracker: Dip in mobility, air traffic; freight numbers improve

Improvement in freight, vehicle registration numbers

High freight rates, rake shortage hit coastal coal shipping plan

Inadequate rake supply continues to haunt railways despite its numerous claims of intervention

GE Shipping rallies 11%; stock hits 52-week high on heavy volumes

Crude tanker freight rates remained around opex levels for most of the year in FY22 but experienced a sudden spurt starting end-Feb 2022 due to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

Railway officials to be rated on freight volumes, train movement efficiency

The Railways' overall freight growth against the ministry's internal target was 0.94 per cent in FY22

Freight rates in May fall but transporters defer fleet expansion plans

Customers pay less after six months for but transport companies feel the pinch of inflation.

Ukraine-Russia war pushes freight charges up. Time to buy shipping stocks?

GE Shipping could see another 5 per cent jump, while other shipping stocks are displaying testing times

Freight rates may see more hike in India amid Russia-Ukraine crisis

India's monthly exports to these countries amount to around $1.4 billion and imports of around $1.6 billion

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Consumer durables firms in wait-and-watch mode

Freight costs had only recently started to stabilise, which were on the rise during the pandemic.

Key Russian oil shipping rate triples amid Ukraine crisis, says report

The rate to book an Aframax vessel to load at one of Russia's Baltic Sea ports to western Europe almost tripled on Thursday

Subdued demand reduced freight rates for mining, steel in Nov: Crisil

Freight rates for mining, cement, and steel have seen some corrections on-month in November as infrastructure-building activities were subdued, ratings agency Crisil said.

Road freight rates to cool off 10-12% following diesel price cut: IFTRT

The expected fall in truck rentals will be the first in five months

Winners and losers in shipping crisis

Indian exporters complain of increase in freight rates by 300% to 1000% for various destinations and additional charges

Indian exporters allege global shipping companies are forming cartels

Ask govt to regulate them, bat for a larger Indian shipping company

Pick up in economic activities boosts freight rates, CV sales in August

For the first time since Covid outbreak, revenue of the operators is outpacing income and prompting them not only to replace older trucks but also expand fleet

Signals through the fog

Logistical disruptions are pushing apparent demand away from real demand, exacerbating the bull-whip effect

India rice rates at 4-1/2-year low on weak demand, high shipping costs

Top exporter India's 5% broken parboiled variety was quoted at $352 to $356 per tonne this week, down from last week's $354 to $358

Exporters likely to move CCI on 'cartelisation' in shipping industry

Based on estimates of the Directorate General of Shipping, the country has seen a 15 per cent fall in the supply of containers in 2021 for various reasons

Recovery tracker: Power generation flat, mobility shows signs of moderation

Power generation was above the 2019 levels but remained flat on a week-on-week basis

Double whammy for food buyers as freight costs spike amid high grain prices

Rising costs to ship crops globally are adding to concerns about food inflation that are already at decade-highs and hitting cost-sensitive consumers in import-dependent markets

North Central Railway records highest ever growth in freight revenue in Q1

North Central Railway recorded the highest ever growth in loading and collection of freight revenue during the first quarter of the current financial year 2021-22