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Wednesday
October 21, 2026
The Port Journal

The empty container problem isn’t a shortage. It’s a data problem. 

Container shipping has just lived through its third consecutive year of a peak season that arrived early and left just as fast. Shippers rushed cargo out ahead of the July 1 bunker adjustment factor…

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The empty container problem isn’t a shortage. It’s a data problem. 
Photo: Container News

Container shipping has just lived through its third consecutive year of a peak season that arrived early and left just as fast. Shippers rushed cargo out ahead of the July 1 bunker adjustment factor reset, itself a product of fuel costs pushed up by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. Meanwhile, continued avoidance of […]

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