Schedule Advisory

Heavy to very heavy rain in eastern and southern Thailand to 25 October; thunderstorms and gusty winds in Bangkok and the Central region.

Land warning issued on the morning of 22 October after the sea warning of 21 October; the storm is expected to pass close to Taiwan on 23 October with strong wind and heavy rain, possibly slowing near the island, and to move away on the afternoon of 24 October.

Transpacific spot rates flat for a month while carriers blank capacity to defend them; Asia–Europe rates edging up after a steady decline.

Transpacific rates near peak since July with a post-holiday dip; Asia–Europe declines since July, partly from rising Red Sea transits, have levelled off.

Singapore berth waits 3–5 days with yards near full; Port Klang about 1.6 days with yards 85–90% full; Jakarta about 1.4 days with berth congestion; Shanghai about 2.6 days.

China hub queues fell by about a third after Golden Week (Linerlytica data); the Drewry intra-Asia index ended its run of weekly increases; late-September flooding disrupted rail to Laem Chabang.

No new bookings to Manila, Batangas and Subic Bay until 31 December 2026, citing congestion and empty-container depot space.

THAI Cargo Terminal stopped cargo intake 1–6 October while other airport terminals stayed open; the Lat Krabang–Laem Chabang rail shuttle was suspended and cargo moved by road.

From 1 November 2026 (price calculation date), non-spot bookings: USD 500 per 20ft and USD 1,000 per 40ft from Asian origins, including Indonesia, to Australia, Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

August 2026 reliability across Asia fell to 32.3% with late vessels averaging 7.28 days; China at 23.9% (Shanghai 12.2%, Ningbo 16.9%); Thailand the only market to improve.

Live monitoring: Bangkok flood disaster and air-cargo embargoes, the 45-hour Yokohama typhoon closure, and Golden Week port pressure across China.

August 2026 global reliability fell to 49.9% (−5.9pp month-on-month), late arrivals averaging 6.81 days, the lowest since September 2022.

Thai Airways suspends inbound, outbound, and transit cargo acceptance 1–6 October as floods disrupt Suvarnabhumi operations; the government expects floodwater to clear within days.

~3.9M TEU stuck in ports; Shanghai July on-time only 21%; Suez return on 18% of East–West sailings; normalisation 6–12 months.

4.31M TEU waiting to berth globally, above the 2022 peak; 12.6% of fleet, waits up to 12 days at Chinese terminals.

July 2026 port-level release; all 14 major Asian ports declined, with Singapore at 43.2% and Port Klang at 33.3% on-time.

August global on-time 51.7%, late-vessel delay ~4.3 days; Asia–USEC backhaul fell to 35.8%, lowest of 2026.

Week-34 outlook: booking risk elevated on Asia–North America and Asia–Europe; Asia–Europe weekly on-time as low as 16.2%.

Volatility analysis; nine of the ten most unstable trade lanes over the past 24 months are newcomers versus pre-pandemic.

About 1.7 million TEU of deep-sea capacity is tied up by vessel delays, roughly 5% of global capacity versus a ~2.2% pre-pandemic norm.

Published 24 Aug 2026; vessel-wait medians and long-tail flags for 16–22 Aug, including high congestion at Shanghai and medium at Belawan.