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What actually sets your container shipping rate? Mostly, it's these two things: Capacity: how much vessel space carriers put on the water (and how much of it gets absorbed by longer routes and cancelled sailings). Demand: how much cargo wants to move at the same time. While fuel prices directly impact carrier operating costs, they influence freight rates indirectly. These costs are typically passed through via separate surcharges with a distinct time lag, rather than dictating the immediate headline spot rate. So when you see oil falling but rates rising, that's not a glitch. It's capacity and demand doing what they always do. Read more on our blog: https://lnkd.in/dAWTfqMc