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Asia-Europe rates still sinking, but a different picture on the transpacific

The Loadstar Trade press Published 7th August 2026 UK

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European trades saw spot rates decline for a fourth consecutive week, with carriers cancelling or cutting back plans for rate boosting, but for those operating on the transpacific, the situation was far rosier, as increases were recorded for both US coasts. Spots may have held steady on Drewry’s World Container Index’s (WCI) Shanghai-Rotterdam leg this week, at $4,653 per 40ft, but for Shanghai-Genoa, there was yet another decline, 2% week on ... The post <a href="https://theloadstar.com/asia-europe-rates-still-sinking-but-a-different-picture-on-the-transpacific/">Asia-Europe rates still sinking, but a different picture on the transpacific</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theloadstar.com">The Loadstar</a>.

Publication: The Loadstar · Trade Publication
Published: 7th August 2026
Original report: theloadstar.com

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: UK
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 7th August 2026 · 10:34

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

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Significance 1 · Low

Confidence 2 · Low

Initial Significance Low (18.0/100). Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity (3.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Low (26.5/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Procurement Impact
Limiting factor: Likely Event Severity

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What ProcIntel recorded

Initial assessment ⓘMore about Initial Signal AssessmentProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.

Initial assessment ProcIntel's automatic, provisional read of this individual Signal -- Initial Significance and Initial Confidence, computed deterministically before any Event extraction or human review.