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Conflict drives up bunker prices, helping intra-Asia rates end six-week decline

The Loadstar Trade press Published 13th August 2026 UK

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Rates on intra-Asia trades have ended six weeks of decline, helped by port congestion in China and a rebound in bunker prices, with average prices up 1% week on week on 6 August, to $970 per 40ft. Drewry said the ongoing US-Iran conflict pushed Shanghai–Nhava Sheva rates up 8% from 30 July, to $1,767 per 40ft, with Shanghai–Jebel Ali prices rising 7%, to $7,143. In contrast, rates from Shanghai to Laem Chabang ... The post <a href="https://theloadstar.com/conflict-drives-up-bunker-prices-helping-intra-asia-rates-end-six-week-decline/">Conflict drives up bunker prices, helping intra-Asia rates end six-week decline</a> appeared first on <a href="https://theloadstar.com">The Loadstar</a>.

Publication: The Loadstar · Trade Publication
Published: 13th August 2026
Original report: theloadstar.com

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Category: Supply Chain & Logistics
Geography: UK
Organisations: None identified
Collected: 13th August 2026 · 12:13

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Significance 3 · Material

Confidence 3 · Moderate

Initial Significance Material (45.0/100). Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity (15.0/30 points). Limiting factor: Procurement Impact (6.0/30 points). Initial Confidence Moderate (52.75/100, data sufficiency: Partial). Strongest contributor: Source Authority (20.0/40 points). Limiting factor: Corroboration (2.5/25 points).

Strongest contributor: Likely Event Severity
Limiting factor: Procurement Impact

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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.