{"id":132802,"date":"2026-03-23T17:01:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shipping.einnews.com\/article\/901294499"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:01:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T20:01:21","slug":"tectonic-changes-in-the-global-shipping-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/tectonic-changes-in-the-global-shipping-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Tectonic changes in the global shipping market"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-opt-id=758893364  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" fifu-lazy=\"1\" fifu-data-sizes=\"auto\" fifu-data-srcset=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=75&resize=75&ssl=1 75w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=100&resize=100&ssl=1 100w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=150&resize=150&ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=240&resize=240&ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=320&resize=320&ssl=1 320w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=500&resize=500&ssl=1 500w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=640&resize=640&ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=800&resize=800&ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=1024&resize=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=1280&resize=1280&ssl=1 1280w, https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1&w=1600&resize=1600&ssl=1 1600w\" fifu-data-src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/www.ekathimerini.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/M-Star_shipping.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The war in Iran has caused colossal changes in global shipping in just over three weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The lengthening of routes in order to avoid the war zone leads to an artificial shortage of ships, while rerouting causes congestion in ports and transshipment hubs.<\/p>\n<p>This, combined with skyrocketing oil rates and the collapse of insurance coverage in the Gulf, is sending costs soaring.<\/p>\n<p>VLCC tanker rates have increased by 94%, and bulk carriers by 13%. Ships that do take the risk of crossing the Gulf are securing rates that reach the unthinkable level of $740,000 per day.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, thousands of seafarers remain stranded without repatriation chances, causing labor frictions.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\"> <\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\"> <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230; caused colossal changes in global <span class=\"match\">shipping<\/span> in just over three weeks &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132802"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132802\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new7.shop\/zerocostfreehost\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}