19 Aug 2026
Container spot rates on Transpacific routes surged to fresh highs this week, diverging sharply from broader global softening as sustained US peak-season import volumes and looming Panama Canal restrictions drove rates upward.
19 Aug 2026
18 Aug 2026 Brent NYMEX
Global crude benchmarks surged more than 2.5% on Monday, with Brent breaching the $90-a-barrel threshold as a near-total halt in Strait of Hormuz vessel transits and hardening diplomatic rhetoric between Washington and Tehran intensified global supply deficit concerns.
18 Aug 2026
Lotte Chemical Corp is reviewing market conditions and actively searching for potential buyers to offload its overseas basic chemical operations, reviving divestment plans across Southeast Asia and the United States to contain balance-sheet leverage amid a protracted regional downcycle.
18 Aug 2026
17 Aug 2026 Brent NYMEX
Global crude benchmarks advanced more than 1.5% on Friday, lifted by renewed maritime strikes in the Strait of Hormuz, Russian export disruptions, and escalating geopolitical friction between Washington and Tehran.
17 Aug 2026
India’s newly mandated liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) contingency targets strengthen domestic energy security but introduce structural vulnerabilities for the downstream petrochemical sector, threatening feedstock availability for propylene and polypropylene (PP) producers during supply disruptions.
