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Ro-Ro Intelligence

Balanced

Charterer-leaning market

Vehicle-carrier activity is active, fleet supply is balanced, routing pressure is high, while fuel-cost pressure is stable. The market call uses the weekly/current layer first; slower carrier releases remain dated context.

Brunswick activity6 vessels21 Aug 2026 Singapore VLSFO829.5 USD/mt20 Aug 2026 · -0.7% Rotterdam VLSFO667.2 USD/mt20 Aug 2026 · +2.1%

Port ActivityActive

Fleet SupplyBalanced

Routing PressureHigh

Fuel CostStable

Vehicle-carrier activity

Brunswick PCTC/Ro-Ro rolling 7-day arrivals · vessel count

Live source data

Brunswick vehicle-carrier activity

Key market driver strength

Five headline Ro-Ro drivers

Vehicle-carrier port activityActive

Fleet / capacity eventsBalanced

Routing / effective supplyHigh

Fuel cost pressureStable

Carrier / commercial activityActive

Live market snapshot

Weekly/current connected indicators only · bunker prices in USD/mt

Brunswick PCTC calls (7d)21 Aug 2026

1WoW -87.5%

Singapore VLSFO20 Aug 2026

829.5WoW -0.7%

Rotterdam VLSFO20 Aug 2026

667.2WoW +2.1%

Carrier developmentsLast 7 days

1-1 vs prior week

Fleet / capacity eventsLast 7 days

00 vs prior week

Supply & commercial context

Current weekly capacity, operating-cost and routing context

Brunswick port signal6 vesselsVesselFinder public expected arrivals; GPA blocked on host

Carrier developments1 events-1 vs prior week

Fleet / capacity events0 events0 vs prior week

Routing / security8 eventsHigh · last 7 days

Why the market is balanced

Port activity: Active

Forward vehicle-carrier activity is visible; a clean WoW trend will activate after sufficient history.

Fleet supply: Balanced

No fresh public fleet event is large enough to change the immediate supply call.

Routing: High

Multiple routing/security events are affecting effective capacity risk.

Fuel cost: Stable

Bunker costs are broadly stable across the two reference ports.

Supporting context

Monthly & structural data

Slower carrier observations and rolling context are separated from the live weekly KPI layer so old reporting periods are never presented as current market data.

Höegh Autoliners trading anchor

Latest public carrier trading period · 11 Aug 2026

Monthly

Net freight80.6 USD/cbm11 Aug 2026

Gross freight99.3 USD/cbm11 Aug 2026

Transported volume1.4 million cbm11 Aug 2026

H&H / breakbulk24 %11 Aug 2026

Rolling operating context

Four-week public activity and data-coverage baseline

Rolling

Carrier events · 4w3

Fleet events · 4w0

Routing events · 4w59

Weekly freshness100%

Port sourceVesselFinder expected arrivalsRoutingConnected

Full intelligence

Market drivers

A concise explanation of what is currently shaping each Ro-Ro driver.

Vehicle-carrier port activityActive

Forward vehicle-carrier activity is visible; a clean WoW trend will activate after sufficient history.

Fleet / capacity eventsBalanced

No fresh public fleet event is large enough to change the immediate supply call.

Routing / effective supplyHigh

Multiple routing/security events are affecting effective capacity risk.

Fuel cost pressureStable

Bunker costs are broadly stable across the two reference ports.

Carrier / commercial activityActive

Fresh carrier and operating developments are rotated into the weekly market read.

Market momentumBuilding

A clean weekly port comparison needs more stored snapshots.

Carrier freight anchorDated

Höegh net freight is 80.6 USD/cbm [11 Aug 2026]; retained as dated monthly context.

Research access

Reports & Sources

Weekly Ro-Ro Market Intelligence will be generated from the same deterministic market state used by this dashboard.

Latest Ro-Ro Report

Four-page weekly Ro-Ro Market Intelligence in the locked ViewShipping report format.

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Report Archive

Ro-Ro reports will be stored in the central ViewShipping Reports Archive under the Ro-Ro market filter.

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Sources

Port activity, daily bunkers, carrier operating releases, fleet/commercial events and ViewShipping routing intelligence remain distinct evidence channels.

How our data is built ↓

Source coverage

How the Ro-Ro read is built

ViewShipping Ro-Ro Intelligence uses Georgia Ports / Brunswick with independent public fallbacks for vehicle-carrier activity and verified dated arrival history for the rolling 7-day curve; Ship & Bunker plus a daily fallback for Singapore and Rotterdam VLSFO; Höegh Autoliners for dated freight, volume and H&H anchors; Wallenius Wilhelmsen and NYK for carrier and fleet developments; Compass Maritime for weekly market/newbuilding discovery; and ViewShipping Intelligence for routing and security context. Failed pulls never erase the last valid observation, and stale observations retain their real date.