银河期货航运日报-20260211

1. Report's Industry Investment Rating - No relevant content provided 2. Core Viewpoints of the Report - MSK's price quotes for the first week of March remain mostly the same, weakening the price - increase expectation, and the EC futures market is expected to continue to fluctuate weakly. Given the off - season in April and ongoing geopolitical risks during the Spring Festival, it is recommended to stay on the sidelines for unilateral trading and conduct rolling operations on the 6 - 10 calendar spread [6][8]. 3. Summary by Relevant Catalogs 3.1 Container Shipping - Container Freight Index (European Line) 3.1.1 Futures Market - The closing prices, price changes, price change rates, trading volumes, trading volume change rates, open interests, and open interest change rates of different EC futures contracts are presented. For example, EC2604 closed at 1,177.9 points, down 0.09% from the previous day, with a trading volume of 17,204.0 lots (down 41.80%) and an open interest of 33,027.0 lots (down 2.57%) [3]. - The price differences and their changes between different futures contracts are also provided. For instance, the price difference between EC04 and EC06 is - 323, down 2.3 [3]. 3.1.2 Container Freight Rates - Weekly container freight rates and their week - on - week and year - on - year changes are given. The SCFIS European Line index is 1657.94 points, down 7.49% week - on - week and 29.54% year - on - year. SCFI: Shanghai - Europe is 1403 USD/TEU, down 1.06% week - on - week and 34.65% year - on - year [3]. 3.1.3 Fuel Costs - The prices, week - on - week, and year - on - year changes of WTI and Brent crude oil near - month contracts are provided. WTI crude oil near - month contract is at 64.07 dollars per barrel, down 0.48% week - on - week and 10.78% year - on - year; Brent crude oil near - month contract is at 68.41 dollars per barrel, down 0.13% week - on - week and 9.2% year - on - year [3]. 3.2 Market Analysis and Strategy Recommendations 3.2.1 Market Analysis - Spot freight rates are weak, with the price - increase expectation weakening. MSK's WK10 Shanghai - Rotterdam quote is 2000 USD/40HC, the same as last week. From a fundamental perspective, demand is peaking and then declining, and the overall shipping capacity deployment has little change compared to the previous period. Geopolitical situations are volatile, and it is still difficult for a large - scale resumption of European - line shipping in the first half of the year [6][7]. 3.2.2 Strategy Recommendations - Unilateral trading: Given that Maersk's freight rates in March are mostly unchanged and it is the off - season in April, the market is expected to fluctuate. Due to ongoing geopolitical risks during the Spring Festival, it is recommended to stay on the sidelines [8]. - Arbitrage: Conduct rolling operations on the 6 - 10 calendar spread [9]. 3.3 Industry News - Local time on the 10th, US President Trump stated that "Iran will not have nuclear weapons or missiles." Iranian officials said that if the US - Iran nuclear talks are successful, the dialogue may expand to other areas. Trump said that if the talks fail, he might send another aircraft carrier strike group to the Middle East [10][11]. 3.4 Related Attachments - Multiple charts are presented, including the SCFIS European Line index and the SCFIS US West Line index, the SCFI comprehensive index, and container freight rates for different routes such as Shanghai - US West, Shanghai - US East, and Shanghai - Europe. There are also charts showing the basis of EC04 and EC06 contracts [13][15][20].