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The Ever Given ran aground in the Suez Canal on March 23, blocking a critical transit chokepoint and triggering a commodity market scare. The vessel was partially refloated by March 24, and S&P Global outlined how the blockage affected oil, natural gas and shipping markets.
A chokepoint blockage raises freight and insurance costs and delays cargo worldwide. Oil and tanker freight markets react most sharply, and the knock-on effect reaches grain and feed shipments.
spglobal.comMar 24, 2021Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
After 22 past bullish logistics events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -0.7% over 5 sessions (45% higher; middle half -5.7% to +4.5%), and -1.2% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
