Industry Dynamics

Energy Disruptions Drive Up Freight Rates

Disruptions at the Strait of Hormuz have restricted crude oil exports from the Middle East, leading to a steep hike in bunker fuel prices. In May 2026, prices of low-sulfu...

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Soaring by 20%! Freight rates rise across all shipping routes

The global container shipping market has heated up recently, with freight rates climbing for four consecutive weeks. On May 22, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (...

/2026-05-27 More

Iran will announce the management mechanism, charging standards and navigation routes for the Strait of Hormuz.

Recently, Iran has officially launched a traffic management mechanism for the Strait of Hormuz and will soon release toll standards and exclusive shipping routes to safegu...

/2026-05-21 More

Freight rates keep rising, with the four major Europe and America routes still fluctuating.

After the May Day holiday, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) posted a better-than-expected rise for two consecutive weeks.

/2026-05-13 More

Freight rates halt two consecutive declines! Four major shipping routes stage a joint rebound.

After two consecutive weeks of declines, the container shipping market has staged a phased rebound. The latest Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) halted its fal...

/2026-05-08 More

Fees Mandatory for All Transiting Vessels! Major New Developments Emerge Over the Strait of Hormuz

On April 26 local time, the US-Iran standoff continued, centered on control of the Strait of Hormuz, ceasefire negotiations, and statements from both sides. Iran has stro...

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Has a freight inflection point arrived? SCFI ends three-week winning streak; US routes stay firm while Europe routes weaken, putting May rate hikes under pressure.

Driven by expectations of US-Iran negotiations and Middle East tensions, container shipping market sentiment has turned cautious. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Inde...

/2026-04-22 More

Breaking! Largest Container Terminal at Port of Antwerp Suspended, 54 Container Ships Stranded

On the evening of April 9, 2026 (local time), a severe fuel oil spill occurred during bunkering operations of a vessel at the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, Europe’s largest port...

/2026-04-14 More

Escalating tensions in the Middle East push freight rates higher again.

Affected by the combined impact of the conflict in the Middle East and the peak end-of-quarter shipments, global container freight rates have seen a new round of rebounds. O...

/2026-04-02 More

Has the "Battle of Hormuz" begun? Freight rates on Europe & Mediterranean routes keep rising.

Escalating tensions between the US and Iran have triggered spillover geopolitical risks in the Strait of Hormuz, leading to a notable divergence in the international contain...

/2026-03-25 More

Freight Rates Skyrocket! Surge 143%! Double-Digit Increases on Four Major Routes

The continuous escalation of the Iran-US conflict has triggered drastic fluctuations in the global shipping market. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has r...

/2026-03-19 More

Evergreen, CMA CGM, COSCO, and Wan Hai have all issued important statements.

As tensions in the Middle East continue to escalate and navigation through the Strait of Hormuz becomes obstructed, multiple international shipping companies have successi...

/2026-03-11 More

Turmoil in the Middle East: Carriers Issue Suspension Notices

On March 1, major global liner companies, including MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO SHIPPING Lines, and Hapag-Lloyd, issued statements one after another, d...

/2026-03-04 More

Port closures, airport suspensions, and highway blockades! Large-scale riots broke out across Mexico after the military killed the leader of a drug cartel.

Mexican drug lord Oseguera was killed in a military raid, and his followers retaliated, causing riots in at least six states. Mobs set fire to vehicles, blocked highways, an...

/2026-02-26 More

Freight rates continue to decline! Four major routes keep sliding

In February, the supply of shipping capacity on the main routes from Asia to the US and Europe exceeded demand, and the market trend was weak. The Shanghai Export Co...

/2026-02-11 More

Europe Hit Hard! Ports Paralyzed by Land and Sea, Bay of Biscay Traffic Halted

Recent severe weather is severely disrupting global supply chains. Following the paralysis of logistics on the U.S. East Coast due to a winter storm, European logistics ...

/2026-02-03 More

Sudden U-Turn! CMA CGM Suspends Red Sea Resumption, Reverts to Cape of Good Hope Diversion!

On January 20th local time, CMA CGM issued an official notice stating that in light of the complex and volatile international situation, it has decided to redirect vessel...

/2026-01-28 More

Back to the Red Sea! Resumption of Suez Canal Operations

Recently, Maersk announced that vessels operating the MECL service will resume transit through the Red Sea and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait, with its MECL service set...

/2026-01-21 More

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd issue warnings! Operations at multiple ports in Europe have been disrupted.

Due to the heavy snowfall and cold wave, operations at several major ports in Northern Europe have been disrupted. The Eurogate, CTA and CTT terminals in Hamburg h...

/2026-01-14 More

Red Sea Resumption and Overcapacity

Analyst Lars Jensen forecasts that the container shipping industry in 2026 will be more predictable than in 2025. There is currently no imminent threat of strikes at U.S....

/2026-01-07 More

Freight Rates Surge! All Four Major Routes Up

Driven by Europe-US routes, the latest Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) rose 100 points to 1,656.32, with all four major routes gaining. Many shipping lines...

/2025-12-31 More

520% Tariff! This is tantamount to blocking the product from the U.S. market.

On 26 August 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce formally issued its final anti-dumping and countervailing duty rulings on Chinese slag pots. Chinese producers and e...

/2025-12-31 More

Rare Phenomenon: Southeast Asia Shipping Rates Surpass Those to the US West Coast

Against the backdrop of global supply chain diversification, shipping rates for short-haul routes in Asia have surged unusually. Recently, container shipping rates from China ...

/2025-12-31 More

Latest Ranking of China’s Top 20 Container Ports by Throughput Released: Shanghai, Ningbo and Guangzhou All Hit New Highs

China’s Port Throughput Data from January to October 2025 Shines Brightly Data released by the Ministry of Transport shows that from January to October 2025, maj...

/2025-12-31 More

Houthi Rebels Officially Announce Halt to Attacks on Red Sea Merchant Ships, End of Red Sea Crisis

Yemen's Houthi Rebels Declare Conclusion of Red Sea Crisis.

/2025-11-19 More

Freight rates and capacity are both 'warming up'—is this a long-term improvement or just a fleeting moment?

The global maritime shipping market has recently shown initial signs of stabilization. China and the United States have reached a one-year temporary truce agreement on po...

/2025-11-12 More

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Maersk has implemented penalty measures for misdeclaration of dangerous goods, strengthening supply chain security through economic penalties and accountability tracing. Any...

/2025-11-05 More

Sudden! A collision accident occurred in the Pearl River Estuary involving a 13,000 TEU container ship of Wan Hai, resulting in the sinking of one vessel!

At 19:45 on October 25th, a serious ship collision accident occurred near Mayou Stone in the Pearl River Estuary. The involved vessels were the container ship "Xi Chun" ...

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16.5 million! Sky-high port charges — China actually collected them, the U.S. really struggled to collect, and some shipowners paid while others didn’t.

On October 14, the policy of imposing exorbitant port charges on each other by China and the United States officially took effect. Two container ships under the American ...

/2025-10-22 More

Ministry of Commerce Responds to Trump's 100% Tariff Threat and Port Fee Countermeasures

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce has issued formal responses to several pressing international trade issues. Regarding restrictions on rare earth exports, the ministry em...

/2025-10-15 More

The top 13 ports in the annual ranking for tariffs and route-related levies

According to reports from Jagran Josh, a New Delhi-based educational website, global port efficiency has come under pressure this year. This is due to the surge in traffi...

/2025-10-11 More

"Crazy" Trump: Tariffs Up to 100%, Taking Effect on October 1

The United States has announced that it will impose high tariffs on a variety of imported products starting from October 1, covering furniture, building materials, patente...

/2025-09-30 More

Tariff shocks have caused a sharp decline in demand, and ocean freight rates between India and the U.S. continue to fall.

The global consolidated shipping market has been significantly impacted by the U.S. tariff hikes on India. As of 27 August, the United States government implemented a 5...

/2025-09-24 More

Breaking News! Mexico is planning to impose tariffs of up to 50% on Chinese goods, which will affect nearly 1,400 products. Please find below China's response:

The government of Mexico recently submitted a budget proposal that included the imposition of tariffs ranging from 10% to 50% on 1,371 product categories. These categories...

/2025-09-17 More

US line freight rates rebound and surge! European line rates continue to fall

Slow growth in shipments makes it difficult to keep up with the significant increase in capacity. After rising for a week, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange's Containerize...

/2025-09-10 More

520% Tariff! Nearly Blocking the US Market for This Product

On August 26, 2025, the US Department of Commerce officially made the final ruling on anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Chinese slag pots. Chinese producers/ex...

/2025-09-03 More

Freight rates decline!All four major shipping routes see drops

Against the backdrop of the continuous decline in global container freight rates, the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has dropped for 11 consecutive weeks, wi...

/2025-08-27 More

A container ship caught fire!

On the morning of 13 August 2025, a fire broke out on the ultra-large container ship "Marie Maersk", operated by Maersk, in the waters off West Africa. The ship has a cap...

/2025-08-20 More

Another Chinese Shipping Company Emerges

The global container shipping market has welcomed a new player: Greta Shipping. Following the release of a route cooperation notice by industry giant Hapag-Lloyd, this c...

/2025-08-13 More

Freight rates halved! All routes saw a general decline! The East Coast of the US continued to fall sharply

The suspense of the US reciprocal tariffs has not been resolved, and the Sino-US tariffs have not been determined and have been extended for another 90-day grace period. Un...

/2025-08-06 More

Breaking News! Houthi forces announce escalation of maritime blockade, threatening to attack all vessels of companies cooperating with Israel

On the evening of July 27th, Yahya Saree, the military spokesperson of the Houthi forces in Yemen, announced that they would intensify their military support operations a...

/2025-07-30 More

Freight rates on the four major shipping routes continue to decline across the board!

The U.S. East Coast sees a sharp drop. The United States has introduced a reciprocal tariff policy against various countries, yet the global cargo volume still shows no s...

/2025-07-23 More

From January to June of this year, China's exports to the U.S. experienced a 9.9 percent decrease.

According to data from the General Administration of Customs, China's total import and export value to the United States in the first half of the year decreased by 9.3%...

/2025-07-16 More

A bulk carrier in the Red Sea caught fire and sank after being attacked

In the early hours of July 6th, the Houthi armed forces attacked the Liberian-flagged merchant vessel Magic Seas with a suicide remote-controlled speedboat approximatel...

/2025-07-09 More

Breaking News! Trump to Announce New Tariff Framework, Many Countries Face High Tariffs!

The latest news is that Trump will announce the latest tariff framework. This framework may cover the tariff levels for various countries, setting different rates for di...

/2025-07-02 More

China Shipowners' Association: Vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz need to report!

On June 22 local time, the Houthi group announced the resumption of attacks on US vessels, targeting US military and commercial ships in the Red Sea, and warned that...

/2025-06-25 More

CMA CGM and Maersk Announce Freight Rate Hikes

Last Friday, the latest Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange showed that freight rates for the U.S. West Coast rou...

/2025-06-18 More

Breaking! A container ship full of China cargo exploded and caught fire

According to the Indian Ministry of Defense, at about 10:30 a.m. on June 9, a container ship "Wan Hai 503" owned by Wanhai Shipping suffered a serious container explosion...

/2025-06-12 More

Freight Rates Across All Routes to Increase in June! Senior Shipping Executives Warn: Market Outlook Remains Unpredictable

Driven by the grace period for U.S.-China tariffs, market freight rates have surged rapidly. On May 30, the latest Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) released...

/2025-06-05 More

Us Route: Peak season advanced! The freight rate in June and July may reach 7,000 US dollars!

After the adjustment of tariff policies between China and the United States, the demand for freight transportation to the United States has risen, and freight rates on ma...

/2025-05-28 More

The increase is approaching 70%! The notice of price increase for European and Mediterranean routes has arrived

Last week, several shipping companies successively announced the price increase rates for routes from China to Europe and the Mediterranean in June. Taking basic European...

/2025-05-21 More

Joint Statement of the China-US Economic and Trade Talks in Geneva

China and the United States recognize the importance of the bilateral economic and trade relations to both countries and the global economy, and also recognize the significan...

/2025-05-14 More

Breaking News! Severe Explosion on Maersk Container Ship, Several Crew Members Injured

On April 28, local time, a major explosion occurred in the engine room of Maersk Sana, a large container ship operated by Maersk, approximately 254 nautical miles east of...

/2025-05-08 More

Major shipping lines suspend services

Recently, after a period of concentrated rush to ship goods, shippers have not been in a hurry to place new orders but have chosen to wait for further clarification of the US ...

/2025-04-30 More

Suspend booking! The order plummeted! Large scale suspension of vessels! 80 vessels departing from China have been cancelled!

As the trade war continues to escalate, container shipping, as a key player in global trade, is once again in turmoil. In recent weeks, a series of tariff announcements, exem...

/2025-04-23 More

Imposing tariffs like this is equivalent to 'blocking most of the trade between China and the United States'

Regarding the exemption of some electronic products from "equivalent tariffs" by US Customs last weekend, US President Trump stated on the 13th local time that no ta...

/2025-04-16 More

Trump: Imposing an additional 50% tariff on China's goods, effective on April 9th.

On the early morning of April 8th Beijing time, Trump posted a message on social media, expressing his strong dissatisfaction with China's measure of imposing a retali...

/2025-04-09 More

RATES CONTINUED TO FALL AND MSC ANNOUNCED THE CANCELLATION OF SIX VOYAGES

Currently, container rates have fallen to their lowest level since 2024, with the WCI Composite rate Index down 4% compared to the previous week, with trans-Pacific ra...

/2025-04-02 More

The price goes up? Freight continue to fall! The freight of Euro line has fallen to $1,600

Recently, the container shipping market has seen a series of changes in the European line, the two members of the shipping alliance recently notified to continue to reduce pr...

/2025-03-26 More

Freight prices fell sharply! Europe and the US four major routes were heavy losses

Four Major Routes to Europe and the United States Hit Hard The latest Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has been declining for nine consecutive weeks. Th...

/2025-03-19 More

BREAKING! A container ship collided with an oil tanker, Causing two ships to fire

At 9:48 a.m. on March 10, a serious accident occurred near the coast of East Yorkshire, England. The US-flagged oil tanker Stena Immaculate was hit by the container sh...

/2025-03-12 More

Breaking News! Russian missiles strike Ukrainian port, MSC container ship damaged in the attack

On March 1st, Russia launched a missile attack on the port of Odessa in Ukraine, causing damage to the port's infrastructure and affecting ships and personnel moored in the...

/2025-03-05 More

Congestion is intensifying, causing severe delays for ships!

As the restructuring of alliances continues to progress, coupled with capacity constraints at Canada's inland railway hubs and declining reliability of liner shipping schedules...

/2025-02-26 More

Continue to decline, European and American freight plummeted!

At present, the overall shipping market is affected by the dual effects of the Lunar New Year holiday and the weakening of shipment momentum after the holiday, The SC...

/2025-02-19 More

Trump announced imposing a 25% tariff on all steel and aluminum imports from the US!

On February 10th local time, US President Trump signed an executive order, announcing that a 25% tariff would be imposed on all imported steel and aluminum to the Un...

/2025-02-12 More

The United States announced a 10% tariff on Chinese goods.

US President Trump signed an executive order on the 1st, imposing a 10% tariff on goods imported from China. This latest trade protection measure by the US has been w...

/2025-02-07 More

Over 40 ships! CMA, Evergreen and other shipping companies are still frantically ordering new ships!

Shipping companies that frantically ordered new container ships last year have not stopped expanding their fleets in the New Year.

/2025-01-26 More

Attention! During the pre - Spring Festival shipping peak, the trailer fee has skyrocketed by 300%

As the Spring Festival approaches, the volume of goods has surged. In recent days, a large number of factories in the Pearl River Delta region are rushing to deliver goods ...

/2025-01-22 More

Strike averted! East Coast port labor and management reach a preliminary agreement!

On January 8th, the International Longshoremen's Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) reached a preliminary agreement on all terms of...

/2025-01-15 More

Ocean freight war has begun! Insufficient cargo volume,large shipping company's US West route drops $800 directly

On January 3rd, the Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI) rose 44.83 points to 2505.17 points, showing a six week continuous upward trend. The rise this time...

/2025-01-08 More

Affected by the East Coast strike, freight rates began to rise in January

The shadow of the strike at the East Coast ports is looming over the shipping industry, leading to an announced increase in container freight rates for shipments scheduled fo...

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The US has introduced a new bill that would require 10% of Chinese exports to the US to be transported by US-flagged vessels.

On December 19, US MP introduced a bill called the SHIPS for America Act, which requires that some goods imported from China must be shipped on US-flag vessel...

/2024-12-25 More

Freight rates have surged! US West line up 21.6%, US East up 11.6%

On December 13, the Shanghai Shipping Exchange released the Shanghai Export Containerized Freight Index at 2384.40 points, up 5.7% from the previous period. Among the...

/2024-12-18 More

HMM ship collided near Algeciras

In the early hours of December 3 local time, about 14 kilometers southeast of the port of Algeciras near the Strait of Gibraltar，The HMM St Petersburg, a very large c...

/2024-12-11 More

The European route surged more than 20%! The US-West route is expected to stop falling in late December.

On the 29th, the latest Shanghai container export freight index SCFI showed an upward trend, an increase of 3.41%, ending two consecutive weeks of decline. This increase...

/2024-12-04 More

Freight Rates Continue to Decline！

Freight rates on the U.S. West Coast have continued to drop by 8.61%, primarily due to an oversupply of capacity. This trend has also weighed on the Shanghai Export Con...

/2024-11-27 More

The amount of goods is insufficient. MSC takes the lead to lower the price again

Recently, freight has entered the off-season, and the reduction in cargo volume is difficult to support freight rates. The Shanghai export freight Index (SCFI) fell 3.41% t...

/2024-11-20 More

Suddenly! Border closure! Port shutdown

South Africa has temporarily closed Mozambique's main border and the ports of Lebombo and Maputo due to public safety concerns. This move is expected to have further im...

/2024-11-13 More

Freight forwarder warning: Eastern ports in the United States will shut down for the second time

In early October, the strike at ports along the eastern United States and the Gulf Coast of Mexico came to an end after three days of continuous operation, which relieved t...

/2024-11-06 More

Price increase! Multiple shipping companies have announced an increase in freight rates on Europe and Asia major routes!

On October 10, Maersk announced that it will raise the FAK rate from the Far East to North Europe and the Mediterranean from November 4, 2024, with a maximum of...

/2024-10-30 More

Maersk, MSC announce: Trans-Pacific route suspension plan!

Due to the ongoing congestion caused by the port strike in the East of the United States, the cargo processing time has been extended, and the number of vessels waiting at t...

/2024-10-23 More

Freight rates continue to fall！All four routes are down

The latest container freight rate index (SCFI) released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange fell 72.51 points, or 3.40%, from the previous period, which was the seventh co...

/2024-10-16 More

Sudden! Another port strike!

The port strike on the East Coast of the United States has just ended, and Canada's Port of Montreal dockworkers Union has announced an overtime strike notice that will...

/2024-10-10 More

Freight rates have fallen for five consecutive years! Europe and the Mediterranean fell sharply! More than 100 voyages were suspended

The latest SCFI index released by the Shanghai Shipping Exchange on the 20th fell 5.76%, with European and Mediterranean routes falling the most. The index has fallen ...

/2024-09-25 More

Sudden accident! Yantian Port One Quay Crane Smashes MSC Container Ship! Multiple containers collapsed and fell into the water!

At around 8:40 am on September 16th, a serious mechanical failure occurred on a quay crane at Yantian Port in Shenzhen while preparing for operation. The boom of the qua...

/2024-09-20 More

European and Mediterranean route freight plummeting!

The latest Shanghai Export Container Freight Index (SCFI) shows that the index has fallen to 2963.38 points, a decrease of 134.25 points or 4.33% from the previous perio...

/2024-09-11 More

Emergency! Two major ports are paralyzed! Ships are seriously delayed, and a large amount of cargo is backed up.

India's west coast ports, especially Mundra port, are experiencing operational disruptions due to surging cargo volumes and extreme weather. Ships are delayed, cargo is overs...

/2024-09-04 More

Freight rates all routes down! Us lines fall sharply

On August 23, Shanghai export container freight index (SCFI) again fell, down 5.6% to 3097.63 points, the four major routes in Europe and the United States all fell, th...

/2024-08-28 More

Burst! Container fire at Shekou container terminal in Shenzhen

Less than a week after the container explosion accident on a container ship at Beilun III Terminal in Zhoushan, Ningbo on August 9, another container ship in port operation...

/2024-08-21 More

Update! Yangming announced the cause of the explosion! The transportation safety of dangerous goods is hot again

On August 9, a serious container explosion occurred at the Beilun Port Terminal in Ningbo, When a container ship named "YM MOBILITY" was docked, the transit dange...

/2024-08-14 More

Breaking News! A container ship from CMA CGM was attacked by a missile

On Sunday, August 4th, Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed responsibility for the attack on the cargo ship "MV Groton" in the Gulf of Aden. The vessel is operated by CMA...

/2024-08-07 More

The ranking of China's container port throughput in the first half of the year has been released

The Chinese Ministry of Transport released the latest statistics on port throughput for the first half of 2024 on July 26th. Data shows that in the first half of this year, ...

/2024-07-31 More

Burst! Cma CGM, Maersk container ship fire on the same day! Once attached to a number of domestic ports! Please pay attention to shipment

On July 19, Maersk Frankfurt, a newly built container ship leased by Maersk, suffered a serious cargo fire accident near Karwar, India. The ship was reportedly carrying a...

/2024-07-24 More

Burst! A large number of containers fell into the water on a container ship laden with Chinese cargo of OA Alliance, which once called on Shanghai, Ningbo and Shenzhen

On July 9, a CMA CGM ship with a capacity of 17,859 TEU was sailing from Asia to Europe when it encountered bad weather off the coast of South Africa, resulting...

/2024-07-17 More

The latest situation is downgraded and expected to increase the status and outlook of the container market

The supply and demand relationship of the European route market is basically balanced, the route freight rate remains high and stable fluctuations, the United States East r...

/2024-07-10 More

CMA CGM launches the French Peak Service Asia-Europe route

CMA CGM launches the French Peak Service,an exceptional seasonal service to meet the sudden increase in maritime transport demand between Asia, Northern Europe an...

/2024-07-03 More

Hussair militants claim to have hit the US aircraft carrier Eisenhower, and the US responds to this

On the evening of June 22, Yehya Sareya, a spokesperson for the Yemeni Hussai armed forces, announced that the Hussai armed forces and missile units had launched multip...

/2024-06-26 More

United States East Wharf union issued a warning: ready for strike!

Update: The International Longshoremen's Association (ILA), the largest maritime workers union in the United States, has suspended labor contract negotiations with the...

/2024-06-19 More

Strike at all French ports! Will face a month of chaos and operational disruption

All major French ports, particularly the container hubs of Le Havre and Marseille Forth, are facing the threat of a month-long strike in the near future, which is expected...

/2024-06-13 More

Congestion is getting worse! Port of Singapore opens abandoned terminal to ease crisis

In late May, the waiting time of Singapore and Port Klang was about 2 days, and by the end of the month, the waiting time has been extended to 7 days. In order to allevia...

/2024-06-05 More

Effective immediately, entry is strictly prohibited!

The China Maritime Safety Administration website issued several navigational warnings on 24th, May:Navigational Warning 150/24 for the northern Yellow Sea and Bohai...

/2024-05-29 More

Freight rates continue to rise! South America, West Africa, South Africa soared more than 20 percent, and the US-West and US-East rose another 10 percent

The global shipping industry continued to perform strongly, with freight rates rising across all routes, pushing the latest Shanghai Container Freight Index (SCFI) up 214....

/2024-05-22 More

Affected by the Red Sea crisis, freight rates are rising out of control ! ! !

Affected by the Red Sea crisis, the shipping market is still expected to rise in freight rates, and the current major liner companies are gradually carrying out the second ro...

/2024-05-15 More

Burst! The Houthis announced that they would expand their attacks from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea.Red Sea crisis escalates into Mediterranean crisis?

According to the latest news from One Shipping: on May 3 local time, Yahya Sarrea, a spokesman for the Houthi armed forces in Yemen, said that the Houthi armed forc...

/2024-05-08 More

Maersk announced a PSS levy of up to $2,000

Far East - South America East route: general product: $1000, high cube: $2000. Effective from May 1 to May 31, 2024.

/2024-04-30 More

Drought Relief! Panama Canal eases traffic restrictions ahead of shipping season!

The Panama Canal Authority said this week that restrictions would be gradually relaxed as the drought eased and water levels in the Panama Canal showed signs of recover...

/2024-04-24 More

Serious incident! A large container ship owned by MSC has been hijacked by Iran with 25 crew members on board!

On April 13, Iranian official media IRNA said that on Saturday, local time, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized the container ship MSC Aries and transferred it to...

/2024-04-17 More

Maersk will resume Panama Canal transportation services in May

Recently, the shipping company Maersk announced that it will resume transit through the Panama Canal on the OC1 route from May 10, 2024.

/2024-04-10 More

With 10 ships were stranded, 746 tons of dangerous cargos on board, claims may reach a record $4 billion , and the impact of the East US container ship collision with a bridge exceeded expectations

On the early morning of March 26th local time, a container ship rented by Maersk named "DALI" ,with a capacity of up to 9971TEU, collided with the largest bridge in B...

/2024-04-03 More

Blockbuster! The Houthis informed China and Russia that Chinese and Russian ships could safely pass through the Red Sea without being attacked

According to several sources, Yemen's Houthi armed forces have told China and Russia that ships from the two countries can sail in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden wi...

/2024-03-27 More

A large container ship on the Evergreen Mei Line collided in Qingdao, involving a number of shared shipping companies, and the shipment schedule of Shanghai, Ningbo and Shenzhen is facing delays

According to the latest news of Qingdao maritime official quoted by One Shipping: in the early morning of March 14, a large container ship named "EVER LUCID" unde...

/2024-03-20 More

Under sanctions! Stop booking! Shipping company suspends service to Russia

South Korean regional line operator SKR has decided to suspend container shipping services to Russia's Vostochny after the port's terminal operator was placed on a new U...

/2024-03-13 More

Maersk Warns Red Sea Shipping Disruptions May Last Until Second Half of 2024

According to reports, Maersk Line has issued a warning that disruptions in container shipping through the Red Sea are expected to continue until the second half of this year,...

/2024-03-06 More

CMA Container Ship Breaks Into Red Sea Again, MSC Ship Attacked

After suspending its Red Sea voyage on February 1, CMA Line sent a container ship to venture into the Red Sea on the February 20th. On the same day, the Houthis stat...

/2024-02-28 More

Europe's second largest container port--Antwerp, has been shut down by a strike

Europe's second largest container port - the Belgian port of Antwerp due to the entrance and exit road of the port were blocked by protesters and vehicles, resulting in port o...

/2024-02-21 More

Convoy unreliable? Cma CGM announced an indefinite suspension of Red Sea flights

Four days ago, One Shipping reported that a large container ship named KOI, owned by CMA CGM, was attacked by Houthi armed forces in the case of a strong escort by ...

/2024-02-07 More

THE Alliance has issued an important statement about Hapag-Lloyd

On Wednesday (January 24), members of THE Alliance, including ONE, HMM, Yangming Shipping and Hapag-Lloyd, collectively issued a statement: THE Alliance w...

/2024-01-31 More

Houthi forces said: Chinese and Russian merchant ships can pass safely in the Red Sea

On January 19, Baqiti, a member of the Houthi armed forces, said in an interview that ships from Russia and China and other countries can safely pass through the Red S...

/2024-01-24 More

The Houthis suddenly announced that all ships of interest to the United States and Britain would be attacked

According to the latest news of One Shipping: in the early morning of January 13 local time in Yemen, the United States and British forces launched a new round of air ...

/2024-01-17 More

A wave of price increases of historically rare magnitude and frequency is about to kill us

On December 21, 2023, Maersk announced that the diversion of Maersk's vessels to the Cape of Good Hope to avoid attacks had resulted in increased transportation costs and o...

/2024-01-10 More

A warehouse in Qingdao free trade port area of China suddenly caught fire

According to the latest news from Qingdao Fire Protection, at 7:37 pm on December 30th, a fire broke out in the warehouse of Shandong Baotai Technology Co., Ltd. loc...

/2024-01-03 More

Industry forecasts: Prepare for a 90-day disruption of the Red Sea route

According to One Shipping learned: Since November 19, Yemen's Houthis have launched sustained attacks on vessels transiting Israel in the Red Sea region, severely disrup...

/2023-12-27 More

Following Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and CMA CGM have also announced the suspension of Red Sea traffic! The Suez Canal faces a virtual shutdown

According to the latest news: After Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announced yesterday that all their ships stopped passing through the Red Sea, the world's largest container line...

/2023-12-20 More

Another shipping company has announced a detour to Suez or the Cape of Good Hope

According to One shipping learned: on December 4, Yangming Shipping held a Corporate information meeting, due to the Panama Canal drought problem, Yangming will no...

/2023-12-13 More

More than 100 ships were blocked and nearly 100,000 containers were detained

According to the latest news of SAAFF: Due to the failure of port equipment, the number of containers in Durban alone has exceeded 70,000 in 10 days!

/2023-12-06 More

Sudden! CMA CGM-14812Teu large container ship was attacked by drones and is docked at several Chinese ports!!

Latest News:In the early morning of November 24, local time, a container ship was attacked by an Iranian drone in the Arabian Sea, causing the ship to catch fire, and the...

/2023-11-29 More

Breaking! A cargo ship was seized in the Red Sea area, Japan and Israel spoke out separately

According to a new CCTV report cited by One Shipping:On local time Nov 19th, the Yemen's Houthi forces said they had seized an Israeli ship in the Red Sea area. T...

/2023-11-22 More

FESCO, the largest shipping company in Russia, changed ownership

According to the latest information from One Shipping, on Wednesday (November 8th), Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree to transfer 92.4% of the state-ow...

/2023-11-16 More

The container liner industry is facing the biggest crisis in history, and the industry downturn may continue until 2026

According to the latest information from One Shipping:Recently,HSBC released a global shipping market research report that said: Container liner companies may be faci...

/2023-11-08 More

THE alliance announced the suspension of the two well-known European and U.S.-East routes

Yesterday (24th), THE Alliance said that "taking into account the current market situation", its Asia-Northern Europe FE5 route and Asia-US East Coast EC4 route a...

/2023-11-02 More

How tough is the market? With 315 idle ships and 1.18 million TEU of idle capacity, the market value of shipping companies fell by $135 billion

According to the latest report of Alphaliner, since entering the fourth quarter, the number of idle container ships in the world has soared again, and there are currently 315 c...

/2023-10-25 More

As the conflict escalated, Israeli terminals were halted and Maersk closed its offices at Ashdod, its second largest port.

According to one shipping update:The situation has been escalating since the massive Israeli-palestinian conflict on 7 October, which has led to the closure of the port of As...

/2023-10-18 More

Another shipping giant significantly increases FAK rates starting from November 1st

Following Hapag-Lloyd's announcement on October 2nd of a significant increase in FAK rates for Asia to Europe and North Africa routes, on October 4th, CMA's offici...

/2023-10-09 More

Chittagong, Bangladesh---One-third of container terminals are unused.

One Shipping has been informed: Nearly one-third of the container terminals in Chittagong, Bangladesh's largest container port, were unused each day this month as lower n...

/2023-09-27 More

MSC, the world's largest container shipping company, announced a major acquisition

According to the latest information from One Shipping, MSC, the world's largest shipping company, and HPL, the world's fifth largest shipping company, are both eyein...

/2023-09-20 More

Cooperation upgrade! MSC and ZIM sign new cooperation agreement

According to One shipping learned:On September 6, ZIM, the world's tenth largest shipping company, announced that it has entered into a new operational cooperation agreem...

/2023-09-13 More

Panama Canal Authority warns restrictions will stay in place for at least 10 months

According to One-shipping learned：Panama Canal Authority officials have warned that the Panama Canal will maintain daily restrictions on the number of vessels passing...

/2023-09-05 More

Burst! A container ship suffered a serious collision accident, leaving 2 crew members missing, and the route calls several domestic ports

According to One Shipping learned: local time on Thursday (August 24), a container ship serving the TS Lines Japan JTK route, the ship name "CONTSHIP UNO" f...

/2023-08-30 More

Stop sailing, change of port of call skiover! The shipping company began to make efforts to cover the freight

Alphaliner said a total of 24 routes between China and Europe were cancelled in June and July. With the influx of new tonnage and a sufficient number of ships available, ...

/2023-08-23 More

The Panama Canal has suffered its worst ever drought, with shipping delays to east of the United States averaging 15-19 days

The Panama Canal, one of the world’s major shipping arteries, is suffering from an unprecedented drought since records began in 1950, according to one shipping, figures sho...

/2023-08-16 More

Former Maersk Executive Takes the Helm as a New Container Shipping Company Emerges

According to ONE Shipping, a new shipping company named “CStar Line” has recently emerged, making a rapid entry into the container shipping market!

/2023-08-09 More

Shipping companies warned: in view of the typhoon may lead to the temporary closure of Shanghai, Ningbo ports, these routes will skip port

The center of Typhoon Du Suri, the fifth typhoonof this year, made landfall on the coast of Jinjiang City, Fujian Province at around 9:55 PM on the 28th. The maximum...

/2023-08-02 More

SM raises $3.5bn to bid for HMM 47 years of shipping brand HMM may be replaced by SM line

HMM originated from Asia Merchant Marine established by Hyundai Group in 1976, when a large number of ships built by Hyundai Heavy Industries, a subsidiary of Hyundai...

/2023-07-26 More

A typhoon is coming! South China's major ports to stop all gate delivery services, shipping companies issued a letter to customers

At 18:00 on July 16, the National Meteorological Center upgraded the typhoon orange alert to orange alert. The center of the typhoon is expected to move west to north at a ...

/2023-07-19 More

General Administration of Customs: The import of food from Fukushima and other places in Japan is prohibited, and 100% inspection is strictly implemented

According to One Shipping quoted CCTV financial report: On June 7, the head of the import and export Food Safety Bureau of the General Administration of Customs a...

/2023-07-12 More

Freight market:The U.S. East surged 14.9% in the week, while the U.S. West surged 20%

According to one shipping, citing the latest figures from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange:On June 30, the Shanghai export container comprehensive freight index was 953.60 ...

/2023-07-05 More

Warning! Europe's most important waterway may face transportation disruptions due to low water levels.

According to One Shipping, despite the fact that the Rhine River, Europe's most important waterway, typically experiences its lowest water levels between August and N...

/2023-06-27 More

Since June 15, the country has made ECTN certificates mandatory for all imports and exports

Recently, the Djibouti Ports and Free Zone Authority issued an official announcement requiring all cargo unloaded at Djibouti ports to have an ECTN (Electronic Cargo ...

/2023-06-21 More

Warning! This country is facing a depletion of foreign exchange and a high risk of receiving payments to freight forwarders and shippers.

According to ONE Shipping Reuters, recently the Pakistani Ministry of Commerce stated that Pakistan has passed a special order allowing barter trade with Afghanistan...

/2023-06-14 More

The seventh-largest shipping company in the world, ONE, announced that it has joined GSBN

According to One Shipping:The global shipping business network GSBN, announced on May 30 that Japanese shipping company ONE has become its newest member. GSB...

/2023-06-07 More

Severe drought! Shipping restrictions have been announced on the Panama Canal

According to One Shipping recently learned: Near the strait connecting the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, rainfall is less than 50% of the normal level, greatly limiting the...

/2023-05-31 More

There are signs that shipping companies are planning a new round of price war

According to the latest information from One Shipping: Recently, the number of global container liner lines stopped and jumped began to decline significantly, at the same ...

/2023-05-24 More

No voyage! Carry out military missions in multiple sea areas! Early warning of late departure, late arrival and delay.

Recently, the South China Sea, the Bohai Sea, the northern part of the Yellow Sea and the Beibu Gulf of the Bohai Strait have been banned due to military missions. I...

/2023-05-17 More

Freight rates rise again! On June 1st, the shipping company levied GRI, BUC and PCC again.

Due to the still weak demand in Europe and the United States, the cargo volume did not pick up significantly, so that the shipment tide before the May Day holiday was no...

/2023-05-10 More

Bye!Hamburg Süd!The shipping industry no longer has that red hue

The latest report from Alphaliner states that the first batch of ships from Hamburg Süd have entered and exited dry docks. Currently, Maersk's unique blue hull paint has ...

/2023-05-06 More

Out of nowhere! Another Chinese shipping company entered the Southeast Asian market

According to One Shipping，Hede Shipping, another unfamiliar face in the industry, has entered the Southeast Asian shipping market recently and opened a new route from C...

/2023-04-25 More

The latest statistics on the new container capacity of shipping companies were released, totaling more than 7.5 million TEU

According to One Shipping, Bimco's latest statistics show that a staggering 7.54 million TEUs have been newly ordered by container shipping companies.The new capacity...

/2023-04-19 More

Port congestion, shipping companies impose congestion surcharge

The port of Iskenderun is still out of service as the effects of the earthquake in Turkey continue. To ensure normal logistics, a large number of goods were diverted to the n...

/2023-04-12 More

This Middle Eastern country is in chaos too! 630,000 people protesting! The port is closed! Flights grounded! Logistics may be delayed

Israel has been thrown into "chaos" by a dispute over the government's push to reform the judiciary.More than 630,000 people took to the streets of several cities in Israel on ...

/2023-04-06 More

Burst! A strike at Europe's second largest container port has halted pilot traffic, prompting shipping companies to issue emergency notices and authorities to advise customers to change ports

According to the latest information from One Shipping: On Wednesday local time, Verdi, Germany's largest trade union of service industry, announced a 36-hour warning st...

/2023-03-29 More

India's largest container port is suffering from severe congestion, and the market is facing a triple whammy of rising prices, shortage of containers and bursting of warehouses.

India's largest container port, Nhava Sheva, is facing severe congestion as the AMP terminal in Mumbai is undergoing infrastructure upgrades and a large amount of cargo is...

/2023-03-23 More

Freight rates keep falling! Due to the European line reduction part of the market is bursting, shipping companies to raise prices in April?

Affected by the weak global demand and economic downturn, major indices show that freight rates continue to decline. At present, the industry is concerned that the U.S. E...

/2023-03-15 More

Burst! The Suez Canal was blocked again last night,the stranded container ships used to dock at Shanghai, Ningbo and Shenzhen

At around 9 PM Beijing time on March 5, a very large container ship named MSC ISTANBUL, with a capacity of 16,652 TEU, ran aground while passing through the S...

/2023-03-08 More

A New Shipping Company, Lotus Link, was Officially Established

According to the latest information of One Shipping: On the 23rd, ZIM issued an announcement that the company has established a joint venture shipping enterprise - Lotus ...

/2023-03-01 More

20,000 containers stuck in port, nearly $10 billion worth of goods stranded! Pay attention to risk prevention!

The downside risks to the global economy have increased sharply amid weak economic recovery, sovereign debt risks and high inflation. Many countries are unable to pay for im...

/2023-02-22 More

CMA CGM bought shipping company La Meridionale

According to the latest information from One Shipping: CMA CGM, the world's third largest shipping company, has acquired La Meridionale, a Marseilla-based shipping ...

/2023-02-15 More

The United States forced the seizure of such shipments from China and Maersk issued an emergency notice

On January 31, shipping giant Maersk posted a notice on its website saying that the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has started to issue detention notices for a...

/2023-02-08 More

CHINESE NEW YEAR MARKET REVIEW European and American freight continues to be depressed, individual routes appear to cover the fall,The proportion of flights suspended is at a record high

The newest data from the Shanghai Shipping Exchange after the Chinese New Year show that China's export container transportation market is basically stable, with the ...

/2023-02-01 More

The shipping company struck a heavy blow: dangerous goods will charge 200000 yuan per TEU for misstatements of shipments

According to Ocean Network Express: recently, ONE issued a notice saying that in order to continuously provide reliable service and best prevention efforts, they will imp...

/2023-01-18 More

Record! 149 voyages were suspended! The three major alliances account for 78.5%!

Global transport demand continues to decline, and the shipping companies continue to cut capacity with widespread shutdowns. Previously, Shipping network reported that onl...

/2023-01-11 More

The latest statistics on the punctuality rate of the sailing schedule are released: the punctuality rate increased significantly in November.

According to One Shipping, Sea-Intelligence recently announced the latest issue (November 2022) of the world's major shipping companies' schedule punctuality rate rankings...

/2023-01-04 More

HMM and NYK set up a joint venture company

South Korean shipping company Hanshin Marine HMM announced Monday (December 20) a joint venture with Japanese shipping company NYK to provide heavy cargo ships and...

/2022-12-28 More

Stop sailing! Shipping companies will cancel half of their flights from Asia after Spring Festival!

Against the backdrop of extremely weak demand forecasts, shipping companies are preparing to cancel about half of their scheduled voyages from Asia to northern Europe and t...

/2022-12-21 More

Big deal! CMA is spending billions of dollars to buy two big container terminals in the eastern United States

According to One Shipping:On December 6, CMA CGM announced that it has signed a binding agreement to acquire two Container terminals at the Port of New York-Ne...

/2022-12-14 More

Freight hard landing! Asia-Nordic freight fell to $1000 per case.

With the approach of the Chinese Lunar New year, there seems to be little container shipping companies can do to stop the rapid decline in container spot rates.

/2022-12-07 More

A new wave of strikes swept across many countries

According to the latest news of One Shipping: On November 24, South Korea's truck drivers began a nationwide strike.

/2022-11-30 More

The import volume of the largest container port in the United States plummeted 26% in October

A year ago, Los Angeles and Long Beach, the largest ports in the United States, were bustling; Now, on the eve of the busiest shopping season of the year, the two ports ...

/2022-11-23 More

Outlook for cargo volume 'remains weak'

Maersk said it is offering shippers the opportunity to slow the arrival of shipments from Asia to ports in Europe and the US to help retailers manage bloated inventories a...

/2022-11-16 More

The idled containership fleet has breached the 1m teu capacity milestone

According to the latest information from One Shipping ：According to Alphaliner, as of 24 October, the number of inactive container-ships either had reached 284, for a ca...

/2022-11-09 More

SEA RATES ARE STILL PLUMMETING

Recently, shipping companies have continued to cancel voyages from China to northern Europe and the Western United States to slow the decline in container spot rates. Des...

/2022-11-02 More

The strongest warning of economic winter

The freight volume falls the strongest warning that becomes economic cold winter.

/2022-10-26 More

Ningbo epidemic

According to one shipping company: from October 14 to October 16 in the early hours of just 48 hours, Ningbo this round of confirmed cases have reached 22 cases, including 1...

/2022-10-19 More

A fire broke out in a container and several shipping companies shared the cabin

A container ship caught fire in the Red Sea.

/2022-10-10 More

Strikes at the Ports of Liverpool and Felixstowe

A two-week strike at the Port of Liverpool and Felixstowe was started.

/2022-09-28 More

Haberrot reached a cooperation agreement with Spinelli Group, an established Italian logistics company

According to the latest information of One Shipping, Hablot announced on its official website that it has reached a cooperation agreement with Spinelli Group, an old Ital...

/2022-09-21 More

A new round of typhoons is coming! It will have a serious impact on Shanghai, Ningbo and other places!

News from the Central Meteorological Observatory: The center of this year's No. 12 typhoon "Plum Blossom" was located in the waters of Zhoushan.

/2022-09-15 More

Typhoon is coming! Stop work and stop sailing! All major ports in Shanghai and Ningbo have suspended loading and unloading!

The Central Meteorological station continued to issue the Typhoon yellow warning on 3rd, September at 18 o 'clock.

/2022-09-07 More

The freight rates have fallen to 8% in this week! It’s the largest drop since the outbreak of COVID-19! And have dropped for 11 weeks.

As global inflation continues to develop and demand slows, container rates continue to fall.

/2022-08-31 More

Freight rates have fallen for ten consecutive weeks! The general strike has begun! Due to congestion, Europe and the United States East routes are expected to stop falling and rebound?

Container rates have been falling slowly for 10 weeks.

/2022-08-24 More

Critical Chemical leak forces full closure of freeway and shut down Amazon warehouses in USA.

The hazardous chemical leaking causes full closure of freeway to Amazon warehouses ONT8、ONT9、XLX2、SBD3 .

/2022-08-17 More

Military missions have been declared in the South China Sea, Bohai Sea and other waters since midnight on August 2, with shipping lanes closed and commercial vessels banned from entering

According to One Shipping, citing the website of China's Maritime Safety Administration, the Dalian Maritime Safety Administration, Tangshan Maritime Safety Ad...

/2022-08-10 More

Freight rates fell seven straight! Large area of shipping company suspension, cancel 100 voyages! Introduce a congestion surcharge

Container rates fell for the seventh week in a row.

/2022-08-03 More

The European economy entered a recession in July. The demand situation will be worse!

Europe's manufacturing sector contracted across the board in July.

/2022-07-27 More

A large container ship loaded with cargo from Shanghai, Ningbo and Shenzhen was in distress on its way, losing its containers and facing serious delays

Recently, a large container ship named “APL Vanda” under the Ocean Alliance, with a capacity of 17,300 TEU, was in an accident on its way to Europe across the Indi...

/2022-07-20 More

Banned! Military missions in Bohai/Yellow/South China Sea! Delay warning for late opening and late arrival of ships

From now until August 5, the Bohai Sea, the northern part of the Yellow Sea in the Bohai Strait, and the South China Sea have been banned for military missions.

/2022-07-13 More

Freight rates fell for the first time on all routes

On 30. June the consulting agency Drewry announced the latest World Containerized Index (WCI), which showed retes continued to fall by 3% to $7066.03/ FEU this week.

/2022-07-06 More

Shipping company remind: false alarm fine $2000 / box, July 1st implementation!

On June 24, shipping company Ocean Network (ONE) announced the implementation of the surcharge on container weight difference.

/2022-06-29 More

Online cloud hire, create a green, low carbon, accurate, efficient new way!

June 18, by the China federation of logistics and purchasing, China international shipping network jointly organized the first 2022 international logistics and the cloud of hir...

/2022-06-22 More

In 2022, the centralized transportation industry will make a profit of 2trillion! The shipping company is going crazy!

At present, the shipping companies that have announced the results of the first quarter have shown substantial growth in operating revenue and profit year-on-year.

/2022-06-15 More

CMA CGM launches new service linking Turkey, Spain, France, and Algeria

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM's Short Sea Lines Division is launching its new TMX 1.2 service - offering a fast connection between Turkey, Spain, France, an...

/2022-06-08 More

Shanghai: Full resumption of work and production from June 1!

On the afternoon of May 29, the press conference on Shanghai's epidemic prevention and control work announced and introduced the relevant information of the "Shanghai Actio...

/2022-06-01 More

China offers coastal 'piggyback' system to supply needed empties

CHINA has implemented a Chinese inter-port "piggyback" system to get empty containers where they are needed most, reports Hellenic Shipping News Worldwide.

/2022-05-25 More

Export lessening ,Ocean carrier alliances will cancel more than a third of Asian sailings!

Ocean carrier alliances are preparing to blank more than a third of their sailings from Asia over the coming weeks in response to a reduction in export freight, according to ...

/2022-05-18 More

Please pay attention to shipment! The Middle East's largest port bans imports and exports of dangerous chemicals! Violations will be punished!

The United Arab Emirates' Safety Industry Regulator (SIRA) has strengthened regulations banning or restricting the import and export of hazardous chemicals (DG) at D...

/2022-05-11 More

Shenzhen port's cargo throughput nears 60 million tonnes in Q1

TOTAL cargo throughput of Shenzhen Port reached 59.68 million tonnes in the first quarter of 2022, including over 47 million tonnes of foreign trade cargo, reports Xinhua...

/2022-04-27 More

K+N signs startup to improve import efficiency

SWISS forwarding giant Kuehne + Nagel is working with Hamburg-based container logistics provider Flowfox to pilot a system to manage import-related equipment avail...

/2022-04-19 More

Hutchison's TICTS celebrates record monthly throughput

HONG KONG's Hutchison Ports' Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS) announced that it has achieved its highest ever monthly throughput recor...

/2022-04-13 More

Yang Ming to receive five new 11,000 TEU vessels

TAIWAN'S Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said it is to take delivery of five new 11,000 TEU container ships in the second and third quarter this year, boosting its f...

/2022-04-07 More

US reinstates waivers for some Chinese goods

THE Biden administration plans to reinstate exemptions from Trump-era tariffs on about two-thirds of Chinese products that were previously granted waivers, most of w...

/2022-03-30 More

PIL to acquire four new 14,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel propulsion boxships

SINGAPORE's Pacific International Lines (PIL) has awarded a contract to Shanghai's Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) for the construction of four 14,000 TEU container v...

/2022-03-22 More

Korean Air merger won't affect competition: regulators

KOREAN AIR's acquisition of Asiana Airlines will not reduce cargo competition, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) has conclude, rep...

/2022-03-16 More

Wan Hai fined US$680,750 by California Air Resources Board

THE California Air Resources Board (CARB) has reached a settlement agreement with Wan Hai Lines (USA) Ltd for US$680,750 for violations of the Ocean-Going ...

/2022-03-09 More

US-Canada trade damaged by Canadian trucker protest

US-CANADA trade is being damaged by a Canadian trucker anti-vaccine mandate blockage of the Ambassador Bridge between Detroit and Windsor, reports the American J...

/2022-03-02 More

Boeing converts jets into freighters as passenger trade fades

US PLANEMAKER Boeing, which has almost doubled its capacity to turn passenger jets into freighters since the pandemic began, is considering adding even more as d...

/2022-02-23 More

Ningbo Covid delays could affect US$4b worth of trade: Russell's analysis

THE risk modelling company Russell Group has conducted an analysis indicating that a week's delay of essential trade at Ningbo could impact US$4 billion worth of trade...

/2022-02-15 More

Yard congestion has Shenzhen slowing export boxes

SHIPPERS moving goods through Chinese ports are facing additional disruption and delays days before factories to close for nearly two weeks for Chinese New Year Feb...

/2022-02-10 More

Cainiao boosts Malaysia cargo flights to cater for e-commerce demand

THE logistics arm of Alibaba Cainiao announced plans to add new Malaysia charter flights as the country grows in importance as a regional e-commerce hub, reports Londo...

/2022-01-25 More

Jaxport beats box shortage by moving chicken breakbulk

JAXPORT terminal operator Enstructure has moved 4,500 tons of frozen poultry through Jacksonville in a single breakbulk shipment, reports the American Journal of Tr...

/2022-01-19 More

Maersk soothes forwarders while moving in on their turf

MAERSK has reassured forwarders fearful their business will no longer be welcome following speculation that the Danish shipping giant plans to drop them and deal direc...

/2022-01-12 More

Red Sea Gateway Terminal wins big at Seatrade Maritime Awards

THE Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) has won the 2021 Regional Deal of the Year award at the annual Seatrade Maritime event in Dubai, for the Middle East, In...

/2022-01-06 More

Pakistan expands shipping fleet to tackle global logistics crisis

PAKISTAN is working to boost the capacity of its shipping fleet to draw on its strategic geographical position and help tackle the effects of a global supply chain crisis,...

/2021-12-29 More

US retail imports surge 18pc in 2021, but will level off next year

RETAIL imports at the US's major container ports are expected to end 2021 with both the largest volume and fastest growth on record.

/2021-12-21 More

HAROPA PORT installs 'Shore Tension' to offer optimum vessel service

IN a move to offer optimum service to its customers during their calls at Le Havre, HAROPA PORT has installed a ShoreTension system - a solution enabling vessel...

/2021-12-15 More

Asia Pacific airlines report 'vigorous' air freight growth

THE Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) saw "vigorous" air freight growth in October due to a "robust" cargo market among Asia Pacific airlines, reports L...

/2021-12-08 More

Major drug bust in Latin America linked to Port of Rotterdam

THE authorities in Panama and Colombia have confirmed the discovery of massive amounts of illicit narcotics bound for the Rotterdam port, adding that the seizure of app...

/2021-12-01 More

PIL installs satellite communication for entire fleet

SINGAPORE's Pacific International Lines (PIL) is installing satellite communication (VSAT) on its entire fleet of 100 vessels, with Singtel providing communic...

/2021-11-24 More

Fifty-one containers salvaged from Chao Phraya river after collision

THAI authorities have salvaged 51 containers after a collision between a feeder vessel and a general cargo ship in Thailand's Chao Phraya River last week, reports Contain...

/2021-11-10 More

Sea Sentinels in yards push for green recycling owner compliance

BREAKING yards worldwide are rising to the challenge of sustainable ship recycling in response to stringent new EU regulations but third-party supervision is still need...

/2021-11-03 More

JD Logistics to build an air cargo fleet of 100 freighters

CHINA's e-commerce giant JD Logistics plans to acquire "no fewer than" 100 freighters by 2030, reports London's Loadstar.

/2021-10-27 More

Burgeoning Western Global calls for removal of fleet restrictions

FREIGHTER operator Western Global Airlines has asked the US Department of Transportation (DoT) to remove restrictions limiting the size of its fleet.

/2021-10-19 More

Record H1 air cargo volume handled at Anchorage airport

ALASKA's Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) has handled record air cargo volumes during the first half of 2021, as its passenger numbers picked up.

/2021-10-13 More

South African rail capacity cuts coal exports by 9 million tonnes

VANDALISM and sabotage of rail infrastructure and rampant cable theft have resulted in one of the worst export performances, according state-owned Transnet, South Af...

/2021-09-28 More

Evergreen places US$1.1b order for 24 box ships at Huangpu Wenchong

TAIWAN's Evergreen Marine Asia, a subsidiary of Evergreen Marine, is planning to build 24 box ships at CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding in China, reports Colch...

/2021-09-15 More

Passenger volumes weak, but air cargo demand robust: AAPA

ASIA Pacific airlines recorded a 26.8 per cent year-on-year increase in international air cargo demand as measured in freight tonne kilometres in July, slightly above the v...

/2021-09-08 More

South African rail capacity cuts coal exports by 9 million tonnes

VANDALISM and sabotage of rail infrastructure and rampant cable theft have resulted in one of the worst export performances, according state-owned Transnet, South A...

/2021-09-01 More

Vaccination rate at HK container terminal over 90pc by end of August

HONG Kong's front-line workers at the port's major container terminal in Kwai Tsing have been playing a vital role in maintaining the smooth flow of food, daily ne...

/2021-08-25 More

Brisbane trade increases 7.5pc in June to 119,200 TEU

THE Port of Brisbane posted a 7.5 per cent year-on-year increase in June container volume to 119,200 TEU, reported Daily Cargo News (formerly Lloyd's List Aus...

/2021-08-18 More

Box lines launch transpacific services as rates soar

CONTAINER shipping lines continue to add new services to eastbound transpacific trade lanes as record high freight rates and strong demand attract more carry capacity fo...

/2021-08-11 More

CP asks KCS shareholders to vote against CN takeover bid

CAMPAIGNING hard to stop its rival, the Canadian National take over the Kansas City Southern railroad, the Canadian Pacific Railway filed a proxy statement askin...

/2021-08-04 More

Putin looks for short sea routes to bypass Suez Canal

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has met with the country's shipbuilding executives to review plans to prioritise short sea shipping with the hope of bypassing the S...

/2021-07-29 More

Cuba allows more food and drug imports after mass protests

/2021-07-21 More

Seaspan secures charter extensions with Cosco for 17 vessels

HONG Kong's Seaspan Corporation, which is the world's largest containership lessor, has forward fixed contracts to extend the current lease terms for 17 containerships w...

/2021-06-30 More

Iran's port capacity up nearly 40pc in 7 years, say ports authorities

IRAN is pressing ahead with plans and projects to increase its port capacity to 280 million tonnes a year, reports Tehran's official Press TV.

/2021-06-23 More

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Swiss WorldCargo's pharma network grows to 36 accredited stations

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