A further round of strikes at German ports would likely worsen port congestion and schedule reliability on major trades.

The ability to customize port calls and aggressively manage capacity is translating into higher rates for MSC, while the Gemini Cooperation’s rates are below the market average despite its higher schedule reliability, according to rate benchmarking platform Xeneta.

The ability to customize port calls and aggressively manage capacity is translating into higher rates for MSC, while the Gemini Cooperation’s rates are below the market average despite its higher schedule reliability, according to rate benchmarking platform Xeneta.

The deal with long-time partner DP World is focused on five ports: Dakar (Senegal), Luanda (Angola), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Banana (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Maputo (Mozambique).

The reinstated rail service will likely support automakers, their suppliers, and other industrial manufacturing in the Southeast.

Sending ships through the Red Sea should improve dismal schedule reliability, but an intensification of the war between Yemen’s Houthi militants and Saudi Arabia has elevated the risk of attack.

Sending ships through the Red Sea should improve dismal schedule reliability, but an intensification of the war between Yemen’s Houthi militants and Saudi Arabia has elevated the risk of attack.

The carrier has a sizeable war chest for fleet expansion, built up over the last several years of healthy earnings and strong freight rates.

Four consecutive typhoons created berthing delays lasting up to two weeks across Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, and Yantian due to terminal closures and ships having to shelter from the storm, Xeneta said in a report.

Changing market dynamics can produce more frequent and extreme swings in freight rates, raising potential average returns for carriers even when oversupply weighs on the market, Vincent Clerc says.

A third of deep-sea traffic that had been diverted since Houthi militant attacks began in late 2023 has now returned to shorter Red Sea voyages, but don't expect that to show up in freight pricing, says the analyst.

The acid test of dedication to hub-and-spoke systems is how many mainline ports are served when there is a magnetic pull to serve more local markets directly, writes Jeremy Masters.

Swire and SAL have confirmed deals to secure more ships in a bid to meet expected rising demand for project cargoes.

Cargo owners want more details on why carriers feel confident that it is safe to send fully laden vessels through the Red Sea despite ongoing security risks, the Global Shippers Forum says.

Tung took over running the family shipping interests, which included Orient Overseas Container Line and bulk operator Island Navigation, in 1982 following the death of his shipping magnate father, but immediately faced the fallout from a global shipping industry crisis.

An already strong peak shipping season is forecast to end with a bang this month as vessel delays in China and draft restrictions along the Panama Canal push robust imports into early fall, the National Retail Federation says.

Strong time charter rates that have hardly moved in recent years and ongoing robust demand are keeping aging multipurpose vessels on the water.

That comes as ONE said the port would be temporarily omitted from 11 Premier Alliance US East Coast sailings through mid-October to maintain schedule reliability.

The breakbulk and bulk terminal operator has quintupled the size of its network with the Logistec acquisition and aims to gain share in industrial end-markets.

The proposed $4.2 billion acquisition raised national security fears in Tel Aviv, sparking strong opposition since the deal was announced in February.