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Container rates surge amid Red Sea crisis

In response to the escalating Red Sea crisis, Container xChange, an online container logistics platform, has released a comprehensive report detailing the far-reaching effects...

Suez Canal toll earnings set to continue falling, as vessels re-route around the Cape of Good Hope

As we enter into the third month of escalating conflict in Yemen that has prompted significant rerouting of vessels with far-reaching consequences for global...

Red Sea Greens to Chinese New Year Blues: Where are container spot prices headed?

As the Chinese New Year Blues unfold, with the “Year of the Dragon” being celebrated from the 10th to the 15th of February, 2024,...

Red Sea crisis impact on box rates more rapid than Covid-19: Xeneta analysis

The Red Sea crisis has seen ocean freight rates increase faster than in the early months of the Covid-19 pandemic as swathes of shippers...

The Red Sea Under The Microscope: A Deep Dive Into Suez Canal Rerouting And Its Consequences

The following report has been written by VesselBot, a technology company with deep logistics market expertise that brings transparency to Scope 3 transportation emissions...

Red Sea Crisis: Xeneta forecasts freight rates to rise further in February

Early indications suggest ocean freight shipping rates are set to increase further in early February amid the ongoing Red Sea crisis, according to data...

January Global Shipping Report by Descartes Datamyne

The following report has been written by Chris Jones, Executive Vice President of Industry and Services at Descartes Systems Group. In December 2023, US container...

Red Sea-Suez crisis quadruples Asia-Europe & Med rates

About 90% of all the containerized fleet that would have ideally taken the Suez Canal have now re-routed via the Cape of Good Hope....

BIMCO: Record deliveries could push container fleet above 30 million TEUs in 2024

"In 2023, shipyards delivered 350 new container ships with a total capacity of 2.2 million TEUs, beating the previous record from 2015 when 1.7...

Shipping gears up to meet 5-10% low carbon fuel target, but will fuels be available?

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week” from BIMCO, chief shipping analyst, Niels Rasmussen, explores the percentage of the fleet currently prepared for...

Global Shipping: Disruptions pop-back ahead of 2024

One of the largest global shipping organizations, Maersk announced pausing all its operations on the Red Sea route, a passage that accounts over 10%...

Container freight rates fall to 2019 levels while costs remain high

Liner operators continue to struggle with a worsening supply/demand balance, affecting freight rates. On average, the fleet has grown 5% and 19% compared with...

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Red Sea shipping traffic rebounds as Houthis limit targets

Red Sea maritime traffic has increased by 60% to approximately 36–37 vessels per day since August 2024, as Reuters reported. However, it still falls short...

CMA CGM applies new surcharge from Far East to West Africa

French ocean carrier CMA CGM has announced a peak season surcharge (PSS) for shipments from Northeast Asia, Southeast Asia, China and Hong Kong &...

China to counterbalance Panama setback through South America projects

As geopolitical tensions deepen and shipping lanes become politicized battlegrounds, China is recalibrating its approach to the Western Hemisphere. The recent retreat of CK Hutchison...

PIL christens new 8,200 TEU boxship

Pacific International Lines (PIL) named its latest 8,200 TEU LNG dual-fuel container vessel, Kota Ocean, at the PSA Terminal in Singapore. The vessel was named...

Singapore authorities away grounded container barge

Authorities in Singapore have towed away a container barge that ran aground off the resort island of Sentosa this morning (6 June). ...
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