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Hapag-Lloyd - Schedule update for FE9 service

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If you're shipping with our Far East Servic...

CMA CGM to strengthen and reshuffle its Africa lines - India Middle East Gulf services

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In a continued effort to provide a reliable and...

CMA CGM to suspend Bremerhaven call on its SAFRAN service connecting East Coast South America with Europe

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This service will stop offering Bremerhaven, as...

MSC - NWC to Mexico Express Service Improves Transit Times

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As part of MSC’s continuous efforts to satisfy mark...

ACL Announces New, Faster Service to & From Ireland

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New services from Belfast and Dublin to North Ameri...

Massive floods cause chaos in southern Brazil

"Floods that have killed at least 85 people in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul have completely halted ope...

Two more MSC ships targeted by the Houthis

"Two more boxships belonging to Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) were attacked by the Houthis yesterd...

ESL revamps Southeast Asia service, VGI

The following release was published by ESL:

ESL is pleased to announce the launch of the Southe...

Regional operators launch feeder services as mainline carriers adjust port calls

"The Red Sea-altered, or ’new normal’, container flows seem to have given niche feeder and regional...

South Korean ports must boost productivity to be chosen as liner hubs

"South Korean port executives have revealed that low productivity and volumes have discouraged the G...

Maersk raises surcharges as Red Sea risk expands and costs mount

"Last week, Houthi chief Abdul Malik Al-Houthi said there would be a stepping-up of operations in th...

Maersk and Transnet Battle Out Privatization of Durban Terminal in Court

"APM Terminals, Maersk’s operating company for terminals around the world, has gone to court attempt...

Panama Canal sees slight rise in shipping activity

"Shipping traffic in the Panama Canal has witnessed a recent uptick following relief from drought co...

PPA hands over ICPC to VCT

The following release was published by ICTSI:

The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) officially h...

ICTSI 1Q 2024 Net Income grew 36% to US$209.88M driven mainly by international portfolio

The following release was published by ICTSI:

  • Throughput remained at 3.10 million TEUs
  • Re...

Port of New York and New Jersey surpasses 700,000 TEU

"The Port of New York and New Jersey ended the first quarter of 2024 with a surge in volume, having...

Porto Itapoá records highest movements ever

"Porto Itapoá reached 107,475 TEU in April, breaking its previous high of 106,565 TEU recorded in Oc...

Qingdao port sees cargo and container volume growth in Q1

"Container volume at the port was 7.67 million teu, an increase of11.5% year-on-year. Container carg...

IKEA chooses Hapag-Lloyd for greener shipping from Asia

"IKEA Supply Chain Operations will ship between Asia and Europe using biofuels to reduce CO2 emissio...

Maersk - Suspension of Trade Between Turkey and Israel

The following release was published by Maersk:

On Friday 3rd May 2024, the Turkish Government M...

LNG-powered CMA CGM Ambition named in South Korea

"French shipping heavyweight CMA CGM has held a naming ceremony for the newest addition to its fleet...

Evergreen orders six boxships in China

"The first boxship orders from a global liner since the middle of January have filtered in." See the...

Maersk Resumes Liquidation of its Russian Container Shipping Subsidiary

"Maersk has resumed the process of liquating its Russian subsidiary, Maersk LLC (St. Petersburg), as...

Shipper frustration as spot rates rise alongside demand, and cargo is rolled

"A strengthening demand scenario on the Asia-European trades appears to have caught carriers and for...

DP World buys Laos dry port operator

"Terminal operator DP World has completed the acquisition of Savan Logistics which operates the Sava...

Houthis Threaten Ship Attacks in Mediterranean Sea

"The Houthi group based in Yemen threatened to start trying to attack ships in the eastern Mediterra...

The Port of New Orleans Announces Record Container Growth

The following release was published by Port NOLA:

The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) announced...

Maersk - Service Reliability Optimization – TPX

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As your end-to-end logistics partner, we are con...

CMA CGM to launch M2X - Mexico Express Service connecting Far East to Mexico

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CMA CGM is pleased to announce the launch of ou...

HMM and SM Line exchange slots on transpacific routes to boost sales

"HMM and its compatriot, SM Line, are collaborating on long-haul lanes for the first time." See the...

AD Ports Group Secures a 20-Year Agreement to Operate and Upgrade the Existing Luanda Multipurpose Port Terminal in Angola

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  • Agreements with Unicargas, Multiparques, and...

Uncertainty Looms Over Long-Term Container Freight Rates

"Ocean carriers are walking a tightrope between risk and reward in new long-term contract negotiatio...

Sri Lanka container volumes rise near 50 per cent

"The Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) has reported a record 48 per cent year-on-year (YoY) rise in c...

Houthi leader vows to escalate attacks

"The leader of the Houthis has said his militia will escalate attacks unless Israel ends its war in...

VCT delivers enhanced productivity, efficiency to ICPC

The following release was published by ICTSI:

Visayas Container Terminal (VCT), International C...

Port of Gothenburg announces record-breaking throughput levels

"The Port of Gothenburg has announced a record-breaking container volume for the first quarter of 20...

Maersk Q1 results in line with expectations amid ongoing Red Sea disruptions

The following release was published by Maersk:

A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) delivered a first...

Unifeeder launches new service to connect China with UAE

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Connecting three ports in China to Jebel Ali....

Ocean Alliance carriers switch ULCVs from North Europe to the Med

"Taiwanese carrier Evergreen and its Ocean Alliance partners are redeploying ultra-large container v...

Indian trade disrupted as port congestion forces liner services to skip calls

"Container lines are wrestling with growing service reliability challenges on connections out of Ind...

Don't get too confident for Q2, market risks haven't disappeared, warns Yang Ming chief

"Liner operators should not be too confident that Q2 will be any better than Q1, despite the Red Sea...

Dali boxship to be removed by May 10

"Officials expect to have removed the Dali containership from its lodged position in Baltimore port...

Schedule reliability gradually improves amid Red Sea crisis

"According to Sea-Intelligence, global schedule reliability has begun to improve, with the March 202...

Port of Melbourne container throughput rises for March

"The Port of Melbourne has released its trade figures for March, revealing a notable Year-on-Year (Y...

11,100 new slots a day: April smashes records for liner deliveries

"The teu tsunami coming out of Asian yards shows no let-up, but for the time being the armada of new...

Déjà vu as major ocean carriers scramble for tonnage and containers

"Tight availability of boxships and equipment, last seen during Covid, is replaying as more and more...

Unifeeder expands in Latin America, opens Panama office

"DP World’s Unifeeder Group has opened an office in Panama its first in the Latin American region."...

COSCO starts new China-Thailand service

"Chinese container shipping giant COSCO will launch a new service connecting major ports in China wi...

Japanese ONE's profit plunges by USD 14bn

"The container shipping company’s revenue halved in the staggered financial year that ended in March...

FAK rate hikes holding, with strong demand into peak season predicted

"With excess container liner capacity continuing to be soaked up by the widespread vessel diversions...

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