"There seems to be nothing ocean carriers can do – or are prepared to do – to stop the rapid slide o...

The deteriorative effects of the latest ILWU strikes on the transpacific tradelane are clearly visib...

"It seems the recent container freight spot rate rally on the Asia-North Europe trade might have com...

"BCOs are not sufficiently prepared for the likely influx of detention and demurrage (D&D) charges a...

"Transpacific shippers keen to take advantage of the 90-day tariff time-out are likely to be faced w...

"Dockers affiliated with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have extended their strike action at...

"Port users have responded angrily to DP World Australia’s planned increase in terminal fees of up t...

"DSV’s acquisition of DB Schenker could “end in disaster”, as forwarders warn that hostility to the...

"Taiwan’s container lines all experienced positive second quarters: Evergreen, Wan Hai and Yang Min...

"Forwarders need to pull out of the ‘race-to-the-bottom’ on ocean rates or risk losing customers, ma...

"Emergent trends in shipbuilding demonstrate how carriers are building capacity management into thei...

"Container spot rates from China to North Europe are in freefall with average rates dipping below $1...

"There have been “notable increases” in maritime insurance premiums, as ceasefire uncertainty clouds...

"Maersk said the “competition is on”, when asked what the future was for forwarders in the face of t...

"Hopes for a settlement in the contract negotiations in the US rail industry are on the wane. And an...

"The lead time for Chinese exports to the US east coast is still just over two months – highlighting...

"HMM should be nationalised, according to Busan civic groups and members of South Korea’s marine ind...

"Container output reached 521,000 teu last month – a post-Covid peak, according to Linerlytica today...

"Container spot rates from Asia to Europe and the US are coming under increased pressure, as the pea...

"Typhoon Hinnamor has forced the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Busan to close, further disrupting sh...

"Pan Ocean is to put South Korea’s first autonomous containership into a service connecting the coun...

"Container spot freight rates on most of the main shipping trades saw another week of decline, altho...

"While US ports and container terminals still resist a regulatory drive to curtail detention and dem...

"Apart from rocketing freight rates, Indian exporters face another supply chain challenge linked to...

"Hundreds of clerks represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) walked off...

"Overcapacity will persist next year and, along with stricter environmental regulations, will prompt...

"As the EU ETS standards set in, classification society Lloyd’s Register (LR) has released a report...

"While container spot rates on the Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades continued to remain ele...

"Maersk has ruled out ocean freight rate discounts along the ‘patriotic’ lines established in recent...

"Privatisation of South Korean ocean carrier HMM is finally set to progress, now Seoul-based investm...

"For the first time since the beginning of this year it is now more expensive to ship a 40ft contain...

"Turkey’s Turkon Line is positioning itself in India with long-term growth ambitions, as container i...

"Despite the increasingly large amounts of container shipping capacity being tied up in the Asia-Eur...

"Today’s “absolutely nuts” container shipping market will spur contract renegotiations, as rates and...

"With the Q2 earnings season reaching its finale, an Alphaliner survey this week shows the profitabi...

"Cosco Shipping Holdings deputy GM Chen Shuai has sought to calm concerns that the overcapacity seen...

"Singapore-based terminal giant PSA International is seeking a premature exit from its ‘debut’ conta...

"Harim Group chairman Kim Hong-kuk has ambitions to grow HMM into one of the world’s five largest sh...

“Exports from the top ten US container ports slumped by 8.3% in July, compared with the same month o...

“As the ASEAN “tiger economies” continue to reshape the world’s largest container trade, some domest...

“The Global Shippers Forum (GSF) has issued a warning to ocean freight customers as they find themse...

“Maersk’s cuts in capital expenditure, including its decision not to order new vessels in the next t...

“With Shanghai on the cusp of unlocking its manufacturing and unshackling frustrated container exports, spot rates from Asia are set to increase in the coming weeks.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

“The brakes have been applied hard on traffic flows at the Port of Vancouver.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

“Patrick Terminals is seeking to terminate its enterprise agreement with the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), upping the ante in its long-running dispute with the union.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

“Ocean carriers fear that fiscal policies designed to stem inflationary pressures in Europe will wea...

“With the severe shortage of containers and capacity, Indian forwarders are being quoted “crazy” freight rates by carriers that “won’t honour” contracts.” See the original story at The Loadstar. Source: The Loadstar (JK)

“The Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) has begun a series of work stoppages at Patrick Terminals’ Sy...