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China’s Export/Import Shipping

China has solidified its position as a global maritime powerhouse, with 95 per cent of the nation's foreign trade cargo transported via sea routes, accordi...
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Posted on February 25, 2026

Atlantic Storm Closes West Mediterranean Container Hubs

The West Mediterranean's critical container hubs have been forced to cease operations as another powerful Atlantic storm batters southwestern Europe. This ...
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Posted on February 3, 2026

Port of Saint John Canada

The Port of Saint John, Canada's easternmost maritime gateway, has successfully completed the final phase of its comprehensive expansion project. The devel...
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Posted on January 16, 2026

US container volumes 2026

The latest transport sector analysis from S&P Global indicates challenging times ahead for US container ports, with volumes expected to decline throughout ...
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Posted on January 8, 2026

New Container Fleet

Leading Taiwanese carrier Evergreen Line has confirmed a significant £138 million investment in new shipping containers to expand its fleet capacity. The ...
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Posted on December 29, 2025

Asia-Europe Sea freight Bookings for December

RW Freight reports a notable increase in sea freight bookings for the Asia-Europe ocean trade throughout December, reflecting robust demand across internat...
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Posted on December 22, 2025

Sea Freight Sweden

The ocean freight sector in Sweden has reached a remarkable milestone in sustainable logistics, achieving CO2 reductions of up to 86.9% on full container l...
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Posted on December 15, 2025

Severe storms disrupt Southeast Asia shipping

Ocean carriers and terminal operators at Sri Lanka's Colombo Port are grappling with significant operational disruptions following a three-day shutdown tri...
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Posted on December 9, 2025

Canada Seeks New Container Gateways

The Canadian government has announced preliminary objectives for a new logistics infrastructure fund designed to strengthen the nation's international trad...
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Posted on December 2, 2025

Suez Canal Invites Shipping Companies Back

The Suez Canal Authority has announced a marked improvement in transit volumes, recording its best monthly performance in two years. This positive developm...
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Posted on November 5, 2025

Skandia Gateway Project Halts Dredging Contract Procurement at Port of Gothenburg

The Port of Gothenburg has announced the cancellation of its dredging contract procurement process for the Skandia Gateway project, a development that coul...
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Posted on October 27, 2025

The Politics of Arctic Shipping

The successful completion of a direct sailing between Ningbo-Zhoushan and Felixstowe via the Arctic Northern Sea Route marks a significant development in i...
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Posted on October 13, 2025

Shipping lines cut capacity

Major ocean carriers have implemented strategic capacity reductions to stabilise freight rates as demand softens ahead of China's Golden Week holiday perio...
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Posted on October 5, 2025

Fruit distribution – Containerised Transport

A leading global fruit distributor, has announced a strategic shift from traditional breakbulk shipping methods to containerised transport for their perish...
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Posted on September 25, 2025

Container Freight Rates

Container freight rates are expected to remain under pressure as markets grapple with uncertainty surrounding potential tariff implementations under Donald...
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Posted on September 19, 2025

General Average Declared After Fire on Board Marie Maersk

Copenhagen-headquartered shipping giant Maersk has declared general average following a fire incident aboard the Marie Maersk vessel. This maritime declara...
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Posted on September 15, 2025

AI – New Era of Container Shipping?

The container shipping industry stands at the precipice of transformative change as artificial intelligence emerges as a powerful catalyst for operational ...
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Posted on September 13, 2025

Victoria Freight Strategy to Boost Growth and Reduce Emissions

The Victorian government has announced a comprehensive £28 billion freight strategy aimed at revolutionising the state's logistics sector whilst addressin...
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Posted on August 16, 2025

Rotterdam’s Container Volumes

The Port of Rotterdam is experiencing a complex dynamic as container volumes continue to rise, driven primarily by robust consumer demand across Europe. Ho...
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Posted on August 15, 2025

Container shp stacks collapse

The 12,100 TEU container vessel Ever Feat, operated by Evergreen Marine, docked at the Port of Montevideo with significant damage to its container stacks. ...
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Posted on August 7, 2025

Rotterdam Container Volume

The Port of Rotterdam is experiencing a complex dichotomy in its container traffic patterns, with robust consumer-driven import volumes overshadowed by con...
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Posted on July 24, 2025

Indian exporters face overweight container surcharges

Indian exporters are encountering increased costs as leading container shipping lines introduce surcharges for overweight cargo. Major carriers have implem...
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Posted on July 18, 2025

Antwerp cargo terminals under pressure

The Port of Antwerp, Northern Europe's busiest container hub, is experiencing significant operational strain as first-half volumes continue their upward tr...
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Posted on July 17, 2025

Indian exporters face overweight container surcharges

Leading global shipping companies, such as CMA CGM, Maersk, MSC, and Cosco, have introduced additional charges for overweight containers originating from I...
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Posted on July 2, 2025

New freight container increase

The largest ports in the United States, the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach in California, are experiencing a significant influx of shipping...
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Posted on June 25, 2025

Container lines future congestion

Leading container shipping lines have cautioned that US ports and their supporting infrastructure, including warehouses and rail links, are no better prepa...
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Posted on June 19, 2025

Congestion persists at North Europe ports

The congestion affecting key gateway ports in North Europe shows no signs of abating. A combination of factors, such as yard capacity limitations, industri...
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Posted on May 6, 2025

Antwerp-Bruges Surpasses Rotterdam as Europe’s Busiest Container Port

In a significant shift within the European shipping industry, the Port of Antwerp-Bruges has surpassed Rotterdam to become the busiest container port in Eu...
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Posted on April 30, 2025

Cocaine Discovered During Container Unloading in New Zealand

During a routine container unloading process in New Zealand, a worker made a startling discovery of a large quantity of cocaine. The illicit drug shipment ...
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Posted on April 26, 2025

Key Mexican container ports facing delays

Major container ports in Mexico are currently experiencing delays as larger vessels call at these facilities. According to freight forwarders, the Asia-Mex...
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Posted on April 9, 2025

Shipping Discounts

According to a leading ocean freight rate benchmarking platform, carriers on the Asia-Europe trade lane are enticing shippers with discounted long-term con...
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Posted on March 2, 2025

Prince Rupert Port Improved Logistics Efficiency

In a bid to improve logistics efficiency, the Port of Prince Rupert in Canada is encouraging the development of transload operations. IntermodeX, an interm...
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Posted on February 21, 2025

Top ten US container ports

The leading ten container ports in the United States have exceeded the cargo volumes they handled in 2023, according to the latest industry reports. Th...
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Posted on February 4, 2025

Evolving trade routes reduce demand for ultra large containers

According to recent industry data, the demand for Ultra Large Container Vessels (ULCVs) has experienced a significant decline. Shipping companies are adap...
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Posted on January 21, 2025

Large Cocaine Shipment Found in Australia’s Port Botany

On Thursday, October 17, 2024, a substantial cocaine shipment was uncovered inside a shipping container at Australia's Port Botany. The discovery highli...
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Posted on October 21, 2024

Container shortage may increase sea freight rates

There are fears that the lack of empty containers, the disruptions caused by Red Sea pirates and rising transport demands could push up sea freight rates t...
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Posted on June 26, 2024

U.S. agricultural exports running on empty containers

In the first five months of 2023, some 1,078,538 teu of empty containers passed through the nation’s top ten ports. That is about 7% of the country’s t...
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Posted on July 13, 2023

US imports to fall

Imports at major US container ports are expected to fall below last year’s levels for the remainder of 2022. Cargo volumes are above pre-pandemic leve...
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Posted on September 13, 2022

Congestion in Shanghai Port

Port congestion rebounded in the northern ports of China has increased again because of stricter lockdown measures. Many vessels are trying to find alterna...
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Posted on May 9, 2022

Containers take twice as long

New data shows that containers on both transpacific and Asia Europe tradelanes are taking about twice as long to reach their export destination compared wi...
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Posted on January 10, 2022

Container shortage eases in India

A slower rate of Chinese exports and increasing Indian imports have eased the shortage of containers for freight in India. Waiting time for containers has...
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Posted on December 20, 2021

LA Ports Blocked With Cargo Imports

Last week some 60 container cargo ships were standing idle at the entrance of the Los Angelese port complex last week. Congestion in the San Pedro Bay is e...
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Posted on September 26, 2021

Container Shipping shortage for USA

U.S. demand for imports of products made in China, including personal protective equipment for COVID-19, furniture and toys, increased considerably at the ...
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Posted on March 30, 2021

Premium for container loading

Because of severe shortages in the Asian container markets, carriers are only assuring availability when shippers pay a premium over the usual freight rate...
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Posted on February 9, 2021

Container shortage persists

A severe shortage of shipping containers in some countries and an oversupply in others has created bottlenecks all over the world. Pakistan has been hit pa...
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Posted on December 26, 2020

India starts grape exports early this season

Export of grapes from India has started early this year; approximately 300 containers left India early in December. The unit president of the Grape Grow...
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Posted on December 29, 2018

Containers can help environment

Ocean freight can cause environmental pollution, because millions of shipping containers coming from Asia litter North-American and European harbours. The...
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Posted on November 25, 2018

Citrus exports from Peru could increase by 15%

According to the general manager of the Association of Producers of Citrus of Peru, the country could export 192 thousand tons of citrus this year, i.e. 15...
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Posted on July 15, 2018

Record freight in 2017 at Rotterdam

Rotterdam port grew in 2017 helped by a significant gain in container throughput, the port authority said in a statement. Total cargo volume increased by 1...
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Posted on February 16, 2018

Abu Dhabi New Container Port

A shipping line and port operator based in China has held a ground breaking ceremony for the new Abu Dhabi Container Terminal at Khalifa Port. The ceremony...
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Posted on November 15, 2017

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