Global chokepoints and domestic corridors — what is moving, and where we can name it, what it costs.
Container transshipping over Indian ports has become more pronounced in recent months as carriers increasingly adjust service networks in response to security risks, disrupted Red Sea/Suez Canal routings, and vessel deployment changes.
The ability of ports and inland infrastructure to absorb growing and increasingly imbalanced trade flows has become the new constraint on industry growth, Vincent Clerc says.
Rates on intra-Asia trades have ended six weeks of decline, helped by port congestion in China and a rebound in bunker prices, with average prices up 1% week on week on 6 August, to $970 per 40ft. Drewry said the ongoing US-Iran conflict pushed Shanghai–Nhava Sheva rates up 8% from 30 July, to $1,767 per 40ft, with Shanghai–Jebel Ali prices rising 7%, to $7,143. In contrast, rates from Shanghai to Laem Chabang ...
DP World reports 39.1% drop in first half profit as Strait of Hormuz closure brings throughput shock at flagship terminal.
HMM maintained solid profitability in the first half of 2026 despite higher fuel costs and disruption linked to the Middle East conflicts. The South Korean container carrier reported revenue of KRW 6.121 trillion for H1 2026. Operating profit reached KRW 623 billion, while net profit stood at KRW 765 billion. As a result, HMM recorded […]
Danish shipping group Maersk MAERSKb.CO on Thursday smashed profit forecasts and raised its full-year earnings guidance for a second time this year as the Middle East conflict, port congestion and strong demand pushed freight rates higher.
Russia and Ukraine have traded some of the heaviest blows against each other’s maritime infrastructure of the four-and-a-half-year war, pushing the Black Sea’s grain trade deeper into the firing line. Russia struck the area around Izmail, Ukraine’s largest Danube port, overnight Thursday, damaging port infrastructure and starting a fire. The attack came barely 24 hours …
Strait of Hormuz closure, supply chain disruption, and firm demand have translated to higher container freight rates
Hapag-Lloyd reported an earnings recovery in the second quarter of 2026, supported by stronger freight rates and higher container volumes. However, disruption in the Middle East created around US$600 million in additional costs during the quarter. The German container shipping company reported Group EBITDA of US$829 million in Q2 2026, slightly above the US$820 million […]
Maersk has adjusted cargo routings across the Gulf as disruption in the Middle East continues to affect its regional operations. In its latest operational update, the carrier said cargo for Kuwait, Iraq, Qatar, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates will no longer transship through Jeddah. Instead, these shipments will move through Salalah and Khor Fakkan. […]
CMA CGM and MSC have announced new Panama Canal-related charges for shipments from Asia to the US East Coast and US Gulf. Both updates cover container services transiting the Panama Canal. However, the carriers will apply different rates and effective dates. CMA CGM will apply a Panama Canal Adjustment Factor of US$500 per TEU from […]
The crude oil spill emanating from the wrecked tanker Caroline Bezengi continues to spread unabated off the southeastern coast of Oman, and it is thre...
The Iran-Oman Strait of Hormuz initiative stirred some optimism last week of renewed traffic through the waterway sometime soon. But Iran’s recent, escalated, list of demands of the US – including a ban on US vessels, transit fees, and reparations for damage from US strikes – in order to make it happen has mostly dashed […]
Ukraine's military has confirmed that its latest attack on Novorossiysk damaged four Russian warships, demonstrating again that the entire Black Sea i...
Mexico’s dominance in U.S. trade continued in June as Laredo remained the primary gateway for North American freight.
The price shipowners and operators are willing to pay to transit the Panama Canal is once again on the rise as delays at the vital waterway are buildi...
A political controversy is swirling after the attack on a small deck cargo ship that killed at least six people and injured as many as 10 others from...
Abu Dhabi National Oil Co.’s trading arm is offering to shuttle exports of Iraqi oil through the Strait of Hormuz, using its dark-transit playbook to transport Basrah and other crude to refiners in Asia, according to people familiar with the matter.
Logistics executives raised concerns that congestion building across heavily disrupted inland supply chains could flow downriver to Europe's two largest gateways and tie up import containers trying to leave the ports.
A vast oil spill in the Gulf is quickly becoming one of the world’s worst in years after being allowed to spread almost unchecked for weeks, according to international agencies, satellite imagery and environmental groups.
The International Energy Agency has again cut its outlook for global oil supply and demand as renewed fighting around the Strait of Hormuz disrupts Gulf exports, drains inventories and pushes...
As Washington’s naval blockade demonstrates both reach and its limits, Gulf-adjacent connectivity projects are hedging against volatility not replacing a chokepoint the region still cannot do without.
New York, Nevada and Arizona authorities target unsafe trucks, false logbooks and bridge-strike risks in latest trucking enforcement sweeps.
SeaLead and HMM account for most of the reduction as conflict in the Red Sea and Strait of Hormuz impacts deployed capacity
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