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MSC will introduce new Piracy Risk and Suez Canal surcharges on cargo moving from Asia to the East Mediterranean and Black Sea. The charges will apply from 15 September 2026, based on the proforma date, and will remain in place until further notice. MSC attributed the move to piracy risks around the Arabian Peninsula, which […]
Container shipping’s deteriorating schedule reliability has effectively taken 2.3m teu of vessel capacity out of the market. According to Sea-Intelligence’s latest Global Liner Performance data, schedule reliability fell to 56.4% in July, its lowest level since February 2025 and the weakest performance since the current alliance structure was introduced. The average delay for vessels arriving late extended to more than six days – excluding the immediate aftermath of the Red Sea crisis in January 2024, delays of ...
South Korea has begun preparations for a possible deployment of a naval support ship and troops to the Strait of Hormuz, local media reports said, as President Donald Trump ramped up pressure on the US ally over its lack of support for the war with Iran.
Four commodity vessels transited the key waterway of the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, down from nine a day earlier and well below the 10-day average tally of about 15, preliminary shipping data showed.
The war around the Strait of Hormuz entered an increasingly dangerous tanker-for-tanker phase this week, with the US striking Iranian state tankers in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping while a laden VLCC sits abandoned and listing off Oman. SMM, Europe’s largest shipping exhibition, hogged many headlines, running from Tuesday through to today across nine …
Vessel operations via the Suez Canal have gathered pace, but it is less the number of ships and more the size that are increasing as shown by the latest data
The pipeline serves shipments by VLCCs that are too large to transit the Panama Canal
Cheapest freight isn’t always best, especially when a late shipment can cost millions. ShipStation Global CEO Tom Madine breaks down why SMB shippers need parcel, LTL and truckload in one workflow, and why better freight decisions now matter more than just lower rates. From the merger that created ShipStation Global to adding more modes into […]
Global container vessel schedule reliability dropped to 56.4% in July 2026, a decline of ‑6.1 percentage points (pp) M/M. This is the sharpest single‑month decline since January 2021. Concurrently, the average delay for late vessel arrivals climbed to 6.06 days, an increase of 0.59 days M/M. This pronounced drop was driven primarily by congestion across […]
Arrive Logistics’ new majority-owner deal comes with no debt and a plan to push growth harder. CEO Matt Pyatt breaks down why the company took Mubadala Capital’s investment, what changes internally, and why Arrive still sees a freight market that’s vulnerable to disruption. Pyatt also lays out Arrive’s scale — north of $4.5 billion in […]
By Lori-Ann LaRocco – The payout to vessel owners damaged in the Iran War is the second-biggest payout for marine underwriters in more than a decade, according to maritime insurance...
More than 1,000 days after the Houthi seizure of the Galaxy Leader opened shipping’s Red Sea crisis, container carriers are returning to the Suez Canal fast enough that analysts are now naming a timeline. The claim deserves to be taken seriously and tested, because the pattern beneath it is exactly the one earlier scenario modeling […]
Airfreight stakeholders have responded positively to the decision of Singapore’s government to delay the implementation of a new green levy for cargo as the industry wrestles with the practicalities of meeting its environmental pledges. In a statement issued this morning (3 September) the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore said it will “defer the implementation of the levy for air cargo shipments by one year to apply to services sold from 1 ...
With dockworkers in Germany walking out and Dutch unions preparing to strike on Friday, the on-time performance of ocean carriers on Asia-Europe trade lanes has fallen to unprecedented lows.
The escalating tussle follows an advisory from Adani Ports eliminating the flexibility of ocean carriers to nominate off-site depots for the storage of empty containers shipped through Mundra from Sept. 1.
Fighting has intensified on most of the border between Houthi forces in Yemen and the areas held by the internationally recognized government (IRG). T...
Supal Shah, CEO, Sarjak Container Lines, says the immediate priority should be to restore empty-container movements and protect exporters from delays and additional costs The disruption around empty-container movements at Mundra has now spread from empty-container depot operators to transporters and shipping lines, with implications for exporters and importers using the port. The issue follows […]
Airfreight forwarders and their clients in Argentina are bracing themselves for a challenging three-weeks when the nation’s premier air cargo gateway, Buenos Aires’ Ezeiza Airport, faces a severe restriction of international capacity. From 25 October to 11 November, as part of a $100m infrastructure project, Ezeiza is upgrading its secondary runway, 17-35, working on the intersection with the airport’s chief runway. This will cut the length of the main runway from 3,300 ...
Hapag-Lloyd has warned customers of potential disruptions to vessel operations, terminal handling and inland cargo movements as industrial action affects German ports and Rotterdam this week. According to the German carrier, a 48-hour strike across German ports began at 22:00 on 2 September. The industrial action is expected to disrupt vessel operations, terminal handling and […]
Speaking at G20 finance talks US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent declared that the Strait of Hormuz will be “bypassed in two years,” becoming, in his words, “a worthless piece of water” as Gulf oil shifts onto land pipelines. The claim is not new rhetoric he floated a similar 50–70% displacement figure to a US network […]
The firm newbuilding batch extends the Chinese shipyard’s delivery backlog to 2031
Two seafarers from the Philippines died this week when the Bahri tanker Sidr was attacked in the Strait
Panama has completed the acquisition of Petroterminal de Panamá, giving the state full ownership of a strategic oil transport system that functions as a specialised second Panama Canal for hydrocarbons. The government paid $191.7m for the remaining 41% stake in the company, taking ownership to 100%. Petroterminal operates terminals at Chiriquí Grande on the Caribbean …
The head of Japanese shipping company Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd. expects disruption in the Strait of Hormuz to last longer than previously assumed, with recent attacks elevating the risk for tankers attempting to move oil through the waterway.
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