Iran, US Trade Tit-for-Tat Tanker Attacks As War Drags On
By Eltaf Najafizada and Weilun Soon Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran said it targeted three oil tankers using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a number...
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Freight movement, and what it costs you
Global chokepoints and domestic corridors — what is moving, and where we can name it, what it costs.
Borderlands Mexico: Trucker protest raises stakes in Mexico-US B-1 visa dispute
This week in Borderlands Mexico: Trucker protest raises stakes in Mexico-US B-1 visa dispute; CBP announces extended-hours program at Laredo bridge; and Imperative Logistics expands El Paso footprint with RM Customhouse Brokers deal.
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Drone-hit containership RMS Team declared constructive total loss
The 1,100 TEU containership RMS Team has been declared a constructive total loss after suffering extensive fire damage following a drone strike. The Akkon Lines-operated vessel was hit on 21 August while sailing towards the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. The attack caused a fire onboard, forcing the crew to abandon the vessel. One […]
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East Asia typhoons deepen port congestion and shipping delays
A series of severe typhoons across East Asia is disrupting container shipping, adding pressure on port operations and vessel schedules across the region. Maersk said the 2026 typhoon season has recorded above-normal activity. Several severe storms have made landfall within a short period, contributing to flooding, congestion and delays. The carrier warned that further tropical […]
Panama Canal Pushes Back Planned Draft Cut for Big Ships
For the second time in a matter of weeks, the Panama Canal Authority is delaying a planned reduction in the maximum draft for the largest vessel, whic...
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US 'destroys' three Iranian tankers after attack on US warships
Centcom said it disabled two NITC tankers and destroyed a third after Iran’s IRGC launched ballistic missiles towards two US Navy vessels.
Panama Canal Scraps Planned October Draft Cut—for Now
The Panama Canal has postponed a planned reduction in the maximum draft for vessels using its Neopanamax locks, offering some near-term relief for ship operators even as the waterway continues...
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GAO Critical of US Navy Saying Submarines Are Idle Due to Shipyard Logjam
Too many of the U.S. Navy's attack submarines are sitting idle across shipyards awaiting maintenance and decommissioning, according to a new report by...
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Tug service strike at Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Zeeland ports
FNV Havens has called on union members in the seaports of Rotterdam, Amsterdam and Zeeland to participate in a coordinated strike on Friday, September 4, 2026. The strike is scheduled to run from 11:15 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., covering the second assignment of the day shift and the first assignment of the evening shift. Tug […]
MSC introduces piracy and Suez surcharges on Asia-Mediterranean cargo
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 […]
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Congestion and ship delays take 2.3m teu capacity off the market
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 ...
Korea Paving Way to Send Naval Ship to Hormuz, Reports Say
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.
Gulf Shipping Traffic Via Hormuz Keeps Below 10-day Average, Data Shows
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.
Splash Wrap: Hormuz, Hamburg and the ghosts of the last boom
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 …
Containers Red Sea and Suez return – a surge in ship size
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
Panama completes acquisition of the oil pipeline Petroterminal de Panama
The pipeline serves shipments by VLCCs that are too large to transit the Panama Canal
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Cheapest Freight Isn’t Best When Delays Cost Millions
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 […]
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Sea-Intelligence: Sharp Reliability Drop from Asian Port Congestion
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 […]
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Arrive Logistics Deal: No Debt, More Growth
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 […]
War Risk Claims Top $2 Billion as Shipping Attacks Spread Beyond Hormuz
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...
Why the Red Sea’s return is real and reversible
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 […]
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Air cargo wins reprieve as Singapore delays SAF levy
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 ...
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Port strikes hit Europe as schedule reliability drops to single digits
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.
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Stakeholder standoff over empties sparks congestion risk at India’s Mundra Port
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.
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