Red Sea Coastal Battles Intensify Raising New Concerns for Shipping
Fighting has intensified on most of the border between Houthi forces in Yemen and the areas held by the internationally recognized government (IRG). T...
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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.
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Mundra empty-container disruption raises questions about the implementation of the new depot policy
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 […]
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Carriers’ wings clipped on LatAm-North America airfreight trades
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 ...
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Hapag-Lloyd warns of disruptions at German and Rotterdam ports
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 […]
Explainer: Testing Washington’s two-year bypass claim
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 […]
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GSI lands $1bn order for LNG dual-fuel PCTCs
The firm newbuilding batch extends the Chinese shipyard’s delivery backlog to 2031
Filipino crew right to refuse to sail reiterated following Hormuz deaths
Two seafarers from the Philippines died this week when the Bahri tanker Sidr was attacked in the Strait
Panama takes full control of its cross-country oil corridor
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 …
Japan’s Mitsui OSK Sees Risk to Hormuz Shipping Through Year-End
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.
↑War-risk insurance premium↑Tanker earnings↑Crude oil price↑LNG price+2 more
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Over 50% of vessels delayed at Asia’s busiest container ports
Congestion at Asian ports has been driven by extreme weather events and wider supply chain disruption
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Agentic AI in Logistics: Why 55% Accuracy Fails
Agentic AI in logistics still breaks when spatial reasoning enters the picture. HERE Technologies’ Bart Coppelmans explains why general AI models can understand language but still fail on truck routing, low-clearance bridges, parking, congestion and real-world execution. In this FreightWaves Today segment, Bart lays out why location intelligence has to be built into logistics AI […]
Ocean carriers skipping Panama Canal, China ports as delays mount
Container services to the US East Coast have seen a rash of one-off schedule changes that stem from draft limits hitting the Panama Canal and recent typhoons that shut big Chinese ports.
↑Transit time↑Container spot rate↑Rail intermodal volume & dwell↑Truckload spot rate
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New Inmarsat Maritime Safety Data Hub insights combine GMDSS distress and weather data to provide unique insight into maritime risk
Industry-first analysis combines three years of GMDSS distress call data with almost 107,000 maritime safety broadcasts, revealing how extreme weather, operational pressures and geopolitical disruption shape risk at sea Inmarsat...
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USS Abraham Lincoln Welcomed in Thailand After 286 Days Underway
In what must be one of the largest naval port visits for decades, Carrier Strike Group 3 (CSG-3) headed up by USS Abraham Lincoln, arrived in Thailand...
Saudi Oil Exports Dive as Tankers at Risk From Hormuz to Red Sea
Saudi Arabia’s observed crude exports last month slumped to the lowest in at least nine years, as tankers were attacked following rising tensions in the Middle East.
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Iranian Tankers Wait at Sea Off Sri Lanka and Malaysia Due to U.S. Blockade
It is a challenging time for the crews of Iranian-owned tankers. They are mostly stuck at sea, unable to return to ports in Iran because of the US nav...
Iran Threatens “Additional Punitive Measures” as US Goes Tanker-for-Tanker
Iran and the United States are further escalating the contest for the Strait of Hormuz and the attacks on tankers. U.S. Central Command included image...
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German and Dutch ports braced for strike action
Seaports in Germany and the Netherlands are braced for industrial action this week, with German dockers set to strike from later today (2 September) and their Dutch colleagues joining in on the action on Friday. German trade union ver.di has issued a strike call, its members having yesterday rejected the latest pay offer from the Central Association of German Seaport Operators (ZDS) in what it described as an “escalating” dispute . Contacted ...
Two Seafarers Killed in Strait of Hormuz Tanker Attack
Two seafarers have been killed in an attack on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, UK Maritime Trade Operations confirmed Wednesday, bringing the known death toll from attacks on...
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Ships Turn to Makeshift Armor as Black Sea Attacks Surge
Tankers and cargo ships are transiting the Bosphorus strait adorned with nets, water tanks and tyres to try to fend off growing Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes in the Black Sea, according to security experts and video obtained by Reuters.
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EPCs ride wave of global energy project boom to boost work backlog
Developments linked to multiple energy sources — including data center-driven gas, nuclear, LNG, and offshore oil and gas exploration — are among projects in the works for major EPCs Fluor, KBR, TechnipFMC and Worley.
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Trans-Pacific spot rates reach new highs on resilient demand, port congestion
Trans-Pacific freight rates hit record highs due to strong, early peak-season demand.
Two crew dead in attack on Bahri VLCC, Iran blacklists more ships
Casualties reported in a 31 August tanker attack as Iran increases Strait of Hormuz non-compliant vessel list to 56 ships
↑War-risk insurance premium↑Tanker earnings↑Crude oil price↑LNG price+2 more
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Port congestion on Asia sees liner schedule reliability plummet
Global container shipping line reliability suffered its sharpest monthly decline in more than five years in July, as worsening congestion at major Asian ports sent on-time performance plunging. According to Sea-Intelligence, global schedule reliability fell 6.1 percentage points month on month, to 56.4% in July – the steepest single-month decline recorded since January 2021. The analyst said there had been just eight occasions in the past 14 years when global reliability had ...
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