Global chokepoints and domestic corridors — what is moving, and where we can name it, what it costs.
The war around the Strait of Hormuz has entered an increasingly dangerous tanker-for-tanker phase, with the US striking Iranian state tankers in retaliation for attacks on commercial shipping while a laden VLCC sits abandoned and listing off Oman. The 320,780 dwt Senegal Prosperity, controlled by South Korea’s Sinokor Maritime, was struck by three projectiles while …
Three liquefied natural gas cargoes loaded in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates have been transferred between ships outside the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks for delivery to India and Japan, according to ship-tracking firms.
The crew of the Sinokor Maritime operated tanker were evacuated following multiple rocket strikes on the vessel
A strike is disrupting empty container yard operations connected to Mundra Port in India, according to Hapag-Lloyd. Until further notice, the affected empty container yards have suspended: Empty container allotments for factory stuffing Empty container gate-ins CFS operations remain unaffected Container Freight Station operations at Mundra Port continue normally. Customers can therefore continue using: CFS […]
By Jasper Ward and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI, Sept 1 (Reuters) – The U.S. launched new air strikes on Iranian targets on Tuesday, quashing hopes that an exchange of fire last weekend might...
El Niño is strengthening across the tropical Pacific, with U.S. forecasters now seeing a greater than 90% chance it becomes a very strong event this fall and winter. The latest...
Mine clearance in the Strait of Hormuz is “not sufficient on its own” to bring commercial shipping back to normal, INTERTANKO warned, even as the tanker industry group welcomed the...
According to Sergey Ivanov, Director at MABUX, the global bunker market in August was shaped primarily by Middle East geopolitical developments, crude oil volatility, tight distillate and low-sulphur fuel supply, and regional imbalances in bunker availability. The key market drivers included: Middle East conflict and Strait of Hormuz: Hormuz restrictions remained the main source of […]
Iran continues to apply pressure on the Strait of Hormuz despite the U.S. assertions that the shipping lane is open. On Monday night, it attacked two...
The latest move in that direction came Monday with MSC announcing it is shifting its Albatros, Jade, Himalaya and Tiger strings back to Red Sea transits, following similar moves by competitors.
The number of vessels and carriers transiting the Bab el Mandeb is increasing slowly according to the latest figures from Linerlytica
Oman appears to have put its foot down over Iran’s misrepresentations about the state of their bilateral negotiations over the Strait of Hormuz. On Au...
Global, Domestic, or Hybrid: What’s Right for Your Supply Chain? Global sourcing has offered advantages in cost, scale, and supplier capabilities. But rising uncertainty, transportation disruption, inventory pressure, and changing customer expectations are forcing companies to look beyond unit cost. Is your current supply chain model still the right fit? In the G3 Logistics whitepaper, […]
Two supertankers carrying Saudi oil were struck by unknown projectiles within minutes of each other while transiting outbound through the Strait of Hormuz late on Monday, according to shipping intelligence and tracking firms Marisks and Kpler.
Sanctions are straining Tehran, traffic through the strait has collapsed to a handful of vessels a day, and a new Iranian-Omani corridor exists mostly on paper. None of it yet adds up to a new equilibrium. Three developments arrived in the same week, and each looked, at first glance, like a sign that the Hormuz […]
Following Typhoon Saudel last week and port congestion in Shanghai and Ningbo, the world’s two busiest ports, ships are now having to wait 10 days to berth. Container shipping consultancy Linerlytica estimates the logjams are holding up 3.92 million teu – 11% of the global container shipping fleet. APL Logistics said Saudel had added to unprecedented levels of global port congestion, following numerous other typhoons in recent weeks, including Bavi, Noul, Dolphin, ...
As you may recall, from my recent coverage: Ceva hit the headlines last month after a widely reported cyberattack. Now the breach keeps widening. It is not the only supply chain cyberattack grounding shipments this month, rest assured. A month after attackers broke into Ceva Logistics’ European warehouse systems, the scope of the damage is still expanding. What began as a shipping disruption story has become something far more uncomfortable for ...
Empty-container depot owners, enraged by new regulations by Adani Ports at Mundra, have won the backing of other inland service providers, adding another layer of potential supply chain shocks at India’s leading container gateway. Depot owners around the private harbour have suspended operations in a pushback against the Adani directives, withdrawing the allotment of “empty yard codes” that enable container lines to move empty boxes to yards of their choice outside ...
A full return to Suez Canal routing could result in an 8.7% year-on-year contraction in global head-haul container demand during the first half of 2027, despite underlying cargo demand continuing to grow. According to Sea-Intelligence’s recent analysis, 19% of Asia-Europe capacity is now transiting the canal, following moves by Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, and MSC. French carrier CMA CGM has also returned selected sailings to the canal, along with smaller operators, including Fesco and ...
The September 2026 issue of CN Magazine is now available through CN Premium, bringing essential container shipping news, analysis and industry insights together in one digital edition. This month’s magazine examines the forces currently reshaping global shipping. It covers changing trade routes, geopolitical disruption, carrier performance, port developments and the latest shifts across liner networks. […]
A tanker has been struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani side of the waterway, the latest attack on commercial shipping amid renewed US-Iran hostilities. UK Maritime Trade Operations said the incident occurred at around 20:00 UTC on Monday, approximately 17 nautical miles east of Khasab, Oman. The …
Iran continues to hit vessels in the Strait of Hormuz while another US interdiction looks likely in the Indian Ocean
A tanker has been struck by three unknown projectiles while transiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani side of the waterway, marking the latest attack on commercial shipping amid...
The congestion has affected both international and domestic intermodal shipments moving through the railroad’s Fairburn terminal southwest of Atlanta, sources say.
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