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French container line CMA CGM has partly eased its suspension on handling Upper Gulf transit cargo via Saudi Arabia’s Jeddah Port, which has been hit hard by terminal congestion and inland bottlenecks for months. The carrier told Indian customers yesterday it would now accept transit cargo through Jeddah if the shipment had a Saudi-based ‘notify party’ on the bill of lading (B/L). In such cases, the carrier typically informs the notify party ...
US President Donald Trump insisted Tuesday that there were no talks ongoing with Iran, leaving the simmering conflict in the Middle East and control of the Strait of Hormuz stuck in limbo.
CMA CGM has announced an update to its Panama Canal Transit Surcharge for cargo moving from the Far East to several markets in Latin America and the Caribbean. The updated surcharge will apply from 26 August 2026. For US territories and Colombia, the effective date will be 6 September 2026. Surcharge set at US$250 per […]
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Thousands of port workers have joined a 24-hour warning strike across six major German seaports as a wage dispute between trade union ver.di and port employers continues. The industrial action covers Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake, following ver.di’s call for workers to increase pressure on employers during ongoing collective bargaining negotiations. In Hamburg […]
The Panama Canal is starting to ration capacity and draft before an expected El Niño-driven drought bites, with forecasts for Gatun Lake providing an ominous warning for shipping heading into the final months of the year. Data from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP), charted by Braemar, shows Gatun Lake levels falling steadily through August, September …
↑Transit time↑Container spot rate↑Rail intermodal volume & dwell↑Truckload spot rate
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After weeks of attacks on its oil shipping interests, the United Arab Emirates has decided to suspend all trade with Iran, including financial transac...
Gemini Cooperation and Ocean Alliance are answering the same crisis with opposite instincts and neither the Red Sea nor the Strait of Hormuz is behaving the way carrier network models assumed.
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For more than a decade, the Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) has collected reports of corruption demands, delays, coercion, and other integrity...
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A cargo ship has been declared a constructive total loss after being struck by multiple unknown projectiles off Yemen, marking another attack in an increasingly volatile southern Red Sea. UK...
The Port of Los Angeles handled nearly 1 million containers in July, extending a run of historically strong cargo volumes even as an early peak shipping season begins to wind...
The Port of Los Angeles saw a near-record month on sustained consumer demand and opportunistic shippers.
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Ten-day berthing waits at the Red Sea Saudi port and inland trucking congestion have strained cargo movements throughout the Middle East.
The volume of containership transits at the Suez Canal is continuing to rise as more carriers are growing comfortable with the security risks in the r...
The festering conflict in the Strait of Hormuz coupled with the stubborn military deadlock in Ukraine have reinforced lingering doubts over American c...
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Germany’s main service union, Ver.di, invoked a daylong strike that is impacting a total of six seaports and has brought most container and cargo oper...
The oil market is increasingly behaving as though disruptions to Middle East energy supplies are not a temporary shock but a new reality.
President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that talks between the U.S. and Iran were neither taking place nor scheduled but the Strait of Hormuz was open, while Iran said the shipping route would remain closed until the U.S. fulfilled the terms of an interim deal
Iran appears to be moving to further solidify its position on the Strait of Hormuz, with reports of another vessel being attacked overnight between Mo...
Saudi Arabia is offering to sell oil from off the coast of Oman, a sign that the kingdom may be following the United Arab Emirates in shuttling more barrels through the Strait of Hormuz.
Two bulk carriers have been struck by projectiles in separate attacks while transiting the Strait of Hormuz, resulting in two crew casualties, including one seafarer killed aboard the Liberia-flagged Minoan Dignity....
↑War-risk insurance premium↑Tanker earnings↑Crude oil price↑LNG price+2 more
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Parash Jain, head of T&L research at HSBC, talks to CNBC about disruption and container shipping – to watch the video please click here.
MSC and CMA CGM are among the liners raising surcharges as the major waterway continues to monitor water levels and adjust water draft restrictions.
MSC has sent seven vessels through Bab el Mandeb in two weeks as Maersk increases Red Sea volumes and carriers reassess Cape diversions.
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Lufthansa Cargo’s handling operations across its Frankfurt and Munich hubs were brought to a shuddering halt at the weekend following an IT outage, which left forwarders scrambling for alternatives amid an escalating cargo backlog. Details of the situation were made known to The Loadstar by sources close to the carrier, with customers told in a memo that “global” disruption affecting the German flag-carrier’s IT service provider was leading to “service impairments”. A ...
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