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Container dwells follow import levels higher at LA-LB port complex
Chassis shortages and local street closures are also contributing to rail and truck dwells that hit their highest in over a year in July.
Frontloading, tighter supply drives US port drayage rates higher
A hot summer for import containers has sent spot drayage rates up in select markets, with safety concerns now becoming a factor in carrier selection.
Soaring Asian vehicle, heavy equipment exports stretch car-carrier capacity
Demand for car-carrying capacity now far exceeds the current capability of the global fleet, prompting a raft of newbuild orders.
Asia-Americas container shipping system on a knife-edge
Potential pitfalls, from tighter Panama Canal restrictions to stronger-than-expected import volumes, should send a warning to shippers importing from Asia to the Americas, writes Journal of Commerce Executive Editor Mark Szakonyi.
London IMO meeting to put shipping's regulatory future under scrutiny
Member states will evaluate the baseline net-zero emissions framework and four alternative proposals during a meeting at IMO headquarters next week.
End of DP World-owned tech platform shifts focus in visibility space
Shippers and large forwarders are turning to data sources that can directly turbocharge their automation ambitions, something the global terminal operator’s SeaRates product could not provide.
Carriers attempt peak surcharges, rate increases on trans-Atlantic
With demand softening on the westbound trade lane, carriers continue to withdraw capacity, resulting slow but steady rate gains through August on routes out of North Europe and the Mediterranean.
MSC joins competitors in reinstating Suez passage for India westbound services
Vessels deployed on MSC’s India-Europe “Himalaya Express” service will return to the traditional, shorter route effective with a late-August voyage; the carrier’s five other Asia-Europe strings will follow.
Robust trans-Pacific expected to maintain strength into Golden Week
The overheated market and its resilience through September would represent a sharp reversal of the general thinking among industry participants from just one month ago.
CMA CGM, Saudis ink deal for $434 million Jeddah port investment
It is the carrier's second massive terminal investment in the Middle East in the past few months and highlights the important role Jeddah plays as an alternative gateway to the war-torn Persian Gulf.
Heavy-lift project drivers threatened by investment risks, equipment shortages
Strong project demand from renewables and tech could be curtailed by underinvestment in critical handling and lifting equipment, market executives say.
Panama Canal to cut one daily Neopanamax ship transit by September
The agency in charge of the canal will start limiting the number of ships that can transit each day due to the ongoing lack of freshwater to replenish its locks amid a drought caused by a strong El Niño weather pattern.
Panama Canal to cut one Neopanamax ship transit by September
The agency in charge of the canal will start limiting the number of ships that can transit due to the ongoing lack of freshwater to replenish its locks amid a drought caused by a strong El Niño weather pattern.
Shippers suffer big capacity loss as carriers skip key Chinese ports post-storm
Almost a half-million TEUs of capacity at three of China’s main ports went by the boards in the aftermath of Typhoon Dolphin, with Asia-Latin America and Asia-Europe services the most heavily disrupted.
Hormuz return comes with big risk for carriers, even when war ends
Almost six months of ship attacks, on-again, off-again ceasefires and start-stop Hormuz transits has left liners with little incentive to put ships, crew and cargo in harm's way by returning to the Persian Gulf too early, analysts say.
Suez capacity sees rapid growth as ocean carriers hurry back to route
While container lines are aiming for a gradual return to Red Sea transits to avoid overloading European terminals, the amount of reactivated proforma capacity is still rising sharply.
El Niño adds to an already stressed cold-chain ocean market
The volatile weather pattern poses a growing concern for refrigerated container shipments from Latin America, market experts told a TPM cold-chain webcast.
Gemini readying first move of its India-Europe services through Suez: sources
The Maersk/Hapag-Lloyd alliance would send ad-hoc sailings through the canal during the rest of 2026 as part of an operational risk assessment and roll out regular Suez transits on the trade lane from January 2027.
Crowley adds new Central America to US Gulf Coast service
The short-sea shipping specialist said its new service connecting Guatemala and Honduras with Houston will begin in September.
Hutchison seeks $1.5 billion from Panama over cancellation of terminal leases
The Hong Kong conglomerate said this case is separate from the contract rights arbitration launched by its Panama Port subsidiary in February following the loss of the concession and seizure of the two terminals.