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CMA CGM preps for challenging year after 2025 revenue, profit decline
The carrier said it would rely on the diversification of its activities, network flexibility and financial strength to weather the uncertain outlook this year.
Gemini suspends, revamps Middle East services amid growing conflict
The service disruptions come as freight tracking platform Vizion said Friday there has been an 81% drop in daily bookings placed by shippers looking to import goods into key Persian Gulf ports.
CMA CGM adds direct India-USWC string as part of Asia network overhaul
The new express service comes amid expectations of a rebound in capacity demand with the easing of tariffs between the two countries and ongoing trade negotiations.
Intercontinental Exchange to launch container freight futures in April
The push to launch futures contracts for container shipping has gained momentum in recent years given the seemingly never-ending volatility and disruption in the market.
TPM26: War a problem for container shipping, but not ‘pandemic-scale’: analyst
While of concern to shippers and ocean carriers, the global impact of the war in the Middle East on container flows will be less severe than COVID-19 disruptions and Red Sea diversions, Lars Jensen told TPM26.
TPM26: Empty boxes pose structural challenge for Europe’s busy ports
A sharp increase in imports from Asia, declining back-haul volume, and congestion delaying the return of empties are slowing down the repatriation of equipment back to Asia.
EPCs bank on growing demand for fossil fuels, tech projects
Engineering, procurement and construction companies, key shippers of project cargo, are expecting an uptick in business in 2026.
TPM26: Europe’s persistent port congestion won’t be remedied by short-term fixes
The bottlenecks are rippling through Asia-Europe supply chains, undermining vessel schedule reliability, disrupting inventory positioning, and ultimately influencing freight rates, according to Drewry.
Middle East war slows trans-Pacific service contract talks further
Three ocean carriers told the Journal of Commerce they could not commit to contract volume allocations with customers until there was greater clarity on how long the hostilities would last.
Middle East war puts trans-Pacific service contract talks in limbo
Four ocean carriers told the Journal of Commerce they could not commit to contract volume allocations with customers until there was greater clarity on how long the hostilities would last.
BIMCO expresses caution over Trump’s Persian Gulf shipping insurance offer
While resuming the movement of vessels in the war zone is important, the shipping group says the president’s offer needs clarification.
BIMCO wary of Trump’s Persian Gulf shipping insurance offer
While resuming the movement of vessels in the war zone is important, the shipping group says the president’s offer needs clarification.
TPM26: US trucking crackdown likely to have delayed impact on drayage sector
The Trump administration’s move against non-English-speaking drivers and non-domiciled commercial driver’s license holders could hit the drayage sector, but only after it trickles down from other parts of the trucking industry, experts say.
TPM26: Volatile US trade policy undermines exporters: AgTC
The head of the Agriculture Transportation Coalition says US ag shippers face a plethora of changing tariffs and other measures that undermine their ability to tap overseas markets.
TPM26: Buffer capacity being taken out of Gemini network: Hapag-Lloyd CEO
With on-time performance close to the 90% target, Hapag-Lloyd has begun to remove the additional capacity initially built into the network to ensure 90% reliability, Rolf Habben Jansen told the TPM26 conference.
TPM26: Flexport CEO sees AI’s impact on logistics accelerating
Ryan Petersen said his company went into “code red” last year in transitioning to AI, with the technology’s first benefits seen in customs compliance and auditing.
TPM26: Global trade ‘still strong’ despite uncertainties: Hellmann CEO
Amid trade tensions and other geopolitical challenges, ocean freight volumes should remain elevated, according to Jens Drewes.
Air freight backlog set to gridlock Asia airports amid Middle East conflict: K+N CEO
Stefan Paul said almost 20% of global air freight capacity from the belly hold of passenger aircraft and via freighter aircraft charters has been cut from the market because Middle East airports are closed or flights have been otherwise canceled.
Carriers pause India-Middle East cargo bookings amid Persian Gulf port chaos
While reefer trade is at the center of carrier booking suspensions because of its time-sensitive nature, many mainline carriers have put a stop to all Middle East shipments until further notice.
TPM26: Shipping waits for Houthi reaction to US/Israeli attacks on Iran
An expert on Yemen told TPM26 the leadership of the Tehran-backed militant group appears to be split on how best to respond to the attacks on Iran that began over the weekend.