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Californians head for the polls today to decide on Charter Amendment PRT – a package of changes affecting Los Angeles’s airports, harbour, and Department of Water and Power, including new workforce disclosure requirements for leases at the port. The measure would require applicants for certain new Harbor Department le…
All the mainline operators look set to resume Suez Canal transits for their Asia-North Europe and Asia-Mediterranean services. Taiwan’s Evergreen will join its Ocean Alliance partners in doing just that this week, while Yang Ming and South Korea’s HMM will join their Premier Alliance partners restarting Suez crossings…
Bread-and-butter deal-making, typically in the $250m-$1bn range, is surging. As you may have noticed Yesterday, DeskOne highlighted another M&A trifecta coming our way, right after ‘Merger Week Delight: Scan + OIA; Boluda + Samskip; Contship + Tarros‘, from a few days ago. And the deal struck down under by US-based AI…
Concern is rising among cargo owners and logistics providers that a strike at the Los Angeles/Long Beach port complex could turbo-charge the congestion there. About 250 watchmen, who perform security-related duties at container terminals at the twin ports, are poised to walk off the job at 5pm Pacific time on Wednesda…
German shipowner Ernst Russ has sold another feeder containership, continuing to trim its older boxship exposure while building up its tanker and multipurpose fleet. The Frankfurt-listed company has confirmed the sale of the 2007-built, 803 teu Mirror, without disclosing the buyer and price. The vessel is expected to …
Greek feeder containership owner Contships Logistics has secured two new charter deals with CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express (ONE), adding contracted employment as it prepares for an extensive fleet renewal programme. The Nikolas Pateras-led company disclosed in its third-quarter earnings report that the Contship Sky…
Bangladesh’s garment shippers face missed sailings and mounting pressure on delivery schedules as labour protests halt production and disrupt cargo movements to Chittagong port. Production was suspended at around 690 garment factories today, according to the latest information from Bangladesh, while roadblocks hampere…
This week the great and the good of the port industry will meet in London when the International Association of Ports and Harbours convenes its annual gathering. With the IAPH’s membership mostly comprised of the world’s port authorities, high on the agenda will be how to solve the persistently high levels of congesti…
Disruption to ocean shipping is not triggering a large-scale switch to airfreight – the cost of emergency lift is keeping most shippers at sea, according to DSV. Speaking at TIACA’s Air Cargo Forum in Miami last week, head of global airfreight Achim Martinka said such decisions depended on whether the business impact …
Delve straight into the numbers. In a nutshell: Chinese state-owned container line Cosco Shipping Holdings; (CSH) profit rose a whopping 81% in the third quarter as port congestion and long reroutes tied up ships and lifted freight rates, while Cosco Shipping Ports, the terminal operator it controls, reported flat pro…
Companies that have faced a cyber attack are now increasingly likely to face lawsuits too, from customers or staff over any breach of data security. JB Hunt is the latest: it is facing four proposed class actions, after a cybercrime group claimed to have taken employee information and millions of business records from…
Global schedule reliability has become more seasonal, while weekly liner service deployments have grown increasingly volatile since the pandemic, according to new analysis by Sea-Intelligence. Drawing on its Global Liner Performance database, which tracks monthly vessel arrivals from July 2011 to September 2026, the c…
After two ambitious Chinese-backed infrastructure projects were abandoned or stalled, Sierra Leone is turning to another Chinese partner to develop a “national” shipping industry. The financing model has changed, but familiar questions remain. On 19 October, Sierra Leone inaugurated its new national shipping company, …
Norwegian car carrier giant Wallenius Wilhelmsen has secured a three-year shipping contract worth around $700m with a major Asian automaker, taking its newly announced contract wins to more than $1.7bn in the space of five days. The Oslo-listed group did not identify the customer but said the agreement builds on an ex…
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has been linked to another three LNG dual-fuel megamax containerships at China’s Shanghai Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding (SWS), expanding its series at the CSSC-owned yard to 13 vessels. Shipbroking sources place the latest 21,700 teu newbuildings at around $210m apiece, valuing the additional…
PRESS RELEASE Nov 1, 2026 11:01 PM Eastern Standard Time AIT Worldwide Logistics Expands Global Footprint to Oceania with Acquisition of Australia-Based Forwarder Connor Anderson International Strategic investment increases AIT’s geographic reach, high-tech logistics support capabilities ITASCA, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–S…
Deliveries in the past week have been primarily deployed to services between the Far East and Latin America, highlighting growing volumes on these trades. Alphaliner noted that Imabari Shipbuilding completed the 13,932 teu ONE Symphony that will be deployed on ONE’s Asia-WCSA AX3 service the pan-Japanese carrier runs …
Container spot freight rates on the transpacific eastbound trade, as recorded by Drewry, saw its steepest one-week fall since June 2025 after this year’s protracted peak season came to an end. Drewry’s World Container Index (WCI) saw the spot rate on its Shanghai-Los Angeles decline 6% week on week, to end at $7,514 p…
The US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach face potential disruption from Sunday, as around 250 security workers, represented by the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) Local 26, prepare for strike action amid the ongoing labour dispute. The latest labour contract extension will expire at 5pm Pacific Ti…
Soaring tanker freight rates are taking an increasingly heavy toll on the world’s oil majors, with the latest quarterly results revealing billions of dollars in additional shipping-related liabilities, squeezed refining margins and losses on trading positions. Shell has disclosed a $5.4bn non-cash increase in its ship…
The grocery chain seeks to boost first-party procurement volumes to more than 10% while working toward a fully owned import and distribution model.
Intra-Asia and Middle East short-haul trades are seen to be the most sought-after launch pad or entry point for aspiring container shipping entrepreneurs, as the industry becomes more competitive and challenging in an environment of ever-growing trade volatility. The ‘newest kid on the block’ is Jade Pacific Line (JPL…
South Korea’s Namsung Shipping has been linked to another containership order in China, with brokers reporting a deal for two firm 7,100 teu vessels at Dalian Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (DSIC), plus options for another pair. Shipbroking sources said the CSSC-owned yard had secured the contract, with deliveries …
Boluda Shipping is to acquire Samskip, yet another sign of consolidation in the shortsea shipping scene, the deal intended to create a network spanning Northern Europe, the Iberian Peninsula, Canary Islands and West Africa. Subject to regulatory approval, the deal is expected to complete on New Year’s Day, with the co…
India has approved a INR100bn ($1.05bn) programme to massively expand domestic shipping container manufacturing, targeting a tenfold increase in annual capacity as New Delhi seeks to challenge China’s near-monopoly over the industry. The country’s cabinet approved the Container Manufacturing Promotion Scheme yesterday…
Tanker owners remain broadly bullish on the extraordinary freight market despite soaring asset prices, an ageing fleet and mounting geopolitical risks. Speaking at the Maritime CEO Forum at the Yacht Club de Monaco on Tuesday, leading tanker executives debated the warning signs that could signal an end to the boom, th…
The Greek-managed containership Contship Jet has sunk off Bulgaria after being struck by three sea drones yesterday, as Russia claims further attacks on merchant vessels heading towards Ukrainian ports. The Liberian-flagged vessel, operated by Contships Management, was sailing from Haifa to Constanta when it was attac…
UK logistics groups welcomed the decision in today’s new budget to maintain a 5p-per-litre fuel duty cut and avoid planned increases, and ensuring warehouse rates do not rise, but there have also been warnings that businesses continue to face significant cost pressures. In his first budget as chancellor – and first fo…
The global express and parcels market grew 5.8% in 2025, to €577.3bn ($642.6bn), but mounting pricing pressure, shifting trade flows and intensifying competition are creating a growing challenge for carriers seeking to turn higher volumes into profits. The recent Global Express & Parcels 2026 report by Transport Intel…
Uzbekistan will strengthen phytosanitary inspections of vehicles carrying export cargo after foreign countries submitted 683 complaints over plant health violations in 2026.