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Stay informed with the latest news, analysis and market insight from the container shipping industry through our expert coverage

Hormuz reopening to free 300,000 teu but rate impact still hinges on Red Sea return

Carriers seem in no rush to restore normal MEG services amid upcoming strait reopening, with analysts expecting freight rates to stay firm in near term

Strait of Hormuz crisis Middle East and Africa Containers
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ONE’s new chief executive rejects deglobalisation as it eyes $2bn in FY2026 profits

Geopolitics continues to sway trade flows as ONE joins other carriers in reaping the rewards from geopolitical disruptions

Red Sea Risk Containers

Record boxship orderbook collides with fading disruption as Trump turns ‘lame duck’

Containership orders have passed every previous full-year total with two months to spare, just as the Red Sea diversion unwinds and a weakened White House loses much of its capacity to shock the market — though Iran remains the wild card

Containers Red Sea Risk

Black Sea shipping war escalates as owners challenge Romania and Bulgaria calls

Attacks spreading towards Nato coastlines are driving up risk across the western Black Sea, with some owners now seeking to refuse charterers’ orders to call at Romanian and Bulgarian ports

Ukraine crisis Tankers and Gas
MIU DATA

Suez recovery accelerates as distorted tanker trades push crude volumes above pre-crisis levels

October was the Suez Canal’s busiest month since shipping abandoned the Red Sea, but surging crude tanker traffic shows that geopolitical disruption is driving as much of the recovery as improving security conditions

Red Sea Risk Middle East and Africa
Containers Tankers and Gas

Container reliability slumps to 52% as delays near record

Late ships averaged 6.6 days behind schedule in the third quarter, the longest delay since the 2021 pandemic peak

Red Sea Risk Containers

The week in newbuildings: Chinese yards win all vessels in quiet ordering week

Newbuilding contracting slowed over the past week, with 23 vessels disclosed, all ordered from Chinese shipyards

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The focal point for business-critical data on container shipping

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Container reliability slumps to 52% as delays near record

Late ships averaged 6.6 days behind schedule in the third quarter, the longest delay since the 2021 pandemic peak

Red Sea Risk Containers

Ningbo Ocean Shipping eyes mainline ambitions with 10-vessel expansion

If both lease plans are fully implemented, Ningbo Ocean Shipping will add 10 large vessels to its fleet through long-term charters, comprising six boxships and four car carriers

Containers Dry Bulk

Premier Alliance adds more Suez services as Red Sea return accelerates

Almost all major Asia-Mediterranean liner services are now using Suez or plan to use the waterway in the coming weeks for at least part of their rotations as the restoration of Red Sea routings gathers pace

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Navios Partners clinches additional tanker and boxship orders

Angeliki Frangou-led owner confirms contracts for seven more newbuilds costing $700m

Finance Containers

MPC Oceanic agrees purchase of $126m stake in Marlow Navigation

Petros Panagiotidis-backed vehicle, formerly known as MPC Capital, to acquire 41% of Cyprus-based shipmanager

Finance Containers

Evergreen joins accelerating liner return to Suez

Evergreen, the last Ocean Alliance partner holding out, is set to resume Suez Canal transits this week as the container industry’s Red Sea return accelerates, although this returning capacity risks pushing the trade into oversupply

Red Sea Risk Containers

ONE’s new chief executive rejects deglobalisation as it eyes $2bn in FY2026 profits

Geopolitics continues to sway trade flows as ONE joins other carriers in reaping the rewards from geopolitical disruptions

Red Sea Risk Containers

Record boxship orderbook collides with fading disruption as Trump turns ‘lame duck’

Containership orders have passed every previous full-year total with two months to spare, just as the Red Sea diversion unwinds and a weakened White House loses much of its capacity to shock the market — though Iran remains the wild card

Containers Red Sea Risk

The Daily View: Black Sea escalation is redrawing shipping’s risk map

   

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