Container Management

ICTSI's Contecon Manzanillo has surpassed 12m teu in cumulative throughput since beginning operations in 2013, with the terminal handling 1.5m teu in 2024 alone—a 14% year-on-year increase that outpaced the port's overall 6.1% growth. The performance cements Contecon's position as...

West Africa's port infrastructure is being tested as surging container volumes strain capacity across the region, with major terminals reporting persistent congestion and berthing delays. Container throughput across West Africa has grown nearly 50% in less than a decade, far...

The Port of Mombasa handled 2.11m teu in 2025, a 5.5% increase on the prior year's 2.005m teu, as East Africa's primary gateway capitalises on Red Sea diversions while facing mounting pressure from a resurgent Dar es Salaam. Total cargo...

Evergreen Marine has committed up to US$1.47bn to 23 new container vessels at Chinese shipyards, deepening the Taiwanese carrier's bet on feeder and mid-sized tonnage as the global orderbook approaches levels that triggered a decade-long supply overhang after 2008. The...

Panama's Supreme Court has annulled port concession contracts held by Panama Ports Company, a CK Hutchison subsidiary, throwing into question the future of the Balboa and Cristobal container terminals flanking the Panama Canal — and potentially derailing the proposed US$22.8bn...

West Africa's rapid container trade growth is colliding with persistent port congestion, as carriers scale up services to a region whose infrastructure remains unevenly matched to demand. Maersk has applied congestion surcharges to shipments into Freetown, Conakry and Monrovia, with...

CMA CGM has abandoned plans to resume Suez Canal transits on three Asia-Europe services, reversing course barely weeks after testing the route with naval escorts. The French carrier cited a "complex and uncertain international context" in rerouting French Asia Line...

Container spot rates fell for a third consecutive week as pre-Chinese New Year demand weakens, with the Drewry World Container Index dropping 5% to US$2,107/feu. Transpacific routes led the decline: Shanghai–New York fell 7% to US$2,969/feu while Shanghai–Los Angeles dropped...

CMA CGM has taken delivery of its 400th fully owned vessel, the methanol-capable CMA CGM Monte Cristo, marking a milestone that underscores the French carrier's strategy of fleet ownership at a time when decarbonisation regulations are reshaping investment decisions across...

The Port of Shanghai posted record container throughput in 2025, but the world's busiest port is now caught in what Sea-Intelligence terms a "Complexity Trap" – a structural ceiling on schedule reliability that sheer scale appears to impose. Analysis of...