Container Management

APM Terminals has agreed to acquire a 37.5% minority stake in DP World's Southern Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port, marking the Maersk subsidiary's first entry into the Saudi Arabian market. Financial terms were not disclosed. DP World will retain...

The Port of Los Angeles had nine container vessels at berth on 18 February. Across the channel, the Port of Long Beach had five. Together, the San Pedro Bay complex — which handled more than 20 million teu in 2025...

When dwell times spike at six major container ports simultaneously while freight rates are in their fifth consecutive week of decline, the instinct is to reach for comparisons with 2021. That instinct is wrong, and acting on it could lead...

The Trump administration released its long-delayed Maritime Action Plan (MAP) on Thursday 13 February, a policy document that revives a controversial proposal to levy per-kilogram fees on imported cargo carried by foreign-built ships — a measure that could fundamentally alter...

The Port of Los Angeles is experiencing a sharp congestion spike, with vessel dwell times rising 91% above the four-week rolling average, according to automatic identification system (AIS) analytics from WTCP Intelligence. The neighbouring Port of Long Beach recorded a...

Market Analytics Report Free & Open Access Real-time vessel schedules from every Transnet container terminal show 79 ships carrying 145,000 containers queuing for berths over the next three weeks. Official January 2026 throughput data confirms 305,775 TEU handled across the...

The Gemini Cooperation will add Antwerp as a direct port of call on its Europe–Far East network from March, ending the transshipment arrangement via Tangier that has served Belgium's largest container gateway since the alliance launched in February 2025. The...

CK Hutchison has warned A.P. Moller-Maersk of legal action if its terminal division, APM Terminals (APMT), moves to assume temporary operation of the Balboa and Cristobal container terminals flanking the Panama Canal — a confrontation that now threatens to derail...

Busan Port Authority is positioning to capture Japanese cargo after the Premier Alliance confirmed it will drop Japan from its Asia-Europe rotations in April, severing the country's last direct mainline link to the continent. BPA held seminars in Japan last...

CK Hutchison has escalated its fight over the Panama Canal terminals at Balboa and Cristobal, warning A.P. Moller-Maersk that any move by APM Terminals to assume operations without consent would trigger legal action and damages claims. In a 12 February...