Regulators in US and India push back on carrier crisis surcharges as Hormuz costs mount
The Federal Maritime Commission has enforced the standard 30-day notice period for Middle East war-related surcharges, requiring carriers to wait ...
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Virginia completes deepest channel on the US East Coast, betting US$1.4bn on ultra-large vessel access
The Port of Virginia now operates the deepest commercial shipping channel on the US East Coast after completing dredging to ...
Carriers pour billions into India as US trade lanes absorb tariff hangover
The divergence between two of the world's most closely watched container markets has rarely been sharper. While US West Coast ...
MSC takes 50% stake in South Korea’s Sinokor, targets intra-Asia network
MSC Group has taken its first equity stake in a South Korean shipping operator. The Geneva-headquartered carrier's Luxembourg subsidiary, SAS ...
The carriers the crisis is helping: Asian liner earnings improve as Hormuz dims Red Sea reopening
Orient Overseas International reported full-year 2025 profit of $1.51bn, down 41% from $2.58bn in 2024, on revenue of $9.72bn — ...
Maersk records highest intra-Europe capacity growth as Gemini reshapes regional networks
Maersk has recorded the highest percentage capacity growth of any carrier in the intra-European container shipping segment over the past ...
Asian carriers order billions in new ships as Gulf volatility sends freight indices in opposite directions
SITC International and Wan Hai Lines have both committed to major fleet expansions this month, signalling that mid-tier Asian carriers ...
Gulf disruption starts leaking into global freight costs
The operational crisis in the Gulf is no longer contained to the region. Emergency surcharges from the largest carriers, surging ...
Gulf container operations unravel as attacks, voyage terminations and cargo rationing escalate
Vessel attacks, carrier withdrawals and port-level cargo rationing are compounding across the Gulf, dismantling the region's container feeder networks and ...
There Is No Safe Port
Nine days ago, CM identified Salalah as the Middle East's only functioning large-scale container hub outside both chokepoint risk zones ...
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