In 2025, rising transatlantic shipping capacity keeps rates stable despite fluctuating demand, reports New York's Journal of Commerce.

A possible return to Suez Canal shipping in 2026 may overwhelm Europe's ports, risking delays and equipment shortages, warns S&P Global.

DP World enhances cargo capacity by acquiring 47,000 TEU to meet rising client demands and streamline operations, reports Port Technology International.

SOUTH Carolina Ports (SC Ports) has announced plans to buy the former WestRock paper mill site in North Charleston to boost the Port of Charleston's capacity

BLANK sailings will peak on the Asia-Europe trades in the next three weeks, with carriers withdrawing close to 40 per cent of capacity in an attempt to match their available space with evaporating demand

THE global idle containership fleet has climbed to 820,000 TEU for a total of 288 ships as at December 3, according to Alphaliner data

MAERSK remained the No 1 box carrier, in Alphaliner's annual capacity Fleet Review ranking of the top 20 container shipping carriers in the world.

SHANGHAI is close to zero cases and factory production and operations resumed yesterday after a two-month city-wide lockdown against Covid outbreaks, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News

CARRIERS are resorting to removing significant swathes of capacity on key trade routes to protect vulnerable spot rates in the face of weak demand, says rate-tracking Xeneta

THE US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is demanding more information and pricing from container shipping alliances, reports Colchester's Seatrade Maritime News

IRAN is pressing ahead with plans and projects to increase its port capacity to 280 million tonnes a year, reports Tehran's official Press TV

HH-Ferries to increase capacity between Helsingör and Helsingborg

THE debut of THE Alliance and the OCEAN Alliance caused a rise in capacity on the transpacific trade, while a slight drop on the Asia-Europe and transatlantic market by the close of the first quarter 2017, according to the latest quarterly World Liner Supply (WLS) report from BlueWater Reporting.

The National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has announced that it will start to ban new shipbuilding

In a highly commoditized industry like the shipping industry, capacity is an important metric that directly impacts companies’ top line, or revenue performance.

China Shipping Development expects to have 2.776m dwt in new capacity this year, including six oil tankers

EVERGREEN and Cosco has replaced its 3,400-TEU to 4,200-TEU ships to 8,000-TEU to 9,000 TEU on the Far East-ECSA service (ECSA)

COMPETING shipping consortia are to rationalise weekly loops from Asia to east coast of South America during the winter slack season by reducing capacity

CANADA's Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has awarded to ACS Group a large-scale port project for the design and construction of the DP World container terminal that will account for 20 per cent of the port's total freight volume

PANALPINA registered five per cent year-on-year growth in first-half air cargo traffic to total 512,000 tonnes, on the back of acquisitions, however, its air revenues fell by 2

TODAY's salvage industry does not have the capacity to deal with accidents involving a fully laden 22,000-TEU ships, says a marine insurer, reported London-based Tug Technology & Business.

WORLD'S largest coal export terminal slashes shipping allocations by one million tonnes for the rest of this year.

THE Asia-East Coast South America container trade has become highly volatile, experiencing huge swings in monthly demand and freight rates, notes London research house Drewry Maritime Advisors

CHONGQING plans to spend CNY3.2 billion (US$513.69 million) on waterway infrastructures this year and raised its port capacity by 500,000 TEU

A NEW report by DS Research says the international container terminal sector will add 214 million TEU to total port capacity by the end of 2018, reports London area World CargoNews.

UNITED Parcel Service (UPS) has increased capacity on its Hong Kong to Cologne route by deploying the larger Boeing 747-8 aircraft