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Global aluminum production growth affects dry bulk market, with bauxite trade hitting record levels and China leading the demand surge.

IMB reports a rise in maritime incidents, with 137 cases in 2025, highlighting piracy and armed robbery as key concerns.

Diesel prices are set to increase by 1.08 TL after last week's discounts, affecting transportation and logistics nationwide.

Prof. Dr. Oral Erdoğan calls for unity among Turkish shipowners to tackle high costs and enhance competitiveness in the maritime sector.

New fees for passports, driver's licenses, and other documents will take effect on January 1, 2026, as per the Ministry of Treasury and Finance.

GLOBAL air freight rates rising on the TAC Index out of China on lanes to Europe and North America, reports Mumbai's Stat Trade Times

THE Global Port Tracker from the National Retail Federation (NRF) says that with retail sales rising and more tariffs on goods from China expected, imports to US will increase to high levels through the summer

QATAR's maritime sector saw a 1 per cent gain in transshipment volumes in November, handling 116,000 TEU and more than 142,000 tonnes of general cargo at the Hamad, Doha and Ruwais ports, according to the official data

CHINA state agencies have released goals to increase automation in manufacturing, as the country targets global leadership in bringing robots on to the factory floor, reports Hong Kong's South China Morning Post

AUGUST average prices from Hong Kong to North America increased 9

HH-Ferries to increase capacity between Helsingör and Helsingborg

MAERSK Line plans to increase freight rates for moving containers from Asia to Northern Europe by US$400 per TEU from April 1.

JAPANESE shipping giant MOL will levy an Asia to southern Africa rate increase of US$200 per TEU and $400 per FEU from July 1.

JAPANESE shipping giant MOL will increase the rate for Far East shipments to Japan US$50 per TEU and $100 per FEU from July 1 and then again on July 15.

VLCC tankers are now demonstrating a contango market, especially after the recent rise of newbuilding prices, compared to their five-year old peers. This according to Mcquilling Services which stated in a report Friday, that the market for VLCCs could very well be in a contango, i.e. future prices are expected to be higher than current valuations. According to Mcquilling,

The shipping industry should adopt a unified international standard to judge and regulate

More sailing cancellations are on the way as the P3 alliance has yet to spell out its intentions in any detail, and competitors will be loath to risk losing market share by taking more radical capacity reduction measures in the interim. Drewry expects ocean carriers will go for another round of serious sailing cancellations over this year’s winter season instead of service

UNITED Arab Shipping Company will increase rates US$910 per TEU for dry and refrigerated cargo from Asia to North Europe, effective July 1.

Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi says Iran’s natural gas exports to Turkey will increase

As the defence budgets of leading maritime nations around the world are cut, anti-piracy operations are being hard hit.

Fujian province expects to have the ability to build more than 8 million deadweight tons of ships each year, by

GERMAN ocean liner Hapag-Lloyd plans to implement a freight rate hike for refrigerated containers transported out of Mexico, starting from February 23.

Wang Zhanjun, the chief of the China Coal Transportation and Distribution Association, said the nation’s coal import volume has increased sharply.

Containership orders are increasing at a dramatic rate, analysis from Braemar’s Seascope’s research division has revealed.

In response to growing market demand, Stena Line will upweight its freight capacity on the Belfast – Liverpool route

FRENCH shipping giant CMA CGM will increase Freight All Kinds (FAK) rates from November 18 and December 1 until further notice but not beyond December 31

AUSTRALIA is increasing the number of biosecurity inspectors and inspections under the Department of Agriculture and Water Resource's new automatic entry processing (AEP) model

GERMANY's Hapag-Lloyd, the world's sixth largest carrier, has announced it will increase the rates for westbound Asia-Europe trade by US$1,000 per TEU with effect from July 1.

THE drone attack on Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq oil refinery is likely to push up fuel prices for shippers as container lines are expected to pass on the higher cost of bunker fuels

DIANA Containerships is to purchase the 4,024-TEU Hanjin Malta built by Hanjin Shipbuilding for US$33 million with a three-year lease-back at daily time charter rate

CARRIER members of the Westbound Transpacific Stabilisation Agreement (WTSA) will raise the rates of US$160 per TEU and $200 per FEU for all dry cargo on all trade lanes with effect from October 1, according to a WTSA release.