Sea-Intelligence reports a structural shift in vessel cascading, with surplus tonnage moving to secondary trades as Asia-Europe lanes saturate.

Cyprus-based dry bulk operators faced a split market this summer, with Capesize vessels hit by volatility while Panamax, Supramax and Handysize ships reached seasonal highs, reports the Cyprus Mail

China recorded more than 50 per cent growth in newly launched international air cargo routes in the first half of 2025, with cross-border e-commerce driving volumes higher, reported London's GlobalData

HONG Kong's Cathay Cargo has reported reduced air cargo demand from Hong Kong and the Chinese Mainland in May following tariff and de minimis changes, but said volumes from other parts of its network are helping to fill the gap

SINGAPORE's export-reliant economy ends 2018 on a slower note with GDP only rising 1

INDIA's state-run Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) handled 5

LI & FUNG, the world's largest supplier of consumer goods from China, is strangely optimistic about the outcome and its role in the Sino-American trade war

Danish shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk predicted no profit growth in 2014 due to the cost of new drilling rigs and lower oil production while container shipping rates remain under pressure.

THE Port of Virginia's container throughput rose by eight per cent year on year in August to a record 258,821 TEU

MAERSK chief executive CEO Soren Skou said he expects a 'modest' pick-up in trade for the upcoming holidays this year amid concerns about the slowing global economy and consumer demand, Reuters reported

US imports at major US ports during 2020 are expected to see their lowest total in four years as the impact of the Covid crisis hits the economy, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation (NRF) and Hackett Associates

Germany’s Uniper on Tuesday said it favours a for liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the Wilhelmshaven deep sea port on the North Sea coast, less than a week after peer RWE said it secured access to capacity should a rival project at Brunsbuettel go ahead

THE port Houston handled 35 million tonnes of cargo through November, representing a year-on-year increase of nine per cent. The strong performance was driven by growth in container and steel import volumes.

In a recent note, ship owner Euronav said that the tanker market for VLCCs and Suezmaxes could face improving conditions in the coming months and years. According to the company, the main reason for this is the diminishing orderbook. "Given the market for tankers in the past couple of years and the difficulties faced by most owners to secure financing, not many

Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) saw its earnings slashed in the first half as market conditions for

The Chinese Association of the National Shipbuilding Industry reported sinking profits in the first half of this year.Profits of 80 major shipbuilders monitored by the

Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp said yesterday that global container shipping companies face challenging times before seeing a rebound in 2015

Port’s ro-ro freight volumes down 1.1% despite growth in overall cross-Channel market

THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is eyeing shipbuilding among the new sunrise industries, which could boost exports and economic growth.

OVERCAPACITY in the shipping industry will remain for the next five years, according to a senior executive of Maersk Line, who stressed the need to remove capacity to create demand.

THE shift in the shipment of hi-tech products, such as mobile phones and tablet computers, from air to sea freight is eating into the profits of air cargo operators, reported the South China Morning Post.

FREE-SPENDING days at AP Moller-Maersk group, the world's biggest shipping company, are over as its CEO Soren Skou looks forward to a challenging markets ahead in world container shipping

KUEHNE + NAGEL International (K+N) chief executive Detlef Trefzger predicts air cargo markets will not pick up over the next three quarters, reported American Shipper

BOEING projects air cargo operators will need more than 2,600 freighters over the next 20 years as e-commerce rockets, according to the company?s new World Air Cargo Forecast

MAJOR port operator DP World has seen volume growth of 9

BANGLADESH's Chittagong port achieved year-on-year growth of nine per cent, handling a total annual of volume of 2

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SINGAPORE Airlines Cargo's freight volumes in June dropped by 0

THE Port of Hamburg handled 135

SPOT rates for shipping containers from Asia to northern Europe in the week ending Friday dropped 5

CARGO moving through the Port of Prince Rupert rose to a record volume of 26

ASIAN Terminals Inc (ATI) saw its second quarter net income surge 26 per cent year on year to PHP1

THE Port of Rotterdam Authority saw 469 million tonnes of cargo pass through its gates in 2018, just beating the record set in 2017

DP World's total container throughput across its global box terminals in the third quarter rose by 1

RUSSIA's Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port handled 12

HAMBURG's Becker Marine Systems says the IMO 2020 sulphur cap is driving increased demand for its 10-year-old fuel saving product the Becker Mewis Duct

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo accused China of trying to create 'strategic dependency' through its global Belt and Road infrastructure initiative, reports Bloomberg News

HOPES are rising that stronger retail sales in the US than expected and the Chinese New Year in January will help drive up freight rates on the transpacific trade early next year.

JAMAICA has begun talks into the development of the Caribbean island as a global logistics hub for the Americas to rival world trading hubs

AMSTERDAM Schiphol Airport saw its cargo volumes decline by 2

WORLD shipping giant Maersk Line remained optimistic despite a third quarter net loss of US

Global Maritime News & Shipping Industry Updates

THE German Port of Hamburg's trade with its top containerised cargo trade partner, Austria, hit a record 296,000 TEU in 2016. Overall, 42 per cent of Austrian container volume is handled on services via Hamburg.

THE port of Mombasa's second and newest container terminal that began operations in 2016 handled 34,837 TEU in the first half of the year, a year-on-year increase of 60 per cent

RICKMERS Maritime, a containership owner, has recorded a 32 per cent decline in net profits in 2012 against the previous year, to US$27.6 million.

DSV's air freight volumes rose in the first half of the year by one per cent, but fell by two per cent in the second quarter of the year, due to the market environment as well as the termination of a high-volume, low-margin customer contract

EMIRATES SkyCargo transported 150,000 tonnes of perishables and 27,000 tonnes of pharmaceuticals through its Dubai hub to other parts of the Middle Eastern carrier's global network between April and mid-August

THE Port of Antwerp expects 2018 to be a record year for the sixth time in a row, with growth in all cargo segments

AVIANCA suffered an air cargo revenue decline in the first quarter following the termination of its commercial agreement with Etihad Cargo on freighter flights to Europe

DOWNWARDS pressure on China's trade is mounting on account of a number of "destabilising" factors, according to assistant Commerce Minister Zhang Ji, who did not go into detail about the destabilising factors.

ODESSA in Ukraine handled 112,931 TEU in the first quarter, representing an increase of 15 per cent compared to the same period a year earlier.