Global Maritime Hub

• US volumes test tonnage supply, uncertainty looms
• Six public container carriers hit ‘large-cap’ valuation in May
• The 16,592 TEU methanol-enabled AXEL MAERSK was recently delivered to Maersk, completing a first series of twelve Equinox-I type mainline container ships!
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 24
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 23
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 23
• Europe-Far East remains by far the largest liner trade!
• Neo Sub-Panamax Container Ships cross the Panama Canal in record numbers
• ZCIS delivers first of LNG series to MSC
• Average operating margin falls to lowest level in a year
• First ULCS to reach 20 years in fleet of ‘jumbo pioneer’ Maersk
• Hapag Lloyd crosses the 2.4 MTeu milestone
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 21
• LNG-fueled Container Ships make up over half of the entire orderbook
• Fleet size not a predictor of profit for mid-tier carriers
• Carriers continue to operate near-total fleet despite tariff and trade uncertainty
• Charter market welcomes US-China tariff pause
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 20
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 19
• Africa now most lucrative destination for spot cargo ex China
• MSC Megamax container ship establishing historical precedents in West Africa
• Arkas still largest Turkish operator, but Akkon catches up
• 647 Container Ships cross through the Suez Canal since the start of 2025
• Global cellular container ship fleet exceeds 6,500 vessels for the first time in history
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 17
• CK Hutchison draws even with PSA in port revenue ranking
• European carriers maintain lead in reefer cargo market
• CSSC delivers the CMA CGM SEINE – the first of four improved ‘Jaques Saadé’ Megamaxes
• The NOO fleet shrank by 2.3 M teu in last five years
• Tanger Med more than triples its throughput in a decade
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 14
• Global ports show near across-the-board gains in 2024
• Global cellular container ship fleet to surpass 6,500 vessels for the first time in history
• Capital Executive Ship Management to double its fleet and become a Top 20 Non-Operating Owner (NOO) of Container Ships?
• US fees on Chinese-built ships would distort competition
• Ultra Large Container Ships (ULCS) to overtake Neo-SubPanamax vessels in market share by the end of the year
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 13
• Latest Houthi threats justify Container Ship owners’ and operators’ decision
• Carrier margins fall back in Q4 but annual results shine
• Demand for container ship tonnage remains strong, as Red Sea tensions re-escalate
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 12
• Charter rates unfazed by continued bad news on freight side
• Over a third of the current active container ship fleet at risk by USTR proposal
• Container ship orderbook grows past nine million teu, but a third of the ships won’t come before 2028
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 11
• APM Terminals completes major expansion and modernisation of its container terminal at Salalah, Oman
• Bunker fuel outlook, Week 10
• Ocean Network Express (ONE) achieved the highest capacity and market share growth of all carriers in the intra-European service segment
• Chinese shipping under the telescope of the U.S. Trade Representative
• ULCS Megamax container ship capacity deployed on Far East-Europe trades exceeded 4 Mteu for the first time in history last month