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Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of Hong Kong conglomerate CK Hutchison, has filed arbitration proceedings against A.P. Moller-Maersk in London, alleging the Danish carrier helped Panama’s government seize PPC’s …

The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has suspended a 15% rebate on transit fees for large containerships, removing the incentive three months ahead of schedule at a point when the Strait …

Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach hold contractual automation rights dating to the 2008 ILWU-PMA coastwide agreement, which granted unrestricted rights to introduce computer-controlled cranes, …

COSCO Shipping Holdings is in advanced talks to order up to 12 LNG dual-fuel container vessels from CSSC’s Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding, according to shipbroker reports circulated this week. If confirmed, the …

The board of Ningbo Ocean Shipping (NBOSCO), the carrier subsidiary of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group, has approved a capital programme exceeding US$390m. The approval covers four 1,900 teu feeder containerships, with …

UNCTAD’s latest assessment of the Strait of Hormuz shutdown warns that global merchandise trade growth will halve in 2026 — from 4.7% to between 1.5% and 2.5% — and that …

The world’s largest container line is extending its grip on US port infrastructure. Terminal Investment Limited (TiL), the terminal operating arm of the MSC Group, has formally incorporated a joint …

Five weeks after the International Maritime Organization (IMO) declared a humanitarian emergency in the Persian Gulf, the number that matters most has not moved. Around 20,000 civilian seafarers remain aboard …

China International Marine Containers (CIMC) reported net profit attributable to shareholders of CNY221m (US$30m) for 2025, a 93% decline year-on-year, as group revenue fell 12% to CNY156.6bn (US$21.6bn). The board …

Japanese exporters and European importers now depend on a single carrier for direct weekly container service between Japan and North Europe, after CMA CGM launched its Ocean Rise Express (OCR) …

Piraeus Port Authority (PPA) reported record revenue of €250.8m (US$274m) for 2025, an 8.6% increase year-on-year, with EBITDA rising 2.2% to €132.3m (US$145m). Net profit after tax fell 1.5% to …

March 2026 saw the Hormuz crisis escalate from economic disruption to outright military confrontation, with the IRGC openly targeting container vessels and China’s safe passage arrangement collapsing on 29 March …

Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd have each made significant terminal acquisitions in the past week, adding to a pattern of carrier capital flowing into port infrastructure at a time …

AD Ports Group turned free cash flow positive for the first time since its 2022 listing, a year ahead of the target the company had set in its medium-term guidance. …

Global container shipping schedule reliability dropped 3.2 percentage points month-on-month to 59.0 per cent in February 2026, according to issue 175 of Sea-Intelligence’s Global Liner Performance report — the lowest …

Hapag-Lloyd has published its audited 2025 results confirming group EBIT of US$1.1bn, a 62% decline from the previous year, and issued 2026 guidance with a midpoint below zero. The carrier …

The IRGC’s naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz claimed its first major container shipping casualties this week when COSCO’s CSCL Indian Ocean and CSCL Arctic Ocean reversed course approximately …

The geography of Asia-Europe container trade is shifting south. Exports from Asia to Europe reached a record 1.88m teu in January, a 6% year-on-year increase and the third consecutive month …

Hamburg’s container traffic is being reshaped by geopolitics and ownership change in equal measure, with HHLA’s 2025 results revealing a port whose trade geography looks markedly different from two years …

Three competing exchanges are now offering or preparing to launch futures contracts on container freight rates — but the simultaneous arrival of rival platforms and indices raises the prospect of …

China’s surge in detentions of Panama-flagged vessels at its ports is inflicting disproportionate damage on Japanese shipowners who have no stake in the Panama Canal terminal dispute driving the confrontation. …

US goods imports from Taiwan totalled US$201.4bn in 2025, up 73% from US$116.2bn the previous year, driven almost entirely by the artificial intelligence hardware buildout that is reshaping trans-Pacific container …

The emergency bunker surcharges rolling out across the container shipping industry since early March have created a specific contractual risk for shippers and forwarders whose freight agreements are linked to …

The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend €90m to the Port of Rotterdam Authority to finance shore power installations at three deep-sea container terminals — APM Terminals (APMT) …

The International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) and the International Harbour Masters’ Association (IHMA) have published the first global framework for standardising the exchange of nautical and operational data …

Mexico’s nearshoring wave is arriving faster than its port infrastructure can absorb it. Foreign direct investment jumped more than 10% year on year in the first half of 2025, with …

The Federal Maritime Commission has enforced the standard 30-day notice period for Middle East war-related surcharges, requiring carriers to wait until early April before implementing emergency fees on US-bound trades. …

Ocean Network Express (ONE) has acquired an indirect stake in Dongwon Global Terminal Busan (DGT) through a long-term partnership with Dongwon Group, according to a statement CM received from the …

APM Terminals (APMT) has acquired a 49% minority shareholding and operating role in Hateco Hai Phong International Container Terminal (HHIT), the largest deep-water container facility in northern Vietnam. Hateco Group …

The Port of Virginia now operates the deepest commercial shipping channel on the US East Coast after completing dredging to 55 feet (16.8 m) on 28 February. Combined with a …

Three weeks into the conflict that effectively closed the Strait of Hormuz, the crisis has entered a new phase. The initial shock — carrier withdrawals, booking suspensions, force majeure declarations …

Germany’s three major container gateways — Hamburg, Bremerhaven, and Wilhelmshaven — are completing the transition to mandatory digital container release, requiring transport companies and truck drivers to connect to the …

The divergence between two of the world’s most closely watched container markets has rarely been sharper. While US West Coast ports report double-digit volume declines driven by the unwinding of …

Panama’s president José Raúl Mulino has publicly accused CK Hutchison subsidiary Panama Ports Company (PPC) of lying about the country’s handling of arbitration proceedings, deepening a dispute that has already …

MSC Group has taken its first equity stake in a South Korean shipping operator. The Geneva-headquartered carrier’s Luxembourg subsidiary, SAS Shipping Agencies Services Sarl (SAS Lux), has signed an investment …

Salalah’s container terminal has resumed operations after APM Terminals suspended all activity following the 11 March drone strike on the port’s fuel storage tanks. Liquid cargo operations remain offline. Container …

Orient Overseas International reported full-year 2025 profit of $1.51bn, down 41% from $2.58bn in 2024, on revenue of $9.72bn — results filed on 12 March, a fortnight after the US-Israeli …

Maersk has recorded the highest percentage capacity growth of any carrier in the intra-European container shipping segment over the past twelve months, increasing deployed capacity by 44% to 146,500 teu …

MEDLOG, the logistics division of MSC Group, and Shanghai-listed China Master Logistics Co. Ltd. (CMLOG, SSE: 603967) have launched a joint venture operating five cold storage facilities across Shanghai, Tianjin …

SITC International and Wan Hai Lines have both committed to major fleet expansions this month, signalling that mid-tier Asian carriers are ordering through a market downturn rather than retreating from …

Vessel attacks, carrier withdrawals and port-level cargo rationing are compounding across the Gulf, dismantling the region’s container feeder networks and forcing ports to prioritise essential supplies over commercial freight. The …

Container Management has covered the Hormuz crisis extensively since the US-Israeli strikes on 28 February. This article does not revisit that ground. It examines three developments from the past 48 …

Nine days ago, CM identified Salalah as the Middle East’s only functioning large-scale container hub outside both chokepoint risk zones — south of Hormuz, north of Bab el-Mandeb, on open …

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has moved from issuing radio warnings to openly claiming missile and drone strikes on commercial vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, marking a dangerous escalation …

The numbers first. ICTSI crossed the US$1bn net income threshold for the first time, reporting earnings of US$1.05bn — up 23% year on year — on revenues of US$3.23bn and …

The four fastest-growing container trade lanes in the world are all related to Africa, according to the latest Container Trade Statistics data for cargo loaded during January. Analysis by Sea-Intelligence …

Panama Ports Company (PPC), a subsidiary of CK Hutchison, has filed an international arbitration claim against the Republic of Panama under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, seeking …

The Strait of Hormuz will dominate container shipping’s crisis agenda for as long as it remains closed, and rightly so. The energy cost shock it is transmitting to Europe — …

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