Linton Nightingale
Deputy Editor
Linton is Lloyd's List's deputy editor. He is also editor of Lloyd’s List’s monthly special reports and annual publications, including our end of year ranking of the 100 most influential people in shipping.
An award-winning journalist, he specialises in the global container market with a particular focus on Europe, writing regular market reports, features and commentaries, whilst keeping our readers up to speed with the latest breaking news from the box industry.
Prior to his position at Informa, Linton was editor of a respected maritime trade journal at a UK publication house.
Linton is also a diehard Tottenham Hotspur fan and proud father to his daughter Luna.
Latest From Linton Nightingale
Maersk expects operational challenges to linger following Red Sea return
A resolution to Red Sea disruptions will be no quick fix for liner shipping when it re-embarks on its traditional east-west trade routing via the Suez. Maersk suggests it will take at least three months before networks return to normal
Gemini carriers join MSC in offering Red Sea contingency plan
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce revamped Gemini network to customers, including two routing options dependent on Red Sea developments
Container volumes maintain strong growth through July
Latest CTS figures show year-to-date volumes tracking 7.1% above last year through the first seventh months of 2024, as pre-peak season surge is prolonged
Red Sea reroutings uproot traditional transhipment trends
The onset of Houthi attacks has prompted a complete repositioning of container transhipment activity at ports either side of the Suez, in a trend that has brought a wealth of impromptu box traffic to some ports and a imposed a hefty hit on trade to others
Shanghai on track to breach 50m teu barrier
China’s colossal container hub on the brink of becoming the first port to post annual teu figures above the 50m teu mark. Shanghai was among nearly all of the top 10 ranked ports to report strong growth in box number in the first half of the year
One Hundred Ports: Red Sea uncertainty clouds port outlook
Analysts pinpoint developments in the Red Sea as the underlying determinant for the prospects of the global port sector in the second half of 2024. Yet while much will hinge on how the situation in the Middle East pans out, the prospect of strikes on the US east coast, or a second Trump term, could swing fortunes too