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Trump victory could spur sweeping changes for tariffs and sanctions

Donald Trump’s second presidential term could alter the landscape for global shipping. Higher tariffs could curb container volumes after an initial demand spike. On the sanctions front, tanker shipping could take a hit if restrictions on Russia are reduced

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Transpacific spot rates hit by combo of lower US imports and higher vessel supply

It makes sense that transpacific spot rates are lower. US imports are far from weak but they’re declining sequentially amid a normal seasonal lull. At the same time, vessel supply in the transpacific has increased and competition for cargoes is high

Containers Ports and Logistics

The week in newbuildings: CMA CGM rumoured in talks for multiple mid-sized boxships

Up to 30 mid-sized boxships are rumoured to be under discussion for service with France’s CMA CGM for delivery by 2030

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One Hundred People 2024: Shipping’s elite take pragmatic stand as uncertainty reigns

IMO guidance on the regulatory framework towards net zero could be just months away — or then again, it might not be. Despite being in a state of flux, those at shipping’s forefront are opting for pragmatism rather than simply lying in wait

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No container rate upside yet from strike prep or tariff frontloading

The Shanghai Containerised Freight Index is up again this week. European rate strength remains the driver, with transpacific rates continuing to ease, despite US importer concerns over labour disruptions and tariffs

Containers Political Risk and Trade

Too late for front-loading as clock ticks down to next US port strike

Terminal employers and the US east and Gulf coast dockworkers union remain at loggerheads over port automation. For importers depending on these gateways, the time for accelerating shipments is over, given voyage duration from Asian ports

Containers Ports and Logistics

The Daily View: No magic wand

Your latest edition of Lloyd’s List’s Daily View — the essential briefing on the stories shaping shipping

Red Sea Risk Geopolitics
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The rise and fall of bulk shipping stocks — and the rise and rise of container stocks

Counterintuitively, stocks in the segment with historically high newbuilding deliveries — container shipping — have done far better in 2024 than segments with low deliveries: tankers and dry bulk

Containers Dry Bulk

Top 10 shipbrokers 2024

The world’s leading shipbroking companies benefited from strong tanker and dry cargo markets during the first half of 2024, but these were followed by something of a downturn from the summer. Meanwhile, London remains the hub of the shipbroking majors, despite more deals being concluded by their Asia and Middle East offices

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Transpacific spot rates hit by combo of lower US imports and higher vessel supply

It makes sense that transpacific spot rates are lower. US imports are far from weak but they’re declining sequentially amid a normal seasonal lull. At the same time, vessel supply in the transpacific has increased and competition for cargoes is high

Containers Ports and Logistics

Methanol-to-H2 start-up has a plan to power ports

Converting methanol to hydrogen to use in fuel cells could help provide green power in ports where green electricity is unavailable, according to e1 Marine

Decarbonisation Sustainability

Large cocaine shipment stopped at Dominican Republic port

Discovery at the port of Caucedo is the latest to see an important seizure of drugs, following the 13 tonnes uncovered at Spain’s Algeciras port last month

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Transpacific spot rates hit by combo of lower US imports and higher vessel supply

It makes sense that transpacific spot rates are lower. US imports are far from weak but they’re declining sequentially amid a normal seasonal lull. At the same time, vessel supply in the transpacific has increased and competition for cargoes is high

Containers Ports and Logistics

The week in charts: Falsely flagged tanker transits English Channel | No container rate upside yet from strike prep | Geopolitical risk biggest threat to shipping

Yi Meng Shan, formerly Attica, abruptly reversed a course that originally indicated the tanker taking a route around Britain to avoid the channel, spot rates from Asia to US continue to decline and respondents to the Lloyd’s List Outlook poll say geopolitics their biggest worry

Sanctions Week in Charts

Large cocaine shipment stopped at Dominican Republic port

Discovery at the port of Caucedo is the latest to see an important seizure of drugs, following the 13 tonnes uncovered at Spain’s Algeciras port last month

Containers Ports and Logistics

The week in newbuildings: CMA CGM rumoured in talks for multiple mid-sized boxships

Up to 30 mid-sized boxships are rumoured to be under discussion for service with France’s CMA CGM for delivery by 2030

Containers Week in Newbuildings

Boxships will slow down towards 2030 amid green fuel shortage, says Habben Jansen

Hapag-Lloyd chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said he expects container shipping will have to slow down to meet green targets amid an expected shortage of green fuels

Decarbonisation Containers

MSC sells 17th containership of the year for recycling

Two chemical tankers, a 29-year-old aframax tanker and another MSC boxship are set to hit recycling beaches

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