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Container freight futures spike on China solar export rush bets
Shanghai’s freight futures spike reflects policy-driven cargo timing rather than a lasting tightening of Asia-Europe capacity
Containers: Liner industry enters a new era of turbulence
Short-term disruption will continue to shape the market through 2026, but the industry is moving steadily towards a structural downturn. A surge of new vessels from 2027 will outpace demand, despite rising demolition. Analysts expect this to trigger a new phase of carrier repositioning and alliance realignment
The Week in Charts: Venezuela risk accelerates Russian intake of shadow fleet vessels | Bulker, gas and tanker sectors fuel recycling surge | Panama Canal transits rise
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Container freight futures spike on China solar export rush bets
Shanghai’s freight futures spike reflects policy-driven cargo timing rather than a lasting tightening of Asia-Europe capacity
Pre-Chinese New Year demand propels container spot rates higher
The year has begun for container lines where 2025 left off: with positive momentum and rising spot rates. Seasonality should provide a few more weeks of support
Ningbo-Zhoushan handles 1.4bn tonnes in 2025
The world’s biggest port by cargo handled continues to smash its own records despite mixed year for its major markets
What to look out for in risk and compliance in 2026
Lloyd’s List’s risk and compliance analysts Bridget Diakun and Tomer Raanan explain how the shadow fleet is evolving into 2026 and why an end to Russian sanctions won’t necessarily change all that much
Red Sea return to unmask container shipping’s two-tier capacity crisis
The Red Sea’s reopening will trigger more than a routing reset. It will expose a structural mismatch in the container fleet with too many large ships and too few small ones, prompting a period that will be defined by uneven capacity and widening regional disparities
Canal transits rise, with all quiet on the (Panamanian) geopolitical front
Despite the geopolitical chaos in the Western Hemisphere, it is still business as usual at the Panama Canal. Traffic was up in December in both locks systems
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Iran threatens to attack ‘shipping centres’ if US strikes
That ‘murky’ threat will likely pertain to the Strait of Hormuz, one analyst told Lloyd’s List, which Iran has threatened to close before
Onboard carbon capture results ‘catastrophic’ for nascent tech
The Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation’s lifecycle emissions analysis of onboard CO2 capture is more worrying for the technology than it seems, decarbonisation experts argue
Pre-Chinese New Year demand propels container spot rates higher
The year has begun for container lines where 2025 left off: with positive momentum and rising spot rates. Seasonality should provide a few more weeks of support
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The Week in Charts: Venezuela risk accelerates Russian intake of shadow fleet vessels | Bulker, gas and tanker sectors fuel recycling surge | Panama Canal transits rise
Lloyd’s List’s weekly showing of the data and figures behind our news, analysis and markets coverage
Boxship charter enquiries rising as freight markets tighten ahead of Chinese New Year
Activity remains concentrated on sub-5,000 teu ships as availability of larger vessels remains limited
Maersk records second successful Red Sea sailing amid geopolitical headwinds
No additional sailings have been announced as the carrier grapples with tariffs and evolving trade corridors in the east and west
Marinakis launches new dry bulk partnership with Madias-led SPV Axis
New venture, Capital Axis Maritime, will initially manage fleet of 20 bulkers including seven new capesizes for delivery in 2027
Liner trade on track for 5% growth in 2025
Global container shipping continued to outperform expectations in November, with surging Asian exports and broad based regional demand putting the industry on course for around 5% growth in 2025 despite weakness on North American trades and lingering geopolitical uncertainty
South Korea reclaims one fifth of global shipbuilding orders
China remained at number one in 2025 but lost market share year on year, while South Korean yards expect steady intake and stronger LNG carrier ordering
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