Market watchers have been expecting the container lines to fall prey to cyclical overcapacity since 2023. It hasn’t happened yet, and carriers are managing their fleets as if they don’t expect it to happen next year

Shipping’s influencers still matter, but their sway is narrowing. Big bets on future fuels and efficiency collide with a global supply chain that is less efficient than a decade ago. Meanwhile, trade is fracturing along geopolitical lines, forcing shipowners to confront not only how they operate, but on which side of the divide they stand

Container carriers must be nimble and pivot as geopolitics sways sourcing origins says Maersk

Can the IMO craft a climate deal that satisfies US energy interests without sacrificing real emissions cuts?

Lloyd’s List has launched its annual One Hundred People ranking, the definitive guide to the most influential figures shaping the maritime industry. The list will continue to unfold daily culminating on Friday with the announcement of the Top 10 and the unveiling of the industry’s most influential figure for 2025

On one hand, it has been several months since US President Donald Trump has talked about ‘taking back’ the Panama Canal. On the other, Trump’s new National Security Strategy implies that the geopolitical situation for the waterway could be dicey going forward

The orderbook share has now reached the equivalent of 35.2% of capacity of the fleet in service, a level only previously surpassed in 2010

Despite the IMO’s net zero delay and patchy progress on green fuels, Bureau Veritas argues that environmental pressure, China’s scale and a pivot to efficiency technologies are locking shipping into a slower but hard‑to‑reverse decarbonisation path