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Carriers bet big on West Africa as Cape route shifts trade patterns

West Africa’s rise in the era of ultra-large containerships is no longer speculative; it is operational. Backed by purpose-built terminals and a hub-and-spoke model, the region is absorbing direct Asian calls from the world’s largest ships, posing a challenge for traditional West Mediterranean relay hubs as carriers reshape strategies

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Markets diverge: another fall in transpacific amid Asia-Europe gains

Container trades to the US are suffering from seasonal weakness compounded by rising inflation. Trades to Europe are holding up better, with port congestion continuing to support rates

Containers United States

Panama Canal posts revised FY25 cargo numbers after fixing data error

Fiscal-year cargo numbers that the Panama Canal Authority posted last month looked suspiciously weak. Neopanamax containership transits were at record highs yet cargo weight in this segment was lower than during the drought crisis. It turned out to be a problem with the data, not containership utilisation

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Brace for slower growth and higher volatility, warns Danish Ship Finance

Analyst Christopher Rex is regarded many as the shipping Cassandra — doomed to predict an accurate future only not be believed by anyone. His latest view on long-term trends sees the shipping market shifting from scale-driven, globally integrated growth to a more volatile, fragmented and slower-growing seaborne landscape

Containers Tankers and Gas
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‘If you don’t have scale you will die a cost death’: V.Group CEO René Kofod-Olsen

Shipowners and third-party managers running fewer than 50 ships will ‘die a cost death’ and scale is key to survival, according to the chief executive of the world’s third-largest shipmanager

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Boxship lessors parlay geopolitical unrest into years-long cash stream

Executives of Global Ship Lease discuss the market implications of US and Chinese port fees, the delay of the Net Zero Framework vote, and the potential reopening of the Red Sea route

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The week in newbuildings: Orders valued at $2.8bn signed across boxship, bulker, cruise and tanker sectors

A total of 28 merchant vessels were ordered in the past week at Chinese, Japanese and South Korean shipbuilders

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DATA ANALYSIS

US imports hold steady in October but Chinese exports falter

Donald Trump’s trade policies have garnered the headlines, but US imports have remained resilient amid the noise. Market watchers should be paying more attention to the dynamics related to China, which are ‘not sufficiently understood’, says Maersk’s Vincent Clerc

Containers Geopolitics

MSC ‘anti-anti-suit injunction’ win confirms primacy of English jurisdiction clauses

Nigerian consignee’s legal action in home country deemed irrelevant

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APMT seeks to boost Bangladesh economy with new terminal

When operational at the end of the decade, the terminal will be low-emission and feature electrified equipment, but hinterland connections remain an issue to be addressed.

Ports and Logistics Sustainability

Drone attack ignites depot at Russian Black Sea port

Novorossiysk, which is the endpoint of a number of oil pipelines and a key port for Russian exports, has been hit by drones, damaging the terminal and igniting a fire in the oil depot. Three crew members aboard a civilian vessel were injured

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Panama Canal posts revised FY25 cargo numbers after fixing data error

Fiscal-year cargo numbers that the Panama Canal Authority posted last month looked suspiciously weak. Neopanamax containership transits were at record highs yet cargo weight in this segment was lower than during the drought crisis. It turned out to be a problem with the data, not containership utilisation

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APMT seeks to boost Bangladesh economy with new terminal

When operational at the end of the decade, the terminal will be low-emission and feature electrified equipment, but hinterland connections remain an issue to be addressed.

Ports and Logistics Sustainability

Markets diverge: another fall in transpacific amid Asia-Europe gains

Container trades to the US are suffering from seasonal weakness compounded by rising inflation. Trades to Europe are holding up better, with port congestion continuing to support rates

Containers United States

CMA CGM keeps US shipbuilding ambition alive as it adds megamax newbuilds in China

CMA CGM has a four-year plan to invest in the US that builds on its existing commitments, including not only air freight and container terminals but also new ships

Containers Finance

MPC Container Ships boosts boxship orderbook with new four-ship deal in China

Order at Jiangsu Hantong Ship Heavy Industry is third shipbuilding contract signed by the Oslo-listed owner this year

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Dalian Shipbuilding wins up to four containerships from Vietnam’s Hai An

Vietnamese liner Hai An accelerates capacity build-up with a second order at Chinese shipyards this year

Containers Dry Bulk

Panama Canal posts revised FY25 cargo numbers after fixing data error

Fiscal-year cargo numbers that the Panama Canal Authority posted last month looked suspiciously weak. Neopanamax containership transits were at record highs yet cargo weight in this segment was lower than during the drought crisis. It turned out to be a problem with the data, not containership utilisation

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