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Maersk planning for eventual full return to Suez Canal route as Asian exports keep boxship capacity under pressure
Maersk is cautious about releasing capacity from shorter routings too quickly as this would worsen congestion at European ports, with vessels bunching up at already strained terminals
Hormuz reopening to free 300,000 teu but rate impact still hinges on Red Sea return
Carriers seem in no rush to restore normal MEG services amid upcoming strait reopening, with analysts expecting freight rates to stay firm in near term
No peak yet: Liner profits mount as spot rates rise again
Tariffs, deglobalisation, a bloated orderbook, energy crisis fallout … liner operators face a long list of hypothetical headwinds. But none have materialised yet, spot rates remain exceptionally strong, and liner operators are raking in profits
FuelEU pooling may be working too well
FuelEU’s flexibility mechanism works so well that the scheme could fail to jump-start a green fuel transition, according to carbon compliance advisers
Red Sea traffic holds firm despite Houthi blockade as UN warns Yemen on brink of renewed war
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows vessel traffic through the Bab el Mandeb remains surprisingly resilient in the first two weeks of the Houthi blockade targeting Saudi-linked shipping, although tanker movements have fallen sharply and security analysts warn attacks could escalate
NOAA upgrades El Niño warning and outlook for Panama Canal worsens
The shipping world is already a minefield of myriad chokepoints. It increasingly looks like there will be another one around the corner, in Panama, due to the weather, not geopolitics
Is the container the most important invention of the past 100 years?
Seventy years on from the birth of container shipping, Lloyd’s List’s senior reporter Joshua Minchin evaluates just how important the humble container is in the history of global trade
Delay from previous fixture no excuse for missing next one, Singapore arbitration finds
Charterers entitled to terminate before laycan has expired
The week in newbuildings: Shipowners order 24 new vessels as holiday season slows activity
Newbuilding contracts for two offshore vessels, four boxships, eight tankers and 10 dry cargo carriers were disclosed in the past week
The Week in Charts: Red Sea shipping stabilises after July’s Houthi blockade shock | War, disruption and rerouting fail to derail container demand
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No peak yet: Liner profits mount as spot rates rise again
Tariffs, deglobalisation, a bloated orderbook, energy crisis fallout … liner operators face a long list of hypothetical headwinds. But none have materialised yet, spot rates remain exceptionally strong, and liner operators are raking in profits
CK Hutchison ports throughput slips as Panama force-out bites
Panama’s termination of CK Hutchison’s port concessions weighed on its 1H26 results
Explosion at Rotterdam kills one and injures six
Gunvor said an investigation into the blast was ongoing and that it was ‘working to establish the facts’
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No peak yet: Liner profits mount as spot rates rise again
Tariffs, deglobalisation, a bloated orderbook, energy crisis fallout … liner operators face a long list of hypothetical headwinds. But none have materialised yet, spot rates remain exceptionally strong, and liner operators are raking in profits
FuelEU pooling may be working too well
FuelEU’s flexibility mechanism works so well that the scheme could fail to jump-start a green fuel transition, according to carbon compliance advisers
Red Sea traffic holds firm despite Houthi blockade as UN warns Yemen on brink of renewed war
Lloyd’s List Intelligence data shows vessel traffic through the Bab el Mandeb remains surprisingly resilient in the first two weeks of the Houthi blockade targeting Saudi-linked shipping, although tanker movements have fallen sharply and security analysts warn attacks could escalate
Euroseas posts another stellar quarter as boxship demand remains buoyant
Market continues to shrug off effects of geopolitics and inflation, according to Aristides Pittas
NOAA upgrades El Niño warning and outlook for Panama Canal worsens
The shipping world is already a minefield of myriad chokepoints. It increasingly looks like there will be another one around the corner, in Panama, due to the weather, not geopolitics
Reinsurers impose second round of war risk cancellations on P&I clubs
Marine mutuals set to put buybacks in place by Sunday
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