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Lunar New Year 2026 Logistics Strategy: Shippers Prioritize Critical SKU Replenishment Over Mass Stockpiling

Phaata

23-01-2026

Supply chain experts observe a strategic shift for the Year of the Horse (2026): Instead of the mass inventory stockpiling seen in previous years, shippers are focusing on replenishing critical Stock Keeping Units (SKUs) to balance costs against the risk of supply chain fractures.

Port of Los Angeles Surpasses 10 Million TEU in 2025 - Marking the Third Time in History

Phaata

23-01-2026

Despite tariff headwinds, the Port of Los Angeles closed 2025 with a throughput of 10.2 million TEUs – crossing this milestone for the third time in its history.

Vienna Airport Sets New Air Cargo Record in 2025

Phaata

22-01-2026

With total throughput reaching a record 313,763 tonnes in 2025, Vienna Airport continues to affirm its position as a key logistics gateway for Central and Eastern Europe.

CMA CGM Scraps Red Sea Plans for Asia-Europe Trade; Xeneta Warns of Supply Chain Unpredictability

Phaata

21-01-2026

CMA CGM has announced a return to Cape of Good Hope routings for Asia-Europe trades, reversing its recent decision to transit the Red Sea. Experts from Xeneta warn that this constant shifting creates instability for shippers, eroding trust in schedule reliability and increasing inventory management risks.

Pre-Lunar New Year Air Freight Peak: Shippers Urged to Book Early

Phaata

21-01-2026

Ahead of the Lunar New Year (February 17), leading freight forwarders such as Scan Global Logistics and Dachser are collectively warning shippers to book 1-2 weeks in advance. Extended factory closures and airline flight cuts are expected to cause severe capacity shortages across Asia.

Surging India-Iran Air Freight: Risk of 'Collateral Damage' from Proposed US 25% Tariffs

Phaata

20-01-2026

Air cargo volumes from India to Iran have surged nearly 200% over the past five years. However, this growth momentum faces significant challenges as US President Donald Trump’s proposal to impose a 25% tariff on Iran’s trading partners threatens to disrupt this burgeoning supply chain.

International Shipping and Logistics Market Update Week 3/2026 | Phaata

Phaata

19-01-2026

The international logistics marketplace platform Phaata provides an update on the international container shipping and logistics market for routes from Asia to North America, Europe, and more for Week 3 (from January 12 - 18), 2026.

Global Tanker Market Forecast 2026

Phaata

19-01-2026

Tim Smith, an expert from MSI, assesses that the tanker market enters 2026 on a solid footing driven by geopolitical instability and surging oil production. However, the wave of newbuilding deliveries commencing this year could exert pressure to reverse market trends in the 2027–2028 period.

Red Sea Restart: Signaling Lower Rates for Asia-US Shippers

Phaata

18-01-2026

Maersk’s decision to resume services via the Red Sea could release 6-8% of global shipping capacity, creating significant downward pressure on freight rates for Asia-US shippers as the market enters a crucial contract negotiation phase.

Global supply chain pressure eases as freight rates drop

Phaata

14-10-2022

The Global Supply Chain Pressure Index (GSCPI) reported a level of 1.05 in September 2022, just a quarter of the peak reported in December 2021, has shown that disruption The supply chain segment has been improved for the better.

Container shipping lines face the risk of a sharp drop in profits in 2023 and 2024

Phaata

12-10-2022

According to HSBC, at the current rate of reduction in spot rates, freight rates in the market could fall to 2019 levels as early as the end of this year compared to the previous forecast of mid-2023.

Dry bulk shipping market forecasted to decline in 2023

Phaata

11-10-2022

According to Maritime Strategies International (MSI), the dry bulk shipping market suffered a major slump in the third quarter of this year and although some recovery is expected over the next six months, the market is expected will be weaker next year.

OOCL surpasses $5 billion in revenue in Q3 2022

Phaata

10-10-2022

OOCL's revenue in the third quarter of 2022 increased 16.9% year-on-year, surpassing $5 billion, but container throughput declined.

Port of Liverpool warns of job losses

Phaata

07-10-2022

The Port of Liverpool has announced plans to restructure its container division and next week will begin a redundancy consultation process.

Maersk orders six 17,000 TEU container ships powered by methanol

Phaata

05-10-2022

Maersk has ordered six more container ships that can run on methanol, which will be built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and have a capacity of about 17,000 TEUs.

Hapag-Lloyd agrees to buy SAAM's ports and logistics business for $1 billion

Phaata

04-10-2022

Chile-based SAAM Group has agreed to sell its ports and logistics operations to Hapag-Lloyd in a $1 billion transaction.

Reliability of container shipping schedules continues to improve, Maersk remains at the top

Phaata

03-10-2022

The reliability of global shipping schedules continues to trend upward, recording an improvement in August 2022 of 5.8 percentage points and an increase of 46.2% month-on-month.