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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.

International shipping and logistics market - Week 6/2022

Phaata

11-02-2022

International logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 6/2022.

Air freight rates remain high as many challenges

Phaata

10-02-2022

Air freight rates will continue to remain high as capacity and ground handling challenges persist.

Maersk opens a new service connecting Vietnam, China with the US East Coast

Phaata

09-02-2022

Maersk will open a new service called TP28 to connect Vietnam and China with the US East Coast; It is expected that the first sailing will be on March 23, departing from the Vietnamese port of Vung Tau.

Global container schedule reliability report 2021

Phaata

08-02-2022

The reliability of the schedule in 2021 dropped to 35.8%. This number not only represents the lowest level of schedule reliability recorded for 2021, but also represents a very sharp drop from pre-2020 levels.

Global sea freight volume is forecast to grow by 3.4% in 2022

Phaata

07-02-2022

Global ocean freight volume has returned to pre-Covid levels and is on track to grow 3.4% this year, according to new data and forecasts from Clarkson Research Services.

Uniserve revives the Ellerman brand to form a new British shipping line

Phaata

07-02-2022

Uniserve - an United Kingdom-based forwarding company - revived the Elllerman brand in 1892, with the work of founding a new shipping line called Ellerman City Liners.

International shipping and logistics market - Week 5/2022

Phaata

05-02-2022

International logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 5/2022.

Capacity of non-alliance carriers increased sharply on trans-Pacific services

Phaata

04-02-2022

According to a report by Sea-Intelligence, services by non-alliance shipping lines on transpacific routes have increased sharply in recent months.

Hapag-Lloyd's profits increase sevenfold in 2021

Phaata

03-02-2022

Preliminary figures from container shipping line Hapag-Lloyd show pre-interest and tax profit of $11.1 billion for the whole of 2021, up sevenfold from $1.5 billion in 2020.

Global supply chain bottlenecks due to lack of containers still remain

Phaata

02-02-2022

According to the economic survey released by the Finance Minister of India for the period 2021-22, global supply chain congestion due to lack of containers will remain for the foreseeable future.