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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.

Maersk's Q4 2021 business results exceeded expectations as freight rates increased by 80%

Phaata

16-01-2022

A.P. Moller - Maersk said preliminary business results for the fourth quarter of 2021 beat expectations, with revenue of $ 18.5 billion.

International shipping and logistics market - Week 2/2022

Phaata

14-01-2022

International logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 2/2022.

Cargo losses from Madrid Bridge could be up to 140 containers

Phaata

13-01-2022

The number of cargo containers lost on ONE's Madrid Bridge has reached 140 containers, including about 60 containers that have been lost from the ship and another 80 damaged.

Port congestion getting worse as entering 2022 - Sea-Intel

Phaata

12-01-2022

All available data shows that congestion problems are getting worse as we enter 2022 and show no signs of improving, Sea-Intel warns.

Madrid Bridge ship of ONE suffered a stack collapse and lost at least 30 containers

Phaata

11-01-2022

ONE's Madrid Bridge was suffered a stack collapse last Friday and at least 30 containers on board fell into the North Atlantic Ocean.

Tianjin Port tests Covid-19 for all workers when the city partially locked down

Phaata

10-01-2022

Nearly 11,000 nucleic acid test samples from port workers were collected by the Tianjin Port Group as a growing Covid-19 outbreak put the city of Tianjin under partial lockdown on January 10.

Container throughput of Chinese ports to increase by 7.6% in 2021

Phaata

10-01-2022

Container throughput through Chinese ports in the January-November 2021 period reached 259.7 million TEUs, up 7.6% over the same period in 2020.

International shipping and logistics market - Week 1/2022

Phaata

08-01-2022

International logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 1/2022.

'Please don’t keep comparing bonuses,' Chairman of Yang Ming shipping line asked employees

Phaata

07-01-2022

Yang Ming's chairman has asked employees not to compare their bonuses with the 40-month bonuses some Evergreen employees have received.

FMC investigates Wan Hai shipping line for container detention fees

Phaata

04-01-2022

The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has announced that Wan Hai is under investigation for possible violations of regulations on charges related to the return of containers.