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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.

Wan Hai and Interasia Restructure NS5 Service and Launch New TVS Service Connecting Southeast Asia

Phaata

17-01-2026

Wan Hai Lines and Interasia Lines have announced plans to modify the NS5 service route starting next month, adding calls at Phuoc An (Vietnam) and Chiba (Japan). Simultaneously, the carriers are launching a new service, TVS, connecting Taiwan with key Southeast Asian ports.

International shipping and logistics market (updated week 47/2021)

Phaata

27-11-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 47/2021.

Dalian Port restricts imports of cold goods due to Covid-19 outbreak

Phaata

26-11-2021

Customs at the port of Dalian has restricted imports for cold goods following the recent Covid outbreak.

No correlation found between schedule reliability and freight rates - Sea-Intelligence

Phaata

25-11-2021

Sea-Intelligence did a survey and analysis to see if schedule reliability was related to freight rates.

Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports delay excess new container dwell fees until Nov. 29

Phaata

24-11-2021

Los Angeles/Long Beach port officials say the number of delinquent cargo containers at the port has decreased by 33% and has eased congestion.

Port of Los Angeles achieved a throughput of over 900,000TEU in October

Phaata

23-11-2021

The Port of Los Angeles has again surpassed the 900,000 TEU milestone and reached 902,644 TEU throughput in October 2021.

US exporters call for closer supervision of shipping line alliances

Phaata

21-11-2021

Agricultural exporters in the US have called on authorities to impose stricter scrutiny of shipping line alliances and the behavior of shipping lines during the pandemic.

International shipping and logistics market (updated week 46/2021)

Phaata

20-11-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 46/2021.

Will shippers consider container vessel chartering as a long-term supply chain strategy?

Phaata

19-11-2021

Whether retailers that have effectively become their own shipping lines will survive as such in the long term is an interesting question posed by the Global Shippers Forum (GSF) recently.

COSCO's 9-month net profit increased by 1,650% thanks to soaring volume and freight rates

Phaata

18-11-2021

COSCO Group, which includes Cosco Shipping Lines and Cosco Shipping Ports, reached 20.45 million TEU, up 8% year-on-year and achieved revenue of $33.24 billion, corresponding to a growth of 117, 5% during this period.