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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 41/2021)

Phaata

16-10-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 41/2021.

DHL's profits expected to continue growing

Phaata

14-10-2021

Preliminary results for the third quarter of Deutsche Post (DP) DHL show further gains in earnings before interest and tax (EBIT).

Congestion at Port of Felixstowe could affect $2.7 billion worth of UK imports

Phaata

14-10-2021

The UK port of Felixstowe is the latest to be affected by the congestion and could affect up to 2 billion GBP ($2.72 billion) worth of imported goods.

Shipping lines are targeting long-term contracts in the market

Phaata

12-10-2021

Container lines are looking to extend contracts and tie shippers to long-term deals of up to two years, three years or even four years as the market remains tense.

Profit forecast of container shipping lines is up to 150 billion USD in 2021 and possibly more next year

Phaata

12-10-2021

With supply chain disruptions still ongoing, consultants Drewry are now forecasting container shipping lines to make huge profits of $150 billion in 2021, and possibly more in 2022.

Goods imported into the US increase until early 2022, bottlenecks limit growth

Phaata

10-10-2021

The National Retail Federation (NRF) forecasts that retail imports will increase again in January and February 2022.

International shipping and logistics market (updated week 40/2021)

Phaata

09-10-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 40/2021.

Freight rates will begin to stabilize in mid-2022 - Aurelio Martínez, President of PAV

Phaata

07-10-2021

Speaking at the Mediterranean Ports and Shipping 2021 Conference, Port Authority of Valencia (PAV) President Aurelio Martínez said freight rates will return to normal in the second half of 2022 when international demand for containers slow down.

Container shipping is forecasted to return to normal by the end of 2022

Phaata

07-10-2021

According to analysts Sea-Intelligence, about 12.5% of global container shipping capacity is delayed, it may take until the end of 2022 to return to normal.

Container spot rates fell slightly, while long-term rates continued to increase

Phaata

05-10-2021

In the last week, container spot freight rates have decreased slightly, however, long-term freight rates have increased by more than 90% compared to the same period last year.