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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.

Evergreen orders 24 new container ships

Phaata

10-09-2021

Evergreen Marine Corporation has ordered 24 container ships with Chinese shipbuilder CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding.

Empty containers seriously congested at US West Coast ports when congestion is at a record level

Phaata

08-09-2021

CAx data reveals 60% increase in the inbound outbound ratio at the ports of US West Coast, surpassing the pre-covid levels, indicating that there is excessive stress on the ports.

No signs of improving port congestion in the US, fearing that it will last until the end of 2022

Phaata

08-09-2021

With the rapid increase in consumer and industrial demand, the volume of imported goods of this country increased exponentially. US ports are currently facing their worst congestion ever.

Chittagong port's container handling volumes skyrocketed

Phaata

06-09-2021

The port of Chittagong's container handling activity increased sharply in August compared to July as global trade recovered.

Shippers face difficulties while container shipping lines' profits skyrocket

Phaata

06-09-2021

Importers and exporters are facing a deadlocked container shipping market as shipping capacity has not kept pace with demand and escalation of freight rates are beyond the reach of many SMEs.

International shipping and logistics market (updated week 35/2021)

Phaata

04-09-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 35/2021.

Shanghai Port records 127.1% jump in first half profit

Phaata

02-09-2021

Shanghai International Port (SIPG) reported a net profit of CNY 8.7 billion in the first half of 2021, up 127.1 percent year-on-year.

CMA CGM announces Q2 financial report with strong increase in revenue and profit

Phaata

02-09-2021

CMA CGM's Q2 revenue reached $12.4 billion, recording a strong increase of 77.2% over the same period in 2020, when international trade was slowed down due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sea-Intelligence: No sign of capacity reduction during Golden Week in China

Phaata

01-09-2021

The Danish research and consulting company Sea-Intelligence has commented on the capacity that shipping lines have planned to deploy/withdraw in the 4 weeks of Golden Week from week 40 to week 43 on trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe shipping routes.