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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.

When will supply chain disruptions and exorbitant freight rates end?

Phaata

27-07-2021

Shippers and importers in the US are frustrated and eager to end the constant supply chain disruptions and freight rates that seem to have always gone higher every time they needed it.

Union Pacific restarts shipments from US West Coast to Chicago

Phaata

26-07-2021

Union Pacific (UP) - is resuming operations from the West Coast to Chicago, after starting to suspend rail shipments on July 18.

International shipping and logistics market (updated week 29/2021)

Phaata

24-07-2021

Update on the international logistics and container shipping market on Asia, Europe and North America routes in the week of 29/2021.

Port of Los Angeles grows fast in container handling but the joy is not complete

Phaata

23-07-2021

The Port of Los Angeles on the US west coast reported a 27% increase in container throughput in June compared to the same period in 2020.

MSC warns of impacts of international multimodal transport on the West and East coasts in the US

Phaata

22-07-2021

Railroads in the United States have begun to reduce traffic for imported goods at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as New York as the US recorded a record increase in import volumes.

Port of Valencia increases container throughput by 11.65% in the first 6 months of 2021

Phaata

21-07-2021

The growth rate of shipping activity of the Port of Valencia shows a very positive trend compared to 2019 - the last year that has not been affected by the pandemic.

Ports in South Africa disrupted by violence

Phaata

20-07-2021

Ports at Durban and Richards Bay, and a rail connecting Durban with Gauteng province, where Johannesburg's harbor is located, have been disrupted by days of violence in South Africa.

Container throughput at Panama ports increased by 8.8% in the first 5 months of the year

Phaata

19-07-2021

According to statistics from the Panama Maritime Authority (PMA), container cargo throughput at Panama's ports increased by 8.8% to 2.01 million TEU from January to May 2021 compared to same period last year.