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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.

ONE imposes congestion surcharge for refrigerated cargo shipped to Yantian port

Phaata

14-06-2021

Shipping line ONE (Ocean Network Express) applies a port congestion surcharge of USD 1,000/container for refrigerated cargo transported to Yantian port.

COSCO partners with Tesla to digitally transform logistics services

Phaata

07-06-2021

OOCL Durban destroys two cranes at the port of Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Phaata

04-06-2021

Yesterday, a giant gantry crane collapsed on another crane at Taiwan's largest port when a container ship approached too close to a smaller vessel moored while docked.

Exports restart at Yantian port, but shipping lines skip it due to congestion

Phaata

03-06-2021

Export operations resumed at Shenzhen's Yantian port on Monday, but a backlog of 20,000 containers and slow productivity meant a delay of at least another week.

The 2M Alliance temporarily does not call at Hamburg due to port congestion

Phaata

02-06-2021

2M alliance partners Maersk and MSC, informed customers yesterday that their AE7/Condor Loop 4 service will not call at Hamburg for the next four weeks and cargo will unload at the port of Bremerhaven.

3 Korean shipping lines open a new shipping service to Vietnam

Phaata

27-05-2021

Korean container shipping lines including: KMTC Line, Namsung Shipping and CK Line jointly launched a new shipping service connecting Korea with Vietnam from May 26.

Explosion engulfs the X-Press Pearl and its crew evacuated

Phaata

26-05-2021

The explosion aboard the smoldering X-Press Pearl caused the fire to flare up again on board with the crew now being evacuated for their own safety, while two crewmembers were injured in the explosion on May 25 morning.

Ever Given shipowner blames SCA for Suez canal blockage

Phaata

25-05-2021

The owner of the Ever Given ship, which ran aground in the Suez Canal in March, blamed the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) for the accident and demanded an initial compensation of $100,000 for the detention of the ship.

CU Lines upgrades its Asia-Europe service

Phaata

24-05-2021

CU Lines has started to increase the frequency and capacity of its Asia-Europe service starting from June.

Container throughput at China's main ports up 15% in April

Phaata

20-05-2021

Container throughput at China's eight major ports rose 15% year-on-year at the end of April, with container exports up 17.5%, according to statistics from the China Seaports Association.