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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.

Canceled sailings increased by more than 400% in a week

Phaata

13-04-2020

Over the next few weeks, container shipping lines will know which losses they will suffer this year with large capacity cuts.

Hapag-Lloyd announces an increase in shipping rates from East Asia to the US and Canada

Phaata

10-04-2020

Hapag-Lloyd will implement a general rate increase (GRI) from East Asia to all ports in the United States and Canada starting May 15, 2020 (pick-up date at the port of loading).

THE Alliance merging services and blanking 28 sailings in May and June

Phaata

09-04-2020

THE Alliance has set out capacity cuts for May and June, including service mergers, suspensions, and blanked sailings due to reduced demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Main container shipping lines may lose about US $ 23 billion in 2020 if the situation is worst

Phaata

08-04-2020

The impact of the new Corona virus (COVID-19) could cost major shipping lines up to $ 23 billion in 2020 under the "worst" scenario, according to Sea-Intelligence analyst.

Kuehne + Nagel launches an online quotation platform for intra-Asian shippers

Phaata

07-04-2020

Kuehne + Nagel has launched a new online logistics platform to meet the needs of shippers in Asia.

ONE, Maersk and MSC to Suspend China-Australia (CAE) Service

Phaata

07-04-2020

Due to the impact of COVID-19, Ocean Network Express (ONE) suspended the China-Australia service (CAE) which is jointly operated with Maersk and MSC.

Shipping company ONE issues its first electronic Bill of lading

Phaata

05-04-2020

Ocean Network Express (ONE), the world's sixth largest container carrier by TEU capacity, has released its first Electronic Bill of Lading.

The 2M Alliance cuts its transpacific capacity

Phaata

05-04-2020

Maersk Line and MSC - of the 2M Alliance - will suspend a weekly service from North Asia to the US West Coast and a weekly service from South Asia to the US East Coast for the rest of the quarter. They will also cancel individual additional sailings to North America.

Shipping lines assist importers to minimize container demurrage charges

Phaata

03-04-2020

Predicting congestion at ports around the globe because shippers do not accept imported goods, container lines are introducing policies to support shippers to reduce container storage charges by allowing shippers to store containers at their yards.

THE Alliance blanks 20 sailings due to a sharp drop in demand by COVID-19

Phaata

02-04-2020

The Alliance has announced a sharp reduction of 20 sailings starting from the rest of this week and the next four weeks to cope with the sharp decline in demand. predicted by the Corona virus pandemic (COVID-19).