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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.

North American importers cut back and delayed goods from Asia

Phaata

01-04-2020

Shippers are increasingly reducing and delaying ocean shipments from China to North America. This change is a major contradiction compared to just a few weeks before shippers are looking to speed up shipments through the supply chain to replenish already depleted inventory made by China.

The 2M Alliance cuts down Asia-Europe shipping services significantly

Phaata

31-03-2020

Maersk and MSC - the world's two largest shipping lines and the two main partners of the 2M alliance - have made sharp cuts in services on Asia-Europe shipping routes due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Container shipping industry: Corona virus pandemic is creating a new wave of blank sailings

Phaata

31-03-2020

As soon as the number of sailings from China canceled by container lines began to settle, container shipping was preparing another wave of influence for the Asia-Europe service as the Corona virus pandemic spread to Europe.

Supply chains are facing the impact of the lockdowns due to Corona virus

Phaata

29-03-2020

Freight carriers are struggling to ship cargo by road, sea or air as the Corona virus pandemic forces Western governments to quarantine and threaten the supply of important products.

CEVA Logistics declared force majeure, citing the impact of COVID-19

Phaata

28-03-2020

CEVA Logistics has become the latest global forwarder to declare force majeure on all ocean, air and land transport contracts, taking measures just days after DHL Global Forwarding took similar action.

China Seaport Association forecasts container volumes will fall in the second quarter

Phaata

27-03-2020

According to the China Seaport Association, container volume of eight major ports increased 6.2% last week. However, the Association warned of the risk of container volume decline due to the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic in the coming months.

Maersk and MSC canceled many Asia-Europe / Med sailings due to falling demand

Phaata

26-03-2020

As soon as the scheduled container shipping routes from China seemed to return to normal, the 2M Alliance canceled two trains from Asia - Europe / the Mediterranean next week in the wake of the COVID- 19 began to attack demand in western countries.

Container throughput of Chinese ports decreased by 10.6% from January to February this year

Phaata

25-03-2020

China's Ministry of Transport has published port output figures for the January-February period of this year, showing a decline in many major ports, especially in container volumes.

APL Shipping Line launched the "Day 4" service group of the OCEAN Alliance

Phaata

24-03-2020

APL Shipping Lines announces the launch of the OCEAN Alliance's "Day 4" service (OA), which will provide customers with fast and reliable transportation of services on transpacific routes.

MAERSK: If you're not planning, you're planning to fail

Phaata

23-03-2020

The management of the Covid-19 crisis has been a must for supply chains since the beginning of this year and if shippers are concerned about how shipping lines have helped ensure that cargo continues to be transported, here are some suggestions from Maersk Line.