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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.

Wan Hai Lines and Interasia launch southern China - Southeast Asia service

Phaata

29-02-2020

Taiwan's Wan Hai Lines and Japan's Interasia Lines will launch a new service connecting the Pearl River Delta ports with Vietnam and Thailand, based on signals of growing container volume from markets. emerging Southeast Asia.

Air freight rates skyrocket following demand for aid in the Corona virus epidemic

Phaata

27-02-2020

Air freight rates are rising sharply on the East-West main routes due to emergency shipments to China filled with medical supplies and aid goods after the order to suspend most passenger flights. in the context of the outbreak of Corona virus (COVID-19).

Yang Ming chairman predicts that container throughput will improve by the middle of the year

Phaata

25-02-2020

The chairman of Yang Ming - Bronson Hsieh - believes that the current decline in container shipping volume worldwide is only temporary, expected to improve in April or May 2020.

Maersk: China's cargo volume will hardly recover until the second quarter due to Corona virus

Phaata

24-02-2020

Warning that the Chinese manufacturing industry and the volume of container shipping goods it produces will not be able to recover until the end of the second quarter due to the impact of Corona virus (COVID-19)

Top 10 Logistics Brands

Phaata

23-02-2020

Supply Chain Digital examines the top 10 biggest logistics brands worldwide by number of employees.

Container lines hit with $300m - $350m weekly revenue loss from coronavirus

Phaata

21-02-2020

Container lines are taking an estimated revenue hit of $300m - $350m as they blank sailings due to the impact coronavirus in China according to analysts Sea-Intelligence.

Container lines roll out backhaul surcharges for shipments to Asia

Phaata

20-02-2020

Container lines are rolling out surcharges on backhaul routes to Asia as blanked sailings from China on mainline trades due to the impact of the coronavirus putting the squeeze on capacity for imports into the region.

HMM narrowed losses in 2019, but faces precarious market

Phaata

19-02-2020

HMM is facing an uncertain 2020, with the expected benefits of membership in THE Alliance and the delivery of a dozen mega-ships tempered by macroeconomic and geopolitical headwinds.