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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.

Container shipping rates remain stable amid China-US tariff storm

Phaata

02-05-2025

Trans-Pacific container shipping rates remain stable despite the strong impact of US-China trade tensions, thanks to flexible coordination strategies from shipping lines and a shift to Southeast Asian markets.

US Gulf Coast ports see volume increase in March

Phaata

01-05-2025

Major US Gulf Coast ports such as Houston and New Orleans saw cargo growth in March 2025, despite tariff and global market volatility.

US diesel prices fall for third straight week, hit 2025 low

Phaata

30-04-2025

US diesel prices continued to fall to their lowest level in 2025, despite a slight rebound in futures prices, reflecting supply fluctuations and tensions within the OPEC+ group.

Trump plans to ease import tariffs to help US auto industry

Phaata

29-04-2025

President Trump is set to sign an executive order easing auto import tariffs to help US automakers and ease supply chain costs amid escalating trade tensions.

IATA: March sets new record for air freight as cargo builds up ahead of tariffs

Phaata

29-04-2025

IATA reports record demand for air freight in March as businesses build up cargo ahead of US tariffs, despite global trade policy uncertainties.

Kuehne+Nagel: Air freight continues to grow strongly despite tariff tensions

Phaata

28-04-2025

Kuehne+Nagel said its air freight business continued to grow strongly despite the US-China trade war, led by strong demand in the semiconductor and fresh produce sectors.

International shipping and logistics market update - Week 17/2025

Phaata

27-04-2025

Update on the international container transport and logistics market for routes from Asia to North America, Europe... in Week 17/2025.

Blank sailings soften drop in container spot rates

Phaata

27-04-2025

A surge in blank sailings has helped limit the decline in container freight rates amid weakening demand due to tariff uncertainty, with the market forecast to remain volatile in the coming period.

Drewry: Global container volume forecast to fall 1% due to trump tariff war

Phaata

26-04-2025

Drewry forecasts global container volume to fall 1% by 2025 due to the impact of Trump's tariff war, which has led to widespread uncertainty in the global supply chain and logistics market.

SITC Shipping Line launches direct service to BALIKPAPAN - PALU

Phaata

25-04-2025

SITC Shipping Line in Ho Chi Minh City officially launched the new service route CMI2, a direct biweekly route from Ho Chi Minh City to the two Indonesian ports of BALIKPAPAN & PALU