Yearly Archives: 2025
NCFI: Container Freight Rates Soften as Middle East Lanes Dip Sharply
The latest freight market analysis from the Ningbo Shipping Exchange for the week ending 25 July 2025 shows a mixed performance across key tradelanes....
Port of Great Yarmouth Plans New Deep Water Terminal
Great Yarmouth to Expand with Southern Terminal Development.
Major Terminal Upgrade to Support UK Energy and Infrastructure Projects.
Port of Great Yarmouth Targets...
CK Line Orders Two Feeder Ships from Yangzijiang for $92 Million
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Secures First Major Feeder Ship Order of 2025.
Yangzijiang’s 2025 Orders Slow but Backlog Remains Strong.
Yangzijiang’s Order Book Hits $23...
Panama Imposes Stricter STS Rules to Combat Shadow Fleet
New STS Transfer Rules for Panama-Flagged Tankers from August 2025.
PMA Tightens Oil Transfer Rules Amid Dark Fleet Crackdown.
Panama Mandates 48-Hour Notice...
Tariff Rush Drives Volume Surge as Peak Season Uncertainty Grows
Port of LA Hits Record as Shippers Race Tariffs.
US-EU Near 15% Tariff Deal, Talks Ongoing with China.
Blank Sailings Resume as Carriers...
HD Hyundai and ECO Launch Joint Shipbuilding in the U.S.
ECO Delegation Visits Korea to Advance U.S. Shipbuilding Plans.
HD Hyundai, ECO Target U.S. Container Vessel Construction by 2028.
Korea-U.S. Shipbuilding Partnership Focuses...
Drewry: Transpacific Leads in Blank Sailings Amid Rate Dip
Drewry’s Cancelled Sailings Tracker provides a weekly snapshot of blank sailings—voyages that were scheduled but later cancelled—across major East–West container shipping routes. These include...
Tide of Justice: $1 Billion Verdict in Marine Disaster Case
Supreme Court rules for $1B compensation over environmental catastrophe.
Disaster involved major plastic and chemical pollution off Sri Lanka’s coast
Vessel owners, operators,...
Valenciaport Sees Steady Growth in Trade Despite Decline in Transhipment Activity
In June 2025, increased imports (+2.93%) and exports (+5.29%) offset a 5.46% drop in transhipment volumes, stabilizing overall container throughput.
Valenciaport handled nearly...
CMA CGM Phoenix Becomes Largest U.S.-Flagged Containership in Historic Reflagging
CMA CGM reflags CMA CGM Phoenix under the U.S. flag in Charleston, making it the largest American-flagged containership at 9,300 TEU.
The move...