#Freight Forwarding

Liner shipping profits forecast to slide by more than 80% this year
Liner shipping profits are forecast to slide by more than 80% this year. Analysts at Sea-Intelligence have calculated that the container shipping industry made a...

Hapag-Lloyd sends another seven vessels in for jumboisation treatment
German liner Hapag-Lloyd has earmarked another series of ships for jumboisation. Alphaliner is reporting seven vessels built around a decade ago have been heading...

Yang Ming Records US$2 billion in annual net profit
Taiwan's major ocean carrier Yang Ming Ming reported consolidated revenues of US$6.94 billion and a net profit after tax of US$2 billion, resulting in earnings p...

Drewry suggests new normal for higher global container rates
While ocean container rates have significantly retreated from pandemic highs, they still exceed pre-pandemic levels, an industry analyst finds, indicating what is li...

MSC shortens instra-Far East service
Swiss/Italian ocean carrier MSC has decided to drop Tanjung Pelepas, Subic Bay, Manila and Shanghai from its intra-Far East Origami service, according to DynaLiners....

MSC announces changes in Far East service
According to DynaLiners report, the world's largest container carrier MSC has realigned its intra-Far East Pertiwi service, replacing the port of Tanjung Pelepas...

CMA CGM introduces new service connecting Far East with South America East Coast
CMA CGM announced the launch of its new SEAS 3 service (Asia to South America East Coast 3), designed to optimize shipments from the Far East to the East Coast of So...

CMA CGM signs for electric boxship
French liner operator CMA CGM has contracted inland vessels specialist Shandong Xinneng Shipbuilding to build its fully electric containership. The deal with an u...

After buoyant year, CMA CGM sees ‘unprecedented uncertainty’ in 2025
Red Sea diversions and tariff fears boosted container carrier CMA CGM results in 2024, but the company sees a less clear outlook this year. The world’s thir...

MSC joins CMA CGM in Moroccan terminal venture
Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC) has joined rival CMA CGM in investing in a new terminal at one of Africa’s fastest-growing container destinations, Morocco.&nbs...

Suez Canal Chief Says Red Sea Crisis Did Not Create Sustainable Route to Replace Canal
Suez Canal Authority Chairman Osama Rabie said on Wednesday that the Red Sea crisis did not create a sustainable route to replace the canal, adding that there were p...

While supply chain frets, Port of Los Angeles sees record January volume
Uncertainty may be sweeping the global supply chain, but it continues to power record container volumes for U.S. maritime gateways. The Port of Los Angeles report...

Shipping Giants Ask Watchdog to Avoid Biofuels in Green Push
Some major shipping lines including Hapag-Lloyd AG and Louis Dreyfus Armateurs are calling on the International Maritime Organization to avoid backing crop-based bio...

Hapag-Lloyd secures long-term financing for 24 newbuild vessels
German container shipping firm Hapag-Lloyd will use green financings for the 24 large container ships, ordered in October 2024 and expected to be delivered between 2...

CMA CGM purchases new second-hand boxships
French shipping company CMA CGM was particularly active in sales and purchases in late January, buying four 1,900 TEU ice-class ships from Belgian owner Delphis, and...

06 Januari 2025
Hurricane Beryl trims cargo volumes in Houston and New Orleans

25 Januari 2025
Container freight rates tumble

08 Februari 2025