#International Shipping

French Navy Escorts CMA CGM Ships While US Ships Remain Stranded

Operation Prosperity Guardian, the pivotal US-led mission to secure vital merchant shipping lanes through the Red Sea, is facing another critical setback. gCaptain&r...

Container rates hit $10,000 as ocean freight inflation soars in Red Sea crisis

With the Red Sea diversions by shipping companies including Maersk continuing amid the risk of attacks by the Houthis, global logistics managers are faced with a two...

More big shipping firms stop Red Sea routes after attacks

French company CMA CGM took a similar step a day after Danish shipping giant Maersk and German transport company Hapag-Lloyd suspended Red Sea journeys. The decisio...

Shipping pause in Suez Canal could cause months of delays - Massey transport expert

A supply chain expert says if shipping attacks escalate in the Red Sea, shipping prices are likely to increase, and there could be major delays worldwide. Reuters...

Boom times are back for container shipping

Volatile weather is a peril of the high seas. Volatile markets are similarly treacherous for the container-ship industry, which carries 80% of the volume of internat...

Maersk to pause all container ship traffic through the Red Sea

HELSINKI, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO), opens new tab will pause all container shipments through the Red Sea until furt...

MSC’s vintage boxship fleet in the spotlight

Mediterranean Shipping Co (MSC), the world’s largest containerline, has many records to its name, including the largest orderbook, but also paradoxically the o...

$200 per container cost gap for zero emissions shipping

A new 34-page report released today at the margins of COP28 details the annualised total costs of zero emission container vessels and the cost difference on a per co...

World’s Largest Nuclear-Powered Container Ship Design Breaks Cover At Marintec China 2023 Expo

China’s Jiangnan Shipyard has debuted what has been dubbed “the world’s largest nuclear-powered container ship design” by the Chinese media....

Maersk to Deploy First Large Methanol-Fueled Containership on Asia-Europe Route

A.P. Moller – Maersk is set to launch its first large green methanol-fueled containership early next year. Scheduled for launch on February 9, 2024, the ves...

Global pre-Christmas trade at risk from twin canal crises

Simultaneous disruption in the Panama and Suez canals, two vital corridors for global trade, is threatening global supply chains in the run-up to Christmas. Shi...

Container shipping outlook 2024: Rising risk of delays, disruptions

The supply chain crisis is long over, but America’s importers still have a lot to keep them up at night as they plan for 2024.   Two key container ship...

MSC bolsters Italian rail position

Mediterranean Shipping Co’s (MSC) increasing focus on European rail is gaining speed.  The world’s largest containerline has just formed a new co...

Fleet-Heavy Ocean Carriers Also Stuck With too Many Containers

Not only do ocean carriers have too many ships, they also have too many containers to fill vessels that are being deployed. In its latest Container Equipment Fore...

Air cargo’s rollercoaster ride set to end in 2024?

The air cargo rollercoaster ride of the last few years is looking like it could end in 2024 with “classic seasonality” set to return, although there coul...