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Panama Canal Proposes New Toll System, Raising Transit Costs

By Michael McDonald (Bloomberg) — The Panama Canal Authority proposed a comprehensive restructuring of its toll system on Friday, which...

Ocean Carriers’ Shift to Owning More Ships Depletes Containership Charter Market

The shift by some ocean carriers to owning more tonnage rather than chartering-in ships has depleted the containership charter market by 1.6 mllion teu, according to...

Britain faces fresh supply chain crisis with world’s worst waits – while Omicron strikes China

  Data obtained by i shows the UK has been particularly badly hit by the logistics snarl-up caused by factors from the pandemic to Brexit Britain last yea...

Yang Ming Opts for LNG for New 15,000 TEU Containerships

Taiwanese ocean carrier Yang Ming Marine Transport has announced that it’s board of directors have approved a plan a equip five 15,000 TEU newbuild containersh...

ZIM secures new chartering deal for three 7,000 TEU LNG dual-fuel vessels

ZIM has announced a new eight-year charter agreement with a shipping company that is affiliated with Kenon Holdings Ltd, which is ZIM's largest shareholder holdi...

Worn-Out Containers Raise Risk for Shippers and Ships, Warns TT Club

PUBLISHED JAN 19, 2022 9:51 PM BY THE MARITIME EXECUTIVE In a circular released Tuesday, cargo insurer TT Club highlighted a little-considered risk of the on...

Launch of 5G tomorrow will bring US air commerce to a halt, say airlines

By Alex Lennane  18/01/2022 US commerce by air will “grind to a halt” tomorrow, with airlines forced to ground aircraft, unless there is&...

Yang Ming finally places order for five 15,000 teu newbuildings

By Martina Li in Taiwan 17/01/2022 Yang Ming is to finally make a long-awaited order for neo-panamax newbuildings, more than a year after its peers bega...

Saudia Cargo hopes to add Europe-US freighter flights

Saudi Arabian Airlines is hoping to add a new freighter service between Europe and the US but has met some resistance from US carriers over the plans. In late Dec...

2022 shipping costs ‘will be higher than ever before’

Costs for shipping goods by container will be higher in 2022 than ever before, even if spot rates soften, according to Xeneta chief analyst, Peter Sand. Sand open...

European LNG Shortage Pulls More Tankers Away From Asia

By Sergio Chapa (Bloomberg) Higher natural gas prices and lower shipping rates are increasing the draw of U.S. liquefied natural gas cargoes to Europe over...

High air freight rates see flurry of applications to fly cargo into the US

High air freight rates have triggered a flurry of cargo applications from a wide range of airlines, big and small, to operate to the US. Hainan Airlines is to lau...

Singapore Remains Largest Bunker Port and Handles Record 37.5M TEU

Singapore remained the world’s busiest transshipment and bunkering port in 2021 despite the ongoing impact of the pandemic. Port officials are highlighting a n...