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Sierra Leone Launches National Shipping Carrier with Chinese Support

With governments across Africa planning to grow domestic fleets, Sierra Leone has moved ahead by establishing a national shipping company. President J...

Investment in China’s river ports brings ocean services closer to shippers

Wenzhou’s launch of a direct container shipping service to West Africa highlights a broader transformation under way across China’s port network, as improved infrastructure and ris...

Greta Shipping joins Maersk’s East Africa feeder service

Greta Shipping is expanding its Middle East, Red Sea and Indian Subcontinent network with four new services, according to Alphaliner. From mid-October, the carrier will join Maersk...

Asian carriers target India-East Africa trade with new dual-string service launch

Container lines are pouring more capacity into India-Africa trades that industry sources say is expanding at a strong pace as global supply chain patterns realign. Two new weekly d...

Nanjing steps up deepsea ambitions with direct North Africa service

China’s Nanjing port has taken another step towards its ambition of scaling up from being a river port to offering deep-sea container services. Cosco Shipping Lines has started a d...

Hapag-Lloyd expanding Africa terminal operations

The deal with long-time partner DP World is focused on five ports: Dakar (Senegal), Luanda (Angola), Dar es Salaam (Tanzania), Banana (Democratic Republic of Congo) and Maputo (Moz...

VOC Port Handles 335-m Container Ship from Brazil, Sets New Record

The vessel was said to have arrived from the Port of Santos, in Brazil, with 3,276 containers.

Growing trade driving congestion and delays at West African ports

Strong volume growth along the West African coast growth is proving the double-edged sword some had warned of, with many of the ports that had been reaping rewards now subject to h...

Emirates Shipping Line launches China–Red Sea service

Emirates Shipping Line will introduce a new service connecting China with Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia in November. According to DynaLiners, the new service will be marketed as t...

Africa: Ships and Seafarers Increasingly Caught in the Crossfire of Unrelated Wars

[UN News] The global shipping industry is facing a "genuinely unprecedented" convergence of maritime crises, with vessels and seafarers increasingly used as "leverage" in conflicts...

Asyad Shipping takes delivery of first of two Kamsarmax bulk carriers

MUSCAT: Asyad Shipping Company has taken delivery of Ain Al Sarooj, the first of two Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers it agreed to buy earlier this year, and the vessel has gone straigh...

Hapag-Lloyd locks in African terminal capacity with DP World

Hapag-Lloyd has signed a deal with DP World to secure long-term access to terminal capacity at three of the port operator’s current African terminals and two under-development faci...

Suez return speeds up Savannah India service by 10-14 days

Two major liners are returning India-Savannah services to the Suez Canal, cutting transit times by up to 14 days. The post Suez return speeds up Savannah India service by 10-14 day...

Automotive Logistics Grows with new Car Carrier

Suardiaz Group has expanded its automotive shipping capacity with the departure from China of RS Atlantico, the first of a new generation of dual-fuel PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carr...

MSC and Maersk add Suape to Americas service

MSC and Maersk will add Suape, Brazil, to their shared service connecting the US Gulf and Mexico with the East Coast of South America. MSC markets the service as Gulf to SAEC I, wh...

OBT Expands Into Mauritania as Demand for Shipping Continues to Grow

Growing activity across Mauritania’s mining, energy, offshore, infrastructure, oil and gas, renewable energy and development sectors has prompted Afri...

Steady gains in Europe-SSA trade, but some forwarders have doubts

Some forwarders on Europe-SubSaharan Africa trades are continuing to report strong momentum, their feelings backed by data, as Container Trades Statistics (CTS) continues to report...

DP World joins in as Africa’s logistics hot-spots attract the big players

DP World is upping its Africa game, and it is not alone, with several terminal operators either having added or announced the addition of capacity into the continent amid surging v...

Oyetola: After Generating N1.83tn, Marine Ministry to Revive National Shipping Line

Says Nigeria undergoing most ambitious seaports upgrade in 5 decades Cites zero piracy in Nigeria’s territorial waters for 4 consecutive years States plans advancing to revive nati...

CMA CGM inks biofuel shipping deal with DSV

The carrier described DSV’s participation as part of a broader market trend, with an increasing number of customers choosing to use low-emission services.

A few positive surprises as African logistics journey begins

Container shipping analyst Lars Jensen checks in from Africa, where he’s six weeks into an 18-month journey to explore first-hand the logistics opportunities and challenges on the...

Ranking the Top 30 Ocean Carriers of 2026, MSC Holds the Top Spot

Mediterranean Shipping Company holds the top spot in Alphaliner’s 2026 ocean carrier rankings, followed by Maersk and CMA CGM.

MSC, Zim return to Suez route for joint Asia-USEC service

The change from a routing around southern Africa is part of the ongoing gradual return of Far East services using the shorter Suez route.