Arctic service offers speedy China-Europe transits
The seasonal service offers approximately two-week faster transit than traditional east-west routes that now generally sail around the Cape of Good Hope due to Red Sea diversions.
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The seasonal service offers approximately two-week faster transit than traditional east-west routes that now generally sail around the Cape of Good Hope due to Red Sea diversions.
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Forwarder sources say the lead services operated by European carriers are already sold out through the end of the month or even until early September on certain sailings.
CMA CGM and Ocean Network Express will shift their joint North Europe-US West Coast service from Hamburg to Bremerhaven in mid-September. CMA CGM markets the service as California...
Maersk has stopped accepting bookings that combine Shipper Owned Containers (SOC) with its inland services from Hungary to Far East Asia. The restriction takes effect immediately a...
Intra-Asia rates continue to weaken as market observers say the busy H1 26 for Chinese exports is fading. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index showed that, as of 23 July, rates from...
Container freight markets showed contrasting regional trends in the latest readings, with several indicators pointing to stronger Transpacific rates while Europe and the Medi...
ZIM Line and Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) have added JAXPORT to their ZCP-Amberjack container service, strengthening weekly connections between Jacksonville and Asia while...
Chinese operator Sea Legend Shipping is to repeat its opportunistic Ningbo-Felixstowe service through the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This time, there will be eight sailings by Sea L...
CMA CGM will launch its new KORA EXPRESS service to strengthen container connections between Northern Europe and West Africa. The weekly service will offer direct calls to key West...
MSC has announced new freight rates for shipments from South Asia to Europe, with the revised tariffs taking effect on 16 August 2026 and remaining valid until further notice, but...
The carrier’s CEO expects solid demand out of Asia to continue through much of the year, putting a floor under rates while congestion at key ports and geopolitical disruption absor...
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