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2026 Ocean Cargo Roundtable: Navigating a market without a playbook

Ocean shipping is navigating an increasingly unpredictable market as tariff uncertainty, shifting sourcing patterns, geopolitical disruption and aggressive carrier capacity managem...

Ningbo Ocean Shipping dips its toes into car-carrying waters

Ningbo Ocean Shipping, the liner shipping unit of Ningbo-Zhoushan Port Group, has joined the list of container carriers that have ventured into vehicle transportation. The carrier...

Collaboration Advances Lower-Cost Sail Freight for Coastal Shipping

Plans for the TradeSailer 120 can be purchased off the shelf, allowing for immediate construction estimates and building at local shipyards.

Smooth Sailing

If you are a port or a shipping line in the roll-on/roll-off (ro-ro) business these days, moving automobiles and high-and-heavy pieces can be both a c...

Carrier flips backhaul cargo challenge to ‘disrupt’ MPV sector

Treating project cargoes as a return cargo bucks traditional breakbulk shipping strategy, but G2 Ocean is looking to provide a unique solution to the backhaul dilemma.

Ocean Shipping’s Peak Season Has Become a Moving Target

In this roundtable, shipping experts look at how tariffs are reshaping peak season and whether ocean carriers can keep freight rates high.

Ocean carriers redraw the marine terminal landscape

A string of major port investments this summer highlights how ocean carriers are increasingly locking in marine terminal capacity.

Red Sea Crisis: How Global Shipping Lines Are Navigating Another Major Disruption

At the BT Infrastructure Summit, Sunil Vaswani, ED of the Container Shipping Lines Association (India), spoke about how global shipping lines are navigating the ongoing Red Sea cri...

“Pink Corridor” to Explore Nuclear-Powered Transatlantic Container Shipping

A new project focusing on the challenges of developing a so-called “pink corridor” for nuclear-powered transatlantic container shipping is taking shap...

Ocean rate concerns as orders for new container ships near 40% of global fleet

Orders for new containerships have expanded to nearly 40% of the active fleet, driven by contracts for large vessels. The post Ocean rate concerns as orders for new container ships...

How Foldable Containers Cut the Cost of Shipping Steel Scrap

A look at how foldable containers are helping Outokumpu move steel scrap from Mexico to Alabama with fewer truck trips and cheaper shipping costs.

ONE seeks to transship India-USEC cargo after ending direct ‘WIN’ service

Industry sources in Mumbai told the Journal of Commerce that ONE plans to offset its downsized West India-US East Coast capacity by routing cargo via Colombo in Sri Lanka.

OceanX: From Guangzhou to Singapore; rising carrier margins; remembering Hanjin

Just back in Switzerland after what can only be described as some intense last few days of a long Asia trip to Singapore. It was quite an interesting journey to get there from Guan...

Soaring Panama Canal Fees Drive a Nascent LPG Shuttle Trade

The move underscores how the market is turning to workarounds to cope with maritime congestion due to the Iran war and an intensifying El Niño.

Blank sailings curb ocean capacity gains

The uneven growth may lead to longer lead times, reduced schedule reliability, Pete Mento, a director at Baker Tilly’s global trade management services, said.

Carriers attempt extra-loaders to US, Europe to capitalize on Indian export rush

With vessel space increasingly scarce, cargo rollovers on certain premier westbound services out of India’s key gateway ports of Nhava Sheva and Mundra have been as high as 2,000 t...

43rd Annual Quest for Quality: Ocean carriers

Reliability remains the ultimate competitive advantage.

Panstar purchases box ship for NSR maiden voyage

South Korean ferry operator Panstar Line has purchased a containership from HMM for its maiden voyage through the Northern Sea Route (NSR). Panstar took delivery of the 2011-built...

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.

Asian shipper pays record $5.3M for Panama Canal access

Demand to urgently pass through the waterway has soared after the Iran war upended global trade routes, particularly to Asia.

PanStar Northern Sea Route maiden voyage attracts attention

South Korean exporters are enthusiastic about the country’s maiden container shipping voyage through the Northern Sea Route. Cargo is being booked for the 2,800 teu box ship to be...

Future for South Korea’s Jeju Island box shipping service looks grim

The South Korean province of Jeju Island wants local construction companies to aggregate containerised shipments to stem losses arising from a direct shipping service from China. L...

Bookings Begin for South Korea’s First Commercial Arctic Container Voyage

South Korea’s Panstar Line has begun accepting cargo bookings for the country’s first commercial containership routing along the Northern Sea Route to...

China shipper to start regular Arctic service as South Korea tests waters