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Intra-Asia rates soften as congestion at major ports begins to ease

Intra-Asia rates are receding from their recent highs as bottlenecks in major Chinese and other Asian ports subside. On 15 October, Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index dipped 3%, t...

Typhoon-related port congestion keeps intra-Asia rates high and capacity tight

Intra-Asia freight rates rose for the fifth straight week as typhoon-related congestion in China and bottlenecks in transhipment ports Busan, Hong Kong, and Singapore tied up vesse...

Maersk overtakes Cosco to top intra-Asia capacity rankings

Maersk has overtaken Cosco to become the largest container shipping line in the intra-Asia market by deployed capacity, according to the latest analysis by Alphaliner. The analyst’...

What Maersk’s Intra-Asia lead signals for container shipping’s next phase

Maersk has overtaken COSCO to become the largest operator in intra-Asia container shipping, the world’s largest container trade, according to Alphaliner’s mid-August fleet survey....

War and weather continue to limit intra-Asia capacity and keep rates high

The intra-Asia container freight market strengthened for a third consecutive week as unrest in the Middle East and typhoon-related disruption across China tightened capacity and pu...

HMM muscles in on intra-Asia trade as regional cargo flows shift

South Korea’s shipping industry is entering a more competitive phase in the intra-Asia market as HMM, the country’s flagship container carrier, expands into this segment that has b...

Intra-Asia rates continue upward climb on storm disruption, strong peak

Rates have been trending higher since the beginning of August due to the dislocation of carrier services linked to a string of storms that have disrupted operations at key ports in...

Congestion and costlier bunkers keeping intra-Asia rates high

Unrelenting congestion and rising bunker prices have pushed intra-Asia rates up for a month. Drewry’s Intra-Asia Container Index climbed for a fourth straight week, with typhoon an...

Tradelanes: Intra-Asia freight rates ease after post-Covid high

Intra-Asia container freight rates have marginally eased after hitting a post-Covid high prior to China’s Golden Week holiday, with elevated fuel costs, geopolitical disruptions, a...

PIL expands Intra-Asia network with two new services

Pacific International Lines (PIL) is expanding its Intra-Asia network with two services connecting China with Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia. The carrier will enhance its North...

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...

China-India box rates double as import demand strains vessel space

Vessel space demand from China to India continues to be strong, keeping container freight rates on the intra-Asia tradelane elevated. For example, average spot rates from Shanghai...

ONE to restructure Asia, Africa regional headquarters

The carrier will establish a new Asia-Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore, with Africa to be managed from Dubai.

Feature: Asia cruises open new MICE opportunities

Asia-ECSA services see further shift as Hapag exits MSC/ONE Ipanema/SX1 loop

The planned April departure of Hapag-Lloyd is the latest reshuffle in liner partnerships on the trade that has seen six of the top 10 global carriers rework their services in recen...

Asia-ECSA services see further shift as Hapag exits MSC/ONE Ipanema/SX1 loop

The planned April departure of Hapag-Lloyd is the latest reshuffle in liner partnerships on the trade that has seen six of the top 10 global carriers rework their services in recen...

Africa–Far East growth stalls as Asia exports surge

Data and sentiment finally appear to be aligning on the Africa-Far East tradelane, with growth stalling on goods headed to Asia, just as forwarders had been predicting, but for tho...

Asia’s Maritime Community to Take Centre Stage at Upcoming WISTA 2026

The strength, dynamism and diversity of Asia’s buoyant maritime community will be evident at the 2026 WISTA AGM and Conference gathering in Kuala Lump...

Asia-Americas container shipping system on a knife-edge

Potential pitfalls, from tighter Panama Canal restrictions to stronger-than-expected import volumes, should send a warning to shippers importing from Asia to the Americas, writes J...

Feature: Demand grows for Asia MICE cruises

Divide between Asia-US and Asia-Europe rates at historic levels

The price gap between container spot rates from Asia to North America and those to Europe has reached historic levels, with Sea-Intelligence warning that the current arbitrage coul...

Airlines move capacity to booming China, Hong Kong outbound markets

Freighter operators are adjusting aircraft deployment, schedules and allocations as booking activity takes off on trans-Pacific, intra-Asia and Africa routes.

MSC revises Sentosa service with ‘megamax’ ship calls to Long Beach

The revamped service from Southeast Asia and South China will also be notable because the vessels will completely discharge their inbound containers in Long Beach and reload for th...

OceanX: Japan blossom; Hong Kong revival; and South China is wet 

My Asia Tour continued last week with Tokyo, Hong Kong and Guangzhou on the menu. Tokyo  It is always special to return to Japan. The discipline and dedication that people bring to...