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The container shipping industry’s return to the Suez Canal could weaken time-charter markets and eventually place additional pressure on freight rates as carriers absorb capacity released from longer Cape of Good Hope routings, BIMCO Chief Shipping Analyst Niels Rasmussen said.
Container ship capacity transiting the canal averaged 753,000 TEUs per week during the first two weeks of October, exceeding 50 percent of pre-Red Sea disruption levels for the first time since ...
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Strong demand for multipurpose vessels capable of carrying project cargo pushed Toepfer Transport’s principal charter indexes higher in October, with reported fixtures in some cases exceeding the benchmarks.
The monthly Toepfer Multipurpose Index increased 1.49 percent to US$13,023 per day. The TMI-500, which tracks larger multipurpose ...
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BIMCO has adopted a contractual framework intended to make it easier for shipowners and charterers to agree on investments in energy-saving equipment during a time charter.
The Energy Saving Device Retrofit Addendum 2026 provides a mechanism for allocating the cost, installation time and fuel-saving benefits associated ...
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The European Union’s expanding sustainable aviation fuel mandate is exposing a reliance on imported feedstocks, raising questions about supply security and the development of domestic production capacity.
According to the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, 85 percent of the feedstocks used for SAF supplied at EU ...
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C.H. Robinson plans to migrate RXO’s overlapping truckload and less-than-truckload operations onto its Navisphere platform and apply the productivity model behind its own recent transformation as it seeks US$300 million in annual synergies from its US$5.8 billion acquisition of RXO.
The strategy outlined by executives following ...
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The Suez experiment is approaching its litmus test.
After more than two years of trial voyages, security assessments and cautious rerouting, container lines are beginning to move entire service strings back through the Red Sea and Suez Canal.
The latest shift comes from the Gemini Cooperation, where ...
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Tightening U.S. truckload capacity is pushing more freight into intermodal and LTL networks as shippers seek alternatives to rising trucking costs, according to C.H. Robinson’s October market outlook.
The logistics provider said route-guide failures remain elevated in truckload, while carriers are becoming increasingly selective about the ...
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Global trade is proving more resilient to tariffs and geopolitical disruption than expected, with the artificial intelligence investment boom emerging as a major driver of international goods flows.
Global goods trade grew faster during the first half of 2026 than in any half-year since 2011, excluding ...
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Maersk has completed what it says is the first ship-to-ship commercial ethanol bunkering of a deep-sea container vessel in the U.S., testing another potential alternative fuel pathway for ocean shipping.
The dual-fuel Tangier Maersk was bunkered with 100 percent U.S.-produced corn ethanol. Maersk said the operation ...
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The U.S. and China have recommended about US$60 billion in two-way trade for potential preferential tariff treatment under a new bilateral framework, identifying about US$30 billion of products in each direction that could eventually receive lower tariffs.
The recommendations cover non-sensitive goods and are the latest ...
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