Zim will add new calls at Valencia, Barcelona, Genoa and Port Said on its Zim Mediterranean Premium (ZMP) service after Israeli-linked ships were barred from Turkish ports since 22 August 2025. The first call at Port Said was made on 2 September 2025 while the first call at Valencia will be made on 17 October 2025. Ad-hoc calls at Malaga were already added on the service since 23 August to replace the former calls at the Turkish ports of Mersin, Aliaga, Derince and Ambarli. The revised ZMP serv
Hede Shipping will retain its HDS2 transpacific service connecting Huanghua, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Huanghua with a single ship despite the looming USTR 301 port service fees that will be imposed on Chinese operators from 14 October 2025. The HDS2 was temporarily suspended from 26 September with 4 weeks of blanked sailings until 23 October. The 1,809 teu ANDROKLIS will resume its HDS2 rotation on 23 October and is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles on 9 October. Based on its net tonnage of 7,78
French company Neoline will launch its new transatlantic service connecting Montoir, St Pierre & Miquelon, Baltimore, Halifax, Montoir from 12 October 2025 using the newly built sail cargo ship NEOLINER ORIGIN. The ship was delivered by RMK Marine at Tuzla, Turkey on 26 September 2025 after a delay of 3 months. It is fitted with 2 SolidSail masts that can folded down and tilted to allow access to low air-draft ports. The ship will operate at a sailing speed of 11 knots and has a loading capacit
Register Free Trial Extreme weather conditions in South China and North Vietnam have severely disrupted vessel schedules with elevated port congestion in the Far East persisting through the week. The disruptions failed to support freight rates which remain in freefall even as attention shifts to carriers’ mid-October rate restoration efforts to stop the bleeding. However, prospects are bleak given the weak cargo volumes and lack of capacity curbs. New US tariffs targeting kitchen cabinets and f
MSC will add new calls at Abu Dhabi and Itapoa on its Far East-East Coast South America Carioca service from October 2025. The revised Carioca rotation will call at Qingdao, Busan, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shekou, Singapore, Vizhinjam, Rio de Janeiro, Santos, Paranagua, Itapoa, Itajai, Buenos Aires, Rio Grande, Itajai, Navegantes, Santos, Rio de Janeiro, Walvis Bay, Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Qingdao. The service will turn in 16 weeks using up to 16 ships of 8,500 to 11,500 teu.
Hede Shipping has withdrawn its HDS2 transpacific service connecting Huanghua, Shanghai, Los Angeles, Huanghua with the last sailing by the 1,809 teu ANDROKLIS at Huanghua on 18 September 2025. The ship is scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles on 5 October 2025, as Hede streamlines its transpacific services ahead of the USTR 301 port service fees that will be imposed on Chinese operators calling at US ports from 14 October 2025. The service has been operating on an irregular frequency since July u
Shanghai and Ningbo recorded their highest ever monthly container throughput in August, as global container volumes have remained resilient despite the gloomy trade and economic outlook. Total volumes at the 2 largest Chinese ports exceeded 5m teu and 4m teu respectively in the past month and continue to defy the impact of the US tariffs, with significant growth recorded on the Intra-Asia, Indian subcontinent, Latin America and Africa routes. In the first 7 months of 2025, container volumes han
Register Free Trial Although global container volumes have remained resilient so far this year, freight rates continue to be beaten down. The SCFI rally was short-lived as the composite index slumped by 14.3% last week in its 3rd worst weekly drop since 2009 as carriers gave up all their Transpacific rate gains in early September and resumed their price war ahead of the Golden Week holidays in China. Rates from China to the emerging markets were not spared, as carriers slashed rates across the
Tailwind will expand its existing Dolphin Express (DEX) Barcelona-Moerdijk service with the addition of 4 ports from 19 October 2025. The extended DEX will call at Barcelona, Moerdijk, Antwerp, Setubal, Cadiz, Casablanca, Barcelona with a 3rd 1,380 ship, the PANDA 003 joining the 2 existing ships (PANDA 004 and PANDA 005) as the rotation is lengthened from 14 days to 21 days.
Global Feeder Shipping (GFS) has added 4 new feeder services in Africa as part of its global expansion move with Maersk as the primary slot user. Details of the 4 new services are as follows: * Mombasa-Zanzibar Service (MZS) connecting Mombasa, Zanzibar, Mombasa on 21 day rotation using the 1,118 teu DEVON from 18 July 2025. * Pointe Noire-Douala Service (PDS) connecting Pointe Noire, Doula, Pointe Noire on a 14 day rotation using the 1,440 teu GFS SAPPHIRE from 10 July 2025. * Pointe Noire-