News
26.03.13
BIMCO: Containership Orderbook Continues to Expand
Despite increasing trade policy uncertainty and falling freight rates, the containership orderbook has continued to expand, totaling more than 1,350 ships with a combined capacity of 11.8 million T...
26.03.12
JHTA’s Kubo Appreciates Continuation of Japan-Europe, -US Svcs.
Chairman Masami Kubo of the Japan Harbor Transportation Association (JHTA) held a press conference yesterday, commenting on a Japan-Europe direct service that will remain in operation and labor sho...
26.03.11
Report: US Container Imports Expected to Remain Below 2025 Levels
Imports at major U.S. container ports are expected to remain below last year’s levels in the first half of 2026 amid ongoing tariff uncertainty, but it is too soon to gauge the impact of the confli...
26.03.10
NCFI Surge 16% in Week 10 with Red Sea Index Skyrocketing 104%
The composite Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) surged 16.1% from the previous week to 1,147.5 points in Week 10 as higher risks of navigating the Red Sea have increased insurance premiums....
26.03.09
ONE to Replace Xiamen with Kaohsiung in Premier Alliance’s PN1 Svc.
Ocean Network Express (ONE) will in late April replace Xiamen with Kaohsiung in the ports of call of the trans-Pacific Pacific North 1 (PN1) service that it runs within the framework of the Premier...
26.03.06
Containers to/from Niigata, Naoetsu Ports Grow 2.5% to 197K TEUs in ‘25
The Port of Niigata in Niigata, central Japan handled 169,465 TEUs of international containerized shipments in 2025, up 1.9% from the previous calendar year, according to Niigata Prefecture. The Po...
26.03.05
KOIPC: CMA CGM Svcs. to Call Kobe
CMA CGM will call Kobe in its trunk-trade services, Kobe-Osaka International Port Corp. (KOIPC) announced on Tuesday, adding that two of them will be the only services linking Japan with Europe and...
26.03.04
Report: Disruptions Would Affect 10% of Global Fleet
The sudden closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the conflict in Iran over the weekend will affect 650,000 TEUs of weekly container traffic handled at Middle East Gulf ports, ...
26.03.03
Japan’s Tsuruga Port Reports 7% Throughput Decline to 82K TEUs in ‘25
The Port of Tsuruga in central Japan handled 81,896 TEUs of containers in 2025, down 7% from the previous calendar year, according to preliminary figures unveiled by the port, harbor, and airport d...
26.03.02
WCI Falls 1% in Week 9
The Drewry World Container Index (WCI) fell 1% from the previous week to $1,899 per FEU in Week 9 for the seventh consecutive week of decline due to a decrease in rates on the trans-Pacific and Asi...
