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26.04.03
Sea-Intelligence: Major Container Lines Suffer 56.5% EBIT Decrease to $15.4 Bil.
Major global container shipping lines earned a combined EBIT of $15.4 billion in 2025, down 56.5% from the previous calendar year, according to a recent Sea-Intelligence report. Plunging nearly 60%...
26.04.02
Appeals Court Upholds FMC rules on Carrier Refusal-to-Deal, Export Policies
An appeals court has denied a challenge to U.S. shipping law that blocks ocean carriers from unfairly denying vessel space to exporters, ruling that the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has broad ...
26.04.01
Survey: CONPAS Becoming Widespread Among Overland Svc. Providers
A survey proved that Container Fast Pass (CONPAS)--a port information system developed and operated by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT)’s Ports and Harbours Bureau...
26.03.31
IACI Increases for 2 Consecutive Weeks
Drewry's Intra-Asia Container Index (IACI) gained 5% in the fourth week of March, reaching $676 per FEU for two consecutive weeks of growth. The increase is driven by rising fuel costs due to the I...
26.03.30
Japan-US Container Trade Shrink 4.1% in Feb.
Container trade from Japan to the U.S. shrank 4.1% year on year in number to 42,657 TEUs (based on volumes at ports of origin), Descartes Datamyne announced last week. From January, it plunged 15.3...
26.03.27
Japan’s Tomakomai Port Introduces Port Entry Fee Incentive for Eco-Friendly Ships
The Tomakomai Port Authority (TPA) in Japan recently introduce a new port fee incentive for vessels running low-carbon and carbon-free fuels. The port authority also reviewed the previous incentive...
26.03.26
Clarkson: Hormuz Transits Plunge 95% from Pre-Conflict Number
The number of ship transits through the Strait of Hormuz was four per day on average this past week, down 95% from the pre-conflict average of 125, according to Clarkson Research, which is closely ...
26.03.25
Asia’s Exports to Europe Setting New Monthly Record of 1.88 Mil. TEUs in Jan.
Container exports from Asia to Europe amounted to 1.88 million TEUs in January, up 6% year on year for three consecutive months of growth and a new monthly record, according to the Japan Maritime C...
26.03.24
Foreign-Trade Containers to/from Nagoya Increase 1.9% to 264 Mil. TEUs in ‘25
The Port of Nagoya handled 2.64 million TEUs of foreign-trade containers in 2025, up 1.9% from the previous calendar year, according to preliminary statistics unveiled by the Nagoya Port Authority ...
26.03.23
Tomakomai Port Handles 176K TEUs in ’25, Incurring 1.4% Decrease
The Port of Tomakomai in the northernmost Japanese prefecture of Hokkaido processed 175,551 TEUs of international containerized shipments in 2025, according to preliminary statistics unveiled by th...
