Terminal scheduling planner Portchain has signed up ONE as its second top 10 carrier. Alignment between carriers and terminals can improve schedules and efficiency

Data reveals where Russian vessels are trading despite sanctions, plus analysis on how the current crisis in the Middle East is affecting shipping’s financial outlook

With the European elections looming there is a compelling argument for shipping to be far more central in the EU’s future industrial strategy, but are we having the right conversations with politicians and regulators? This week’s podcast features EU transport commissioner Magda Kopczyńska and European Community Shipowners’ Associations secretary-general Sotiris Raptis

CMA CGM is reported by brokers to have exercised a purchase option for a long-term chartered sub post-panamax. Meanwhile, MSC has brought its tally of secondhand containership buys since the beginning of 2023 to some 65 vessels

Transits of China- and Russia-affiliated ships through the Bab el Mandeb Strait have dropped as the situation has become increasingly unstable 

General average shares the cost of a salvage between the shipowner and cargo owners. How much is eventually paid will not be known until long after the cargo has been delivered

The risk of a full closure of the Strait of Hormuz, while still unlikely, has increased. The more likely scenario, according to analysts, is that the Strait of Hormuz will become more like the Red Sea, with some ships continuing to transit and others steering clear

Newbuilding contracts for seven dry cargo carriers, four containerships, six MPVs, one deck cargo carrier, two heavy lift ships, eight gas carriers and eight tankers were signed in the past week