Despite higher costs, shipping companies opt for safer Asia-Europe freight passages via Cape of Good Hope
Kpler reports surging demand from governments, traders and media watching ships and energy flows
Growing shipping congestion around the world’s biggest refuelling port shrinks reserves
The move from ‘efficiency’ to ‘resilience’ in maritime supply chains has a long way to go
Short-term crisis management in shipping should not be mistaken for fatal weakness in trade
Containers are being dropped off at far-flung ports while freight rates have soared
Demand for the storage device is expected to double by 2030 as geopolitical risks pile up
Transport ministry summons executives to express concerns about supply chain disruptions
Shipping companies struggle to reroute vessels as disruption starts to cause congestion at ports outside the Gulf
Move by CMA CGM comes amid European efforts to support OneWeb as a rival to SpaceX’s satellite network
Companies should be able to navigate expected losses after shoring up balance sheets while times were good
Arrival of new vessels ordered during boom times and the reopening of Red Sea route hits freight rates
Industry’s return to the corridor would cut transit times and lower freight rates
Shipping companies eye shorter routes through Suez after rebels signal halt to attacks
Danish group lifts financial guidance to top end of range on strength of consumer demand
Also in today’s newsletter, Swedish zinc mine hosts the ‘world’s deepest marathon’
Fleet owners are already rethinking orders from Chinese yards, says head of Japanese Shipowners’ Association
Failure to declare dangerous goods and ever bigger ships mean blazes are more common and harder to put out
Container shipping boss says ‘weakness in the US’ balanced by strength elsewhere
How does an industry that built and benefited from globalisation survive when its main cheerleader turns on it?
Barges and container ships face unusually long waits at major hubs with problems expected to last several months
Israel’s strike on Iran raises questions about waterway handling quarter of world crude oil supplies
Sophisticated criminal networks are illegally importing huge volumes of fuel — and piling pressure on Mexico’s president
Melting ice could make shorter transits between Asia and Europe a reality but there are economic and geopolitical risks
CK Hutchison’s $23bn sale has raised worries of MSC’s increased control of global port infrastructure
