The China-Europe Express opened a new route from Wuhan to Sweden, which will run for about 23 days, saving half of the time compared with traditional transportation methods.

Liner giants have warned that a looming strike at US East Coast ports could become a reality, stranding thousands of fully loaded containers and escalating the conflict between dockworkers and their employers.

A container ship had an accident while docking at Nansha Phase 3 terminal in Guangzhou and collided with a ship operating at the terminal, causing three containers to fall into the water.

Ocean Network Shipping (ONE) has announced the launch of the South American East Coast Express SX3, which will provide wider network coverage and more frequency to markets from Asia to the South American East Coast.

Maersk expects container transport demand to remain strong in the fourth quarter of this year, especially for exports from the Far East, as well as import markets in North America and Latin America.

The Justice Department filed a civil lawsuit against the Darley's owner, Grace 0cean, and Synergy Marine, which operated the cargo ship, seeking $103 million.

Following MSC, container shipping companies serving the region, such as CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and HMM, have announced that they will impose disruption surcharges and destination surcharges to cope with potential increases in operating costs.

The latest edition of the SCFI index fell 5.76%, which has fallen for the fifth consecutive week, especially the European and Mediterranean routes fell more significantly, and more than 100 flights were cancelled in the next five weeks.

Many shipping companies plan to raise prices sharply due to a possible strike in the East, but Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd have not followed up, and the industry is not optimistic about it.

The latest figures released by Alphaliner show that the total number of container ships in operation worldwide reached 7,099, an increase of 52 from a month ago (same below), with a total global capacity of 30,749,792TEU, an increase of 310,000 TEU.