The container shipping market in 2025 is facing unprecedented uncertainty, a complex mix of uncertainty in the Trump era, geopolitical shifts, and the unreliability of government information.

Chinese-built ships face fees of up to $1.5 million each time they call at a U.S. port. Even ship operators with a Chinese-made vessel will be charged $500,000 per call.

Protesters against Maersk's shipment of military equipment to Israel staged a demonstration outside the company's headquarters in Copenhagen, attempting to block the entrance to the company.

Ship traffic through the Suez Canal has picked up since the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, but most shipowners remain wary of returning to the Red Sea.

Cma CGM's President of the United States (APL) and Maersk Line Limited, Maersk's U.S. unit, have entered into a partnership to swap space on both routes.

China urges the United States to respect facts and multilateral rules and stop wrong practices. China will closely follow the moves of the United States and take necessary measures to safeguard its legitimate rights and interests.

Shipping companies may need to cut capacity further as well as raise prices, with capacity on routes between Asia and Northern Europe likely to fall by as much as 11 per cent year on year once new ship sharing deals are agreed.

Cargo throughput at Jebel Ali Port in 2024 will reach its highest level since 2015, with the port handling 15.5 million TEU, 1 million TEU more than the previous year.

The Port of Long Beach set a New Year's container throughput record with 952,733 20-foot equivalent units shipped in January, up 41.4 percent from a year earlier and surpassing the previous record of 18.9 percent set in January 2022.

With the continuous progress of alliance restructuring, combined with the capacity constraints of Canada's inland rail hubs and the declining reliability of liner schedules, the Port of Vancouver, the gateway to Canada's west coast, is facing serious