In 2025, the dry bulk market may not be able to continue this year's strong performance, with the average dry bulk carrier earnings falling by as much as 19% in 2025 as new ship deliveries exceed trade volume increases.

​ The trade investigation has undoubtedly further exacerbated tensions between China and the United States in the semiconductor field, while also bringing more uncertainty and challenges to the global semiconductor supply chain.

Denmark's Scan Global Logistics (SGL) has acquired TN Logistics Group (ITN), a privately held Canadian freight forwarder, subject to antitrust approval by Canadian authorities and expected to close in the first quarter of 2025.

Singapore shipping company SeaLead has announced the launch of DUKE, a direct liner linking Pakistan with the Middle East and East Africa, with the first vessel set to depart Karachi on December 24, 2024.

Amazon warehouse workers nationwide strike, multiple warehouses full of goods, Amazon's logistics system has been affected, there are warehouse goods blocked situation.

Shipping container rates on trans-Pacific Asia-to-US routes continued to rise in December, and GRI is also expected to rebound.

Us President-elect Donald Trump has called the Panama Canal "an important national asset of the United States" and said he would consider "taking back" the canal.

Freight rates from the Far East to the West and East of the United States increased for the fourth consecutive year, while freight rates on the Europe and Mediterranean lines fell slightly.

The U.S. Ships Act would impose additional new tariffs on all imports shipped to the United States by Chinese-owned or Chinese-flagged ships.

Demand for container shipping is expected to remain strong until the Lunar New Year, at least driven by pre-holiday demand and potential tariff increases in the United States.