In January 2025, the container throughput of Shanghai Port exceeded 5 million TEU, breaking the historical record and creating a new high monthly throughput.

According to Container Trade Statistics Limited (CTS), global container traffic increased by 6% in 2024 compared to 2023, a strong year for global container trade, with North America and the Far East leading the growth.

State-owned Moroccan port operator Marsa Maroc recently announced an agreement whereby MSC's port company TiL has secured a 50% concession to the Nadorsi Mediterranean Container Terminal.

MSC opened two ocean-going trunk lines, the European route and the Mediterranean route, and successfully made its first voyage in Dalian Port.

Bangladesh's state-owned shipping company BSC plans to return to the shipping market with the purchase of 12 2,500-3,000 TEU container ships.

Ferry logistics giant DFDS will cut 125 jobs and sell 278 trailers as the company plans to sell or subcontract more trucks and trailers in 2025.

Masky,MSC, CMA CGM, Hapag-Lloyd and Wanhai announced plans to raise prices in March, covering Europe, North America, Africa, the Middle East, India and Pakistan, as well as near-ocean routes.

CMA CGM has announced the launch of its BIGEX route connecting the Indian Subcontinent, the Gulf and the Red Sea, strengthening its intra-regional sea route network in the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East.

The Port of Charleston, South Carolina, welcomed the largest container ship in the container portal's history, the OOCL Iris, with a load capacity of 16,828 20-foot TEUs and a length of more than 1,200 feet.

The first round of negotiations between the United States and Russia agreed to end the conflict in Ukraine, and the shipping market may usher in new changes, in addition to the possible reopening of ports, ship freight rates and insurance premiums ma