As we are entering 2025, it’s a good opportunity to look back at the year that just passed. Multiple challenges that affected maritime shipping in
The container vessel market is undergoing some critical and structural changes, led by the rising regulatory pressure on carbon footprint and vessel efficiency. Carriers are
The maritime shipping industry is undergoing significant transformations as emerging shipowners—primarily from Asia, the Middle East, and Africa—gain prominence in the global market. Historically dominated
Experts and exponents wonder what kind of transformation Donald Trump’s re-election as President of the United States will bring to the global shipping industry. Various
After the first semester of 2024 ended, PortEconomics member Theo Notteboom issued an analysis showing the year-on-year TEU growth in the top European container ports.
The month of October started with troubling news coming from the US East and Gulf Coast due to the strike of the dockworkers on the
Just a few years ago, the idea of a port conducting ship-to-shore operations without workers on the ground seemed unimaginable. Today, at the Nansha Phase
Once again the Container Freight rate market shows some interesting trends as displayed in the Chart, comparing Drewry and Freightos indexes. Even considering the unchanged
In the last years, we have witnessed record-breaking profits for container shipping largely due to the various supply chain disruptions experienced (COVID-19 pandemic, Panama Canal
Since October 7th 2023, containership transits through the Suez Canal fell to historically low levels, while the major ocean liners re-routed most of the Far
