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Trade Disruptions & Large Crude Tankers: A Net Plus for Now

October 4, 2018

EU needs to move faster on Asian approvals to deliver meaningful scrapping regulations

July 26, 2018

VLCC’s Holding Steady

June 14, 2018

Market Soundbite: Japan & the Clean Tanker Markets

June 7, 2018

Dry Cargo Broker Viewpoint

March 16, 2018

Global Container Shipping to Face yet Another Crisis?

March 16, 2018

Recent Post

Asia-North Europe offered weekly TEU capacity during Golden Week 2026

Golden Week capacity surge raises October schedule risks

September 24, 2026

Alphaliner chart showing the percentage of fleet capacity chartered by the top-10 ocean carriers in 2026, including MSC, Maersk, CMA CGM, COSCO, Hapag-Lloyd, ONE, Evergreen, HMM, Yang Ming and ZIM.

Top-10 carriers reduce chartered tonnage exposure as owned fleets expand

September 24, 2026

Line chart of Red Sea share of Asia–Europe container capacity by direction and total; Europe→Asia (orange) peaks near 50% in early October while Asia→Europe (blue) fluctuates around 15–25%, and total Red Sea share (gray) stays ~18–30%.

Red Sea routing normalisation reaches 27% as Suez return builds

September 17, 2026

Chart comparing August 2026 and August 2025 deployed capacity for the top-20 Intra-Asia container carriers, with Maersk leading ahead of COSCO.

Maersk overtakes COSCO to lead the Intra-Asia shipping market

September 17, 2026

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