Shipping Trends | Global Maritime Hub - Part 20

Category: Shipping Trends

Container charter market back in full steam

December 4, 2024

Carrier third-quarter margins reach 2021 levels

November 28, 2024

Methanol and LNG: Only two carriers chose both ‘green’ fuels

November 20, 2024

Shipyard delivery times offer a critical view into yard capacity and market demand

November 14, 2024

Neo-panamax ships move into all major trade lanes

November 14, 2024

At less than 1%, the idle fleet reaches all-time low in Jan-Oct

November 7, 2024

Most Transatlantic top 10 carriers have reduced capacity

October 31, 2024

X-Press increases lead as world’s largest feeder operator

October 24, 2024

Machine learning to predict future ocean freight rate movements

October 17, 2024

LNG orders significantly overshadow methanol in 2024

October 17, 2024

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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Carrier alliances build increasingly specialised Asia-Europe networks

September 11, 2026

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