Shipping Trends | Global Maritime Hub - Part 38

Category: Shipping Trends

Container Throughput Index: Slight recovery with strong regional disparities

November 4, 2021

Carriers expand into logistics sector

October 28, 2021

Container prices ease as China resumes activities post the Golden Week

October 21, 2021

Recovery not as strong as initially projected

October 21, 2021

Non-Operating Owners (NOOs) to return to the newbuilding market

October 21, 2021

Charter market remains quiet

October 15, 2021

12.5% of the global capacity now unavailable

October 7, 2021

Container ship sales decline sharply

October 7, 2021

Growth in global freight traffic is slowly weakening

September 30, 2021

Retail container ports: imports remain strong but growth slows

September 23, 2021

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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Chart titled 'Main carriers: Average core EBIT margin by quarter' showing a time series of quarterly EBIT margins from 1Q2013 to 2Q2026 for major carriers; includes a large 'ALPHALINER' watermark across the middle. (Informative: describes data range and purpose.)

Carrier profitability rebounds as freight rates and trade mix boost margins

September 3, 2026

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CK Hutchison draws even with PSA in port revenue ranking

April 24, 2025

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Alternative-propulsion Container Ships now in the majority

October 9, 2025