Shipping Trends | Global Maritime Hub - Part 44

Category: Shipping Trends

Port Congestion and Vessel Delays Worldwide

February 8, 2021

Asia to Europe trade to experience numerous blanked sailings in coming weeks

February 4, 2021

Shipping carrier ordering activity

February 4, 2021

Box drought adds to supply chain chaos on the US West Coast – latest Container xChange data

February 4, 2021

End to Equipment Shortage in Sight

January 27, 2021

Container port throughput index contracted by 2.4% in November

January 26, 2021

Port of Singapore holds strong despite COVID-19

January 21, 2021

Shortage of VLCCs

January 20, 2021

Container availability slowly getting better in Shanghai

January 20, 2021

Shipping Exchange stands at all-time high

January 14, 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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