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Category: Shipping Trends

Line chart titled “Alphaliner Charter Rates per Vessel Segment” showing charter rates for container vessels from 1,000 to 8,500 TEU between 2018 and 2026, with rates peaking in 2021–2022, dropping in 2023, and remaining firm into 2025–2026.

Container market remains strong despite Middle East disruption risks

Table showing the top 30 container ports in 2025, with 2024 rankings in brackets, led by Shanghai, Singapore, and Ningbo-Zhoushan, alongside throughput, year-on-year growth, 2019 volumes, and growth versus 2019.

Transhipment hubs drive growth in global port volumes in 2025

Intra-Europe shipping capacity share by container carriers

Intra-Europe shipping: Maersk records highest capacity growth

AIS disruption affecting container ships near the Strait of Hormuz

Container ships stranded near Strait of Hormuz as AIS disruptions surge

Container ships operating in the Persian Gulf near major Middle Eastern ports

Middle East container shipping disrupted as 138 container ships trapped in the Gulf

Bubble chart showing active container ship fleet size versus average vessel age for major global carriers.

Container fleet age ranking: Evergreen operates the youngest fleet among Top 20 carriers

Chart showing weekly container shipping capacity between the Far East and Europe, including WoW percentage changes and carrier breakdown.

Far East–Europe container trade weekly deployed capacity exceeds 520,000 TEU for the first time

Bar chart showing container shipping capacity by carrier on the Asia–North America trade lane in January 2026, with year-on-year percentage changes.

Asian carriers lead Asia–North America container trade

Graph showing year-over-year Suez Canal container ship traffic trends with declines in December 2025 and January 2026.

Suez Canal traffic declines for another month amid Red Sea disruption

Chart showing carriers’ operated fleet by size and ownership in TEU, segmented by vessel size categories.

Hapag-Lloyd ZIM acquisition values carrier at $4.2bn

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