Shipping Economic Trends & Regions | Global Maritime Hub - Part 15

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Analytical review of the global shipping market Q1

April 3, 2025

International trade and trade facilitation policies

April 3, 2025

Global shipping: mega profits, micro taxes?

April 3, 2025

The economic effects of proposed action in the Section 301 investigation of China’s maritime, logistics, and shipbuilding policies and practices

March 27, 2025

Global trade hit a record $33 trillion in 2024, growing by 3.7%

March 20, 2025

U.S. proposes hefty port fees on Chinese ships: a game-changer for global trade?

March 13, 2025

Growth in green shipping is decelerating

March 13, 2025

Reducing container loss and damage at sea

March 13, 2025

Container shipping outlook – navigating the crosscurrents

March 6, 2025

Container prices: avoid locking into long term commitments

March 6, 2025

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

Trending Posts

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

March 19, 2026

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Container Throughput Input Index: container traffic stagnates at high Level

August 8, 2024

Asia-Europe port-pair overlap across MSC, Ocean Alliance, Gemini Cooperation and Premier Alliance

Carrier alliances build increasingly specialised Asia-Europe networks

September 11, 2026

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Bunker fuel outlook, Week 36

September 12, 2025