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Another record-breaking month for container shipping demand from China to North America and North Europe, but signs volumes may have peaked

August 8, 2024

Container rates: intriguing evolution of China trades into Mexico and US west coasts

March 14, 2024

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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

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

Diagram of a large cargo ship labeled ALPHALINER, showing 25 bays, 15 ISO tiers, LNG dual‑fuel power, and a fully enclosed bridge (not an actual design).

Could 27,500 teu vessels redefine container ship capacity?

September 10, 2026

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Weekly evolution of the MABUX World Bunker Index (USD/MT) for 13–20 May 2026, showing four fuels: 380 HSFO (blue) ends at 791.75, VLSFO (green) 952.60, MGO LS (orange) 1,418.39.

Global bunker prices edge higher as market remains broadly stable

May 21, 2026

Port calls continue to drop

December 23, 2021

Bar chart titled 'Top-10 carriers: Intra-North European cellular ship capacity share (1 Jul)' showing two bars per carrier (JUL 2025 light blue, JUL 2026 dark blue) with percentage labels:. MSC 21.3% vs 21.2%; Maersk 13.5% vs 16.2%; DP World 12.2% vs 11.0%; CMA CGM 12.0% vs 9.6%; X-Press Feeders 7.7% vs 6.2%; BG Freight 4.5% vs 4.9%; ONE 3.0% vs 3.8%; Eimskip 3.3% vs 3.0%; COSCO Group 2.5% vs 2.9%; Hapag-Lloyd 2.2% vs 2.7%; Others 17.9% vs 18.5%.

Maersk expands capacity and market share in intra-North Europe

July 30, 2026

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Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) has reaches record high

April 29, 2021