freight rates | Global Maritime Hub - Part 4

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Escalating Middle East tensions trigger projected surge in war risk premiums and freight rates

April 16, 2024

Impacts of the Red Sea crisis on global shipping

March 28, 2024

Non-operating owners’ fleet: more ship additions than deletions

March 14, 2024

MSC behind 50% of Asia-Europe fleet growth

March 7, 2024

Intra-Europe market: Maersk logs highest capacity growth

February 29, 2024

Weekly merchant traffic through the Suez Canal down by 55%

February 22, 2024

MSC expansion pushes scrubber-fitted capacity to 36% of fleet

February 15, 2024

Second hand sales fall for second consecutive year

February 1, 2024

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd surprise with joint East-West network

January 25, 2024

SeaLead and NBOSCO are fastest growing second-tier carriers

January 18, 2024

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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

Transatlantic capacity rebounding after coronavirus struggles

June 24, 2021

Bar and line chart showing capacity changes for top 13–30 container carriers comparing February 2026 with February 2025

Container shipping capacity shifts among mid-size carriers; SeaLead records sharpest drop

February 12, 2026

Chart comparing 2025 and 2026 carrier capacity deployment on Far East–India, Middle East and Red Sea services, with year-on-year capacity gains and losses.

Gulf conflict cuts Far East capacity by 14% year-on-year

August 13, 2026

Map of container ship traffic in the Gulf showing vessel positions across the Arabian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz during the Gulf conflict.

Strait of Hormuz cargo bookings resume for Gulf states

March 26, 2026