Congestion on the US West Coast led to a sharp increase in both demand and capacity on the Asia-US East Coast routes. Quoting Sea-Intelligence data, Xeneta said that in the three months to July 24, capacity between Asia and the US East Coast was up 18.9% on-year to an average of 210,000 teu. “Compared to the average weekly capacity in…
The Port of Los Angeles processed 967,900 TEU in May, recording the third best overall month in its 115-year history. In the first five months of the year, the port has processed more than 4.5 million TEU, equal to last year’s record rate. “Retailers replenished inventory throughout the spring and now we’ll see a transition to back-to-school goods, fall fashion…
The US Congress has passed the Ocean Shipping Reform Act (OSRA) 2022 to the cheers of shippers, and politicians, but the chagrin of carriers. There had been little doubt that the bill which will expand the powers of the Federal Maritime Commission over container lines would be passed, and it now moves on to be signed into law by President Joe…
China’s zero-tolerance in the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Shanghai have affected the Port of Oakland in the United States, which has seen a 7% reduction in its box volumes in April, compared to the same month last year. In particular, the port’s containerised import loads fell 17% last month, while exports sagged 18%. The decline is largely due…
The Port of Long Beach set another new single-month record in April as the port continues to clear marine terminals of cargo ahead an expected new wave of imports in the coming months as China opens up from COVID-19 lockdowns. Dockworkers and terminal operators at the port moved 820,718 twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU) worth of container cargo last month, up…
Hapag-Lloyd has achieved “an exceptionally strong start” of the year, according to the company’s CEO Rolf Habben Jansen, who expects a strong second quarter. The German ocean carrier has concluded the first quarter of 2022 with an EBITDA of US$5.3 billion, EBIT of US$4.8 billion, while the Hapag-Lloyd’s profit climbed to US$4.7 billion and revenues rose to US$9 billion. The…
April was the second-most productive month in the history of the Port of Virginia in Norfolk. The Virginia Port Authority said Tuesday that the Port of Virginia handled 323,244 twenty-foot equivalent units in April, up 12.9% year-over-year. The all-time record was set in December 2021, and April was just shy of missing the mark, by only 2,300 TEUs, according to the port…
The US Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is demanding more information and pricing from the largest container shipping alliances accused of profiteering from the supply chain crunch. New monitoring requirements from the US regulator will see 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance, being mandated to provide the FMC’s Bureau of Trade Analysis (BTA) with insight into pricing of individual trade lanes and…
Singapore-based liner operator Swire Shipping has launched what it claims is the market’s fastest port-to-port service for voyages between Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam and Seattle in Washington with a transit time of between 16 and 18 days. The service, with priority berthing secured at both Seattle and Vietnam, has been launched exclusively in partnership with a top 20…
It is déjà vu as China’s second-busiest container port, Ningbo port, is now on “yellow alert” after some Covid-19 cases were found. If Ningbo port, which was locked down last August, is locked down again, and with Shanghai continuing to be closed off for the third week, logistical bottlenecks will be further exacerbated. As of 11 April, Ningbo had 11 new…