Sea-Intelligence reports significant decrease in blank sailings
NewsAccording to Sea-Intelligence, shipping lines face declining spot rates, and they can either increase blank sailings to stabilise rates or c...
Sea-Intelligence: Schedule reliability improves M/M in February
NewsThe average delay for LATE vessel arrivals improved to 5.46 days, roughly the same level as pre-crisis, meaning that the increase due to the...
Port of Hong Kong faces decline in liner connectivity
NewsNetwork overviews from major liner alliances point to continuous decline in connectivity for the Port of Hong Kong....
Sea-Intelligence: 2023 profitability close to pre-pandemic levels
NewsProfitability of liner majors in the 2023 fiscal year has nearly returned to pre-pandemic levels, despite sharp year-over-year revenue decli...
Global liner performance hits lowest point since September 2022
NewsIn the throes of the Red Sea crisis, schedule reliability of global liner majors is resuming a downward trend....
Empty container movements increase by 20%
NewsThe demand for transporting empty containers has surged much more than the demand for transporting full ones, with back-haul trades expandin...
Scrubber savings reach 13 billion USD in the entire sector
NewsInstead of switching to low-sulfur fuel, it is more cost-effective to use regular fuel in combination with scrubbers....
Schedule reliability getting better
NewsSea-Intelligence reports global schedule reliability has improved to 66.8%, with only one Top-14 carrier seeing its performance decline in M...
2M break-up, alliance capacity overview
NewsSea-Intel: βThe announcement of the break-up of the 2M alliance will certainly lead to a change in the competitive makeup of the deep-sea ...
Sea-Intel: no sign of additional capacity being blanked for Chinese New Year
NewsGiven that demand growth has stagnated, and freight rates are still dropping, it would make sense for shipping lines to blank additional cap...
Congestion problems easing quickly, says Sea-Intel
NewsWith the continued gradual improvement in schedule reliability in August 2022 and the resultant improvement in vessel delays, the share of t...
Lower NAWC container imports in the Spotlight
NewsCarriers are still prioritising EC liftings, but with headhaul growth slowing, βwe might start to see an increase in laden exports out of ...
Continued Transpacific vessel pressure
NewsIncreased vessels deployment in transpacific trades is stressing US port infrastructure even more; this is also reflected in Panamanian conc...
Sea-Intel: non-alliances’ share doubles on trans-Pacific
NewsThe Copenhagen-based shipping analytics specialist has taken a closer look at the dynamics of alliance-controlled and non-alliance services ...
Schedule reliability at “all-time low” in August
NewsLast month schedule reliability dropped to 33.6%, according to Sea-Intelligence, the lowest it has ever been during the 10 years the supply ...