Ocean Freight

Electronics logistics often requires rapid shifts between ocean and air freight, driven by production needs and component availability.

A 136.5-tonne Yankee Dryer is being shipped from Karlstad, Sweden, to Iskenderun, Türkiye, for the paper sector

Former President Trump announced no US-Iran talks were underway, while Iran insisted the Strait of Hormuz would stay closed.

Machinery freight procurement teams often face surcharges, which are a common market reality affecting various shipping lanes.

Oil and gas shippers face sudden carrier rate hikes and surcharges, struggling to verify fairness due to limited benchmarking options

MacArtney Underwater Technology has appointed Geir Håøy, former KONGSBERG CEO, to its Board of Directors starting June 2026

Amazónica LNG has joined SEA-LNG, signaling its commitment to developing LNG bunkering facilities on Colombia's Caribbean coast

Construction material shippers use freight index tools, but these benchmarks often lag real-time market changes, impacting procurement.

Ongoing draft restrictions at the Panama Canal are causing ocean carriers to levy new surcharges on freight.

Norway's Hellesylt Hydrogen Hub is now RFNBO-certified, meeting EU sustainability standards for renewable hydrogen.

The Port of Tartous is expanding its operational capacity with the delivery of three new Mobile Harbor Cranes.

Fanzhou Shipping claims a new record by transporting eight fully assembled STS cranes, showcasing heavy-lift maritime logistics.

Biomethane is a viable near-term option for shipping to meet initial IMO Net Zero Framework emissions targets if mass balancing is allowed

Middle East conflicts are causing significant disruptions to global shipping, leading to extended transit times and increased costs

MSC and Maersk are increasing Red Sea transits, indicating a potential return to the Suez Canal for major shipping lines.

Bulgarian customs at Varna port intercepted over 64,000 undeclared and counterfeit children's items from two containers from China

SLB will assist Brunei Shell Petroleum in resuming oil and gas production from mature offshore fields in Brunei.

Russia's second ice-class LNG carrier, Konstantin Posiet, has begun its transit via the Northern Sea Route from Bolshoy Kamen Bay

APM Terminals Elizabeth ordered 34 electric Konecranes gantries to boost yard capacity and reliability at PortNYNJ.

The European Commission approved NYK's 50% stake acquisition in Avenir LNG, a small-scale LNG and bunkering firm

deugro completed a 5,180-tonne submarine cable shipment from China to Saudi Arabia for the Farasan-Madayah project

Yang Ming's new 15,500 TEU dual-fuel LNG containership, YM Willpower, completed its first SIMOPS bunkering in Shanghai.

Retailers often struggle to uphold agreed-upon ocean freight rates on the Transpacific route after contracts are signed

BASF is investing €100 million to expand its Ludwigshafen multimodal terminal, boosting capacity and resilience.

Aqua superPower and Hyke are collaborating to develop a blueprint for electrified urban ferry networks, aiming to create sustainable…

CMA CGM's vessel, CMA CGM OSMIUM, received 8,016 tonnes of biomethanol at Shanghai Port for its South America voyage

Gulftainer plans a major expansion of its Khorfakkan Commercial Terminal to increase capacity to 10 million TEU.

The UP World LNG Shipping Index rose 2.29% last week, with a majority of companies showing gains.

Myanmar's 5% broken white rice prices hit a two-year high due to tight supply and strong demand from the Philippines

Oil prices, with ICE Brent exceeding $91/bbl, are rising due to Middle East supply concerns and geopolitical tensions