In H1 2026, Ningbo-Zhoushan surpassed Singapore for second place among the world’s busiest container ports, while the Iran war knocked a Persian Gulf hub from the top 10.
Maersk has won an additional two years for domestic container transshipments between ports in China. China’s Transport Ministry this week announced an extension of the pilot cabotage program through December 2027. The program aims to improve domestic export and import container flows between Yangshan port in Shanghai and select ports in northern China. It will […]
According to maritime expert John McCown, the U.S. ports with the strongest April performance were Charleston, South Carolina; Houston; and New York/New Jersey.
COVID lockdowns in major Chinese cities are bottling up freight shipments, but the full impact on global trade won’t be clear until this summer.
FreightWaves Founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the impact of the latest Chinese lockdowns on the supply chains between China and the U.S.
