Tag: maritime trade

Sea-Intelligence informs that the ongoing crisis in the Red Sea and the re-routing of vessels south of Africa, has led to a staggering 45% increase in CO2 emissions from container shipping in the European Union in 2024.

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) published its annual report for 2024, highlighting corruption risks particularly in high-impact regions.

Sea-Intelligence highlighted how U.S. tariff policy changes on Chinese goods in 2025 has affected Transpacific container shipping demand and capacity.

The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has confirmed that it maintained its full 50-foot draft throughout this year’s dry season, successfully avoiding the severe shipping disruptions experienced in late 2023 and early 2024 when water levels in the canal dropped sharply.

In this week’s “Shipping Number of the Week”, BIMCO’s Shipping Analysis Manager Filipe Gouveia looks at global coal shipments.

According to the Global Liner Performance (GLP) report by Sea-Intelligence, global schedule reliability rose 7.4 percentage points month-on-month (MoM) in May 2025, reaching 65.8 per cent, the highest level since November 2023.

According to VT Markets, Chinese companies are reportedly redirecting exports through Southeast Asia to bypass US tariffs.

According to Container Trades Statistics (CTS), as we approach the halfway point of 2025, global volumes have once again broken records, with May 2025 lifting a staggering 16.34 million TEUs—surpassing the previous record of 16.31 million TEUs set in March 2025.

Sea-Intelligence has offered an analysis on the weekly volatility in the capacity offered in the Asia to North American West Coast (NAWC) trade.

The United States is preparing to impose higher tariffs starting August 1, unless new trade agreements are finalized, US President Donald Trump said on 6 July.