PANAMA : DP World’s Unifeeder Group has opened an office in Panama its first in the Latin American region. The move to open an office in Panama City comes as the shortsea shipping company
JEDDAH : In a transformative push for global maritime logistics, the International Port & Marine Development Conference, set for May 6-7, 2024, at the Jeddah Hilton Hotel, emerges as a pivotal arena for ground-breaking
LONDON : The composite index increased 1% to $2,725 per 40ft container this week and has increased by 55% when compared with the same week last year. The latest Drewry WCI composite index of
COPENHAGEN : The Baltic Exchange’s dry bulk sea freight index edged up on Wednesday, buoyed by an uptick in capesize and panamax vessel rates. The overall index, which factors in rates for capesize, panamax
MUMBAI : Container freight rates on trades out of India have continued to soften from the Red Sea crisis-driven highs, according to the latest market analysis. On the westbound India-Europe trade, average short-term contract
COPENHAGEN : Global schedule reliability has begun to improve, with the March 2024 statistic up 1.6 percentage points Month-over-Month (MoM) to 54.6 per cent, according to Sea Intelligence The maritime data company has released
GENEVA : Sea-Intelligence’s latest projections indicate that MSC is on track to significantly increase its fleet size, further cementing its position as the world’s largest carrier. The analytic firm highlighted the limitations of a
SINGAPORE : The revenue for FY2023 was US$14,536million, down 50% from the last year, with net profit of US$974million (YoY -US$14,024million). The short-term freight rate market continued to decline due to sluggish cargo movements
HAMBURG : Hapag-Lloyd AG shareholders approved with the required majority all items on the agenda put to the vote at the Annual General Meeting. This included the appropriation of the net profit and thereby
CAIRO : Yemen’s Houthis said they targeted the MSC Orion container ship in a drone attack in the Indian Ocean as part of their ongoing campaign against international shipping in solidarity with Palestinians against