Month: May 2025

Persistent congestion continues to impact Northern Europe’s key container ports of Antwerp, Rotterdam, Hamburg, and London Gateway. According to a global forwarder’s visibility platform, this is causing “heavily disrupted operations”. The delays are driven by a combination of full terminal yards, labor shortages, strike activity, restricted inland transport and changes in alliance networks. Additionally, the

The container shipping industry faces deep uncertainty amid a weakening global trade outlook. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its U.S. GDP forecast for 2025 to 1.8%, down from 2.7% projected earlier this year. The World Trade Organization (WTO) also expects global merchandise trade to shrink by -0.2% this year. Maritime analyst Drewry has