Global container shipping spot rates have reached their highest levels in two years. A combination of geopolitical tensions in the Middle East, heavy congestion at Southeast Asian transshipment hubs, and an unusually early start to the peak shipping season has driven the surge. This development is reflected in recent data from leading maritime indices, which
Over the past 12 months, the global container fleet has undertaken a shift in deployment toward Far East-Europe and African trades. According to reporting by The Loadstar, citing Alphaliner data, global fleet capacity increased by 5.7%, with more than half of all new capacity deployed on these routes. The Far East-Europe trade remains the fastest-growing
[Chatham, NJ – June 2, 2026] – Shipco Transport, one of the world’s leading neutral NVOCCs, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Piraeus, Greece. This expansion strengthens Shipco’s presence in a strategically important logistics market and creates a local gateway to serve the Greek forwarding community. This key move is
Record levels of empty container shipments reflect imbalances in global trade, with uneven shipment volumes placing equipment in lower-demand regions and requiring repositioning. Measured in TEU-miles, Sea-Intelligence calculations revealed that the share of empty boxes relative to full containers now accounted for approximately one-third of global container shipping activity, reported splash247. Before the pandemic, that
