Container Management

Maersk’s $2.5 Billion Question: Suez Return, Overcapacity and the 2026 Freight Rate Reckoning

Maersk's 2026 guidance contains a US$2.5 billion question, and the answer depends on a single variable. The company is ...
Container Management

The $23bn CK Hutchison Ports Deal That Could Redefine Global Terminal Ownership

When CK Hutchison announced in March 2025 that it would sell an 80 per cent stake in 43 container terminals across 23 countries to a BlackRock/TiL consortium for US$22.8bn, the deal was framed as a ...
Container Management

The new terminal arms race: how carriers are redrawing the map of container shipping

The announcement that APM Terminals and Eurogate plan to invest €1bn in upgrading North Sea Terminal Bremerhaven marks the latest ...
Container Management

APM Terminals Begins Operations at Balboa as Panama Completes Hutchison Handover

APM Terminals has commenced temporary operations at the Port of Balboa on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal, marking ...
Container Management

Hapag-Lloyd’s Zim Takeover Absorbs Gold Star Line, Strengthening Intra-Asia Network

Hapag-Lloyd's planned US$4.2bn acquisition of Zim would bring Hong Kong-based subsidiary Gold Star Line under German ...
Container Management

Valenciaport Breaks Throughput Record in 2025 as Profits Climb 50%

Valenciaport set a new container throughput record in 2025, handling 5.66m teu — up 3.41% year on year — while ...
Container Management

Panama Ports Dispute Escalates Amid Legal Battle Over Canal Terminals

CK Hutchison has warned A.P. Moller-Maersk of legal action if its terminal division, APM Terminals (APMT), moves to assume ...
Container Management

Gemini Cooperation Restores Direct Antwerp Call on Asia–Europe Loop

The Gemini Cooperation will add Antwerp as a direct port of call on its Europe–Far East network from March, ending ...
Container Management

DSV begins migrating from CargoWise to DB Schenker’s Tango system

DSV has begun migrating its operations from WiseTech Global's CargoWise platform to DB Schenker's Tango transport management system (TMS), in ...
Container Management

APM Terminals Buys 37.5% Stake in DP World’s Jeddah Islamic Port Terminal

APM Terminals has agreed to acquire a 37.5% minority stake in DP World's Southern Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port, ...
Container Management

Inside South Africa’s Ports: Live Terminal Data Reveals the Scale of the Challenge — and the Response

Real-time vessel schedules from every Transnet container terminal show 79 ships carrying 145,000 containers queuing for berths over the next three weeks. Official January 2026 throughput data confirms ...