CMA CGM (America) LLC is announcing an Overweight Freight Additional Surcharge (OWS) at USD 250 for 20’ containers with weight exceeding 10 metric tons gross weight (cargo weight + tare)

CMA CGM (America) LLC is announcing the following Rate Restoration Initiative (RRI) for cargo from West Mediterranean ports of load to USEC ports of discharge and all inland destinations reached via said ports effective March 18, 2026.

South Korea’s HJ Shipbuilding & Construction (HJSC) has won a contract from an unnamed European shipowner to build two 10,100 teu container ships.

The global container terminal operator APM Terminals, a subsidiary of Danish shipping giant A.P. Moller – Maersk (Maersk), and DP World have agreed a strategic partnership in the Southern Container Terminal at Jeddah Islamic Port.

Workers at Israel’s flag carrier ZIM Integrated Shipping Services have escalated strike action following news of its planned $4.2bn sale to Germany’s Hapag-Lloyd.

Greek container tonnage provider Costamare has locked in nearly $1bn in fresh contracted revenues after fixing 12 vessels on a forward basis for periods stretching up to eight years.

New tool and updates aim to support port decarbonisation through transition to battery-electric operations.

France’s CMA CGM Group and India’s Cochin Shipyard finalized a contract for the construction of containerships, which is being called a defining moment for the Indian shipbuilding industry and the country’s aspirations to become a world-class shipbuilder

A range of international media outlets, some with rigorous collateral information checking protocols, accepted Iranian claims that the IRGC had closed sections of the Straits of Hormuz yesterday (February 17)