Dear Valued ONE Customer, We are advising you that ongoing labour disruptions, specifically a strike by certain lashing companies in Rotterdam and a piloting slowdown in Belgian ports, are expected to cause significant congestion at the ports of Netherlands, Belgium, and possibly other European ports.

Dear Valued Customer, Due to severe port congestions in Europe attributed by Force Majeure events, kindly be informed that M/V NYK Diana v.020S will omit her Algeciras call in order to protect and sustain her schedule reliability across the European region as well as to ensure punctuality for arrival to Latin America East Coast.

Dear Valued Customer, Due to severe port congestions in Europe attributed by Force Majeure events, kindly be informed that M/V Xin Wei Hai v.167S will omit her Felixstowe call in order to protect and sustain her schedule reliability across the European region.

Greek owner Minerva Dry is stepping deeper into the container sector, ordering a new series of 3,000 teu ships in China — its largest boxships to date.

A South African court has dismissed a legal challenge by AP Moller-Maersk’s terminal arm against the award of a key port concession to International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI), paving the way for the Filipino operator to take control of Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2, the country’s busiest container facility.

Israel’s XT Shipping has returned to the newbuilding market with a pair of containerships in China.

Major container feeder vessels firm Contships Logistics Corp. has agreed to extend its charters with the Marseille-based container shipping line CMA CGM for two vessels, the 1,256 TEU Contship Ace and the 1,072 TEU Contship Zen, for a term of 21 to 24 months. The gross daily charter rates are $16,500 and $15,500, respectively.

China announced Friday that starting Tuesday it will begin charging US ships for docking at Chinese ports, in retaliation for Washington’s imposition of fees on Chinese vessels entering US ports.

US President Donald Trump said Friday he would impose a 100% tariff on China “over and above any tariff that they are currently paying” effective November 1 or sooner – massively escalating his trade war amid a heated dispute over export controls on rare earths.