Container Shipping

02 Feb 2026: CMA CGM strikes $2.4 billion deal with Stonepeak

CMA CGM and Stonepeak have announced the creation of a new joint venture—United Ports LLC—which will acquire CMA CGM’s stakes in 10 terminal concessions currently managed by CMA Terminals.

05 Jan 2026: China to Vietnam container trade volumes retain top spot in 2025

With 2025 volumes nearly counted, Drewry’s upgraded Intra-Asia Container Market Insight, which now supports port, country and region level insights, reveals that the China to Vietnam market remains the most important country-to-country trade flow in the intra-Asia trade for the second year in a row.

04 Dec 2025: Decarbonisation drive unabated despite delays in NZF implementation
The IMO’s efforts to develop mid-term measures through the ‘Net-zero Framework’ did not proceed as anticipated. A majority vote in favour of a “one-year delay” for deciding whether or not to adopt the framework is being viewed by many as something that can undermine the framework altogether.

14 Oct 2025: Overpriced charter market is due a correction after a 5-year boom
We analyse the growing disconnect between freight rate and charter markets.

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