The US Federal Maritime Commission has opened an investigation into whether Spain’s port practices create “unfavourable conditions” for US foreign commerce. The move follows incidents in November 2024, when at least three US-flag vessels were…

A surge in Chinese newbuild contracts is reshaping the top end of project shipping, with owners ordering heavy-lift multipurpose vessels in unusually large sizes and fuelling concern about a capacity glut. Around the turn of the year, more than a…

Cocaine smugglers are abandoning the “rip-off” method in Hamburg because container inspection makes the quick grab from behind container doors easier to detect, Oliver Erdmann, head of the port’s security centre, told DVZ International. He said…

Container shipping faces a renewed risk of overcapacity if carriers resume regular transits through the Red Sea, releasing a significant share of effective fleet capacity back into the market. A return to the Suez route would shorten east–west…