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Ports and logistics news: port congestion, terminal operations, canal traffic and the supply chains moving global trade.
The Baltic Dry Index has extended its recent gains as tight vessel availability, driven partly by ongoing Panama Canal draft restrictions, pushes LPG and grain cargoes onto longer routes via the Cape of Good Hope.
The 24,188-TEU container ship OOCL Portugal transited the Suez Canal southbound on a voyage from Belgium to China, marking COSCO Shipping Lines’ first such passage since the Red Sea security crisis began.
Global container port congestion is approaching 4 million TEUs as strong demand, weather disruption and tight vessel capacity continue to squeeze major trade lanes, according to DHL Global Forwarding.
Uruguay’s national port union SUPRA launched a 24-hour strike at Montevideo’s main container terminal, protesting a government-imposed minimum-staffing rule amid a stalled wage dispute with operator Katoen Natie.
Union ver.di has launched a strike ballot that could lead to indefinite industrial action at Germany’s six major seaports after workers rejected employers’ latest pay offer.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board has released its Safer Seas Digest 2025, urging shipowners and operators to review their operations against 49 recent marine casualty investigations that point to recurring, preventable hazards.
Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd will shift four additional Gemini Cooperation container services from the Cape of Good Hope back through the Suez Canal and Red Sea, doubling the number of strings using the corridor to six.
Marine insurer The Swedish Club has warned shipowners that Cape Horn and the Strait of Magellan remain a risky third-choice option, not a routine substitute, as tightening Panama Canal restrictions push some to consider longer southern routes.
Huajin Aramco Petrochemical has brought online a new 300,000 dwt crude berth at Panjin Port after the first laden VLCC discharged cargo, completing the marine feedstock supply chain for one of China’s largest new refining and petrochemical complexes.
Maritime unions have relaunched protected industrial action across Tasmania’s commercial ports, limiting pilot launch and vessel traffic services after a stalled pay dispute with state-owned operator TasPorts.
