TRADLINX

From Hapag-Lloyd’s Jeddah restriction to HMM’s US$3,000 PSS and MSC’s slimmer Britannia rotation, these six developments could change booking costs, discharge plans, and service options.

West Africa is the standout this cycle at TPFS 62.1 with 40-hour average delays. The most-congested list has new Gulf and India entrants — Jebel Ali, Mundra, Tanjung Priok — while the Manila cluster stays on top. Global distribution held essentially flat at 20.1% BUSY+CONGESTED.

The acute spike at the top of last cycle’s rankings is unwinding. The Manila cluster and Casablanca — which absorbed 40+ hour delay increases two weeks ago — all eased this period, with North Manila dropping out of the congested list entirely. The global composite barely moved (27.7), but the pressure is redistributing. Here’s the […]

Long Beach just posted its third-busiest May on record — 842,030 TEU, empties up 21.8% — while clearing trucks in under an hour with no dwell fees in effect. The volume spike and this week’s Hormuz reopening are both real, but neither changes your transpacific containers this month; here’s the signal that does.