The Australian Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry prescribes that export containers, flat racks and break bulk to Australia are to be treated to prevent the introduction of the brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB), which would cause major damage to the country's biodiversity. This also applies to New Zealand.

Up to four hours lost: the desolate handling situation at two Hamburg terminals is causing trucking companies a lot of frustration. The handling chaos at two Hamburg terminals is causing long traffic jams in the port.

Singapore-based Grace Ocean has officially declared General Average on its vessel, the Maersk-chartered and operated Dali, which was involved in the Francis Scott Key Bridge allision in Baltimore.

Shortly before the next general rate increase (GRI) by the liner shipping companies, market rates have continued to rise sharply. Last Friday, the Shanghai Index SCFI jumped by 16 per cent to over 2,206 points. The index rates for routes between the Far East and North America in particular rose surprisingly strongly. This increase illustrates how the domino effects of the crisis in the Red Sea are also affecting trades that do not necessarily pass through the region. The reasons for this are the increasing equipment (container) shortages in Asia and the lack of ship capacity due to the additional tonnage requirements for the most affected liner services between Asia and Europe.