The UK's new trade agreement within the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) comes into force this month

A container explosion at Ningbo Zhoushan Port has led to the terminal being closed and fears of upcoming delays from the Zhejiang Province port.

Delays in importing from Bangladesh are likely to be experienced in the next few weeks, after violent protests led to a national internet blackout.

A fire aboard the containership Maersk Frankfurt continues to rage, almost a week after an electrical short circuit on its maiden voyage, leading to the owners declaring general average.

According to a recent container trade statistics report, global demand for ocean freight container traffic has recently hit record levels, even surpassing the high demand levels that followed the pandemic.