Topic
Linerlytica
Every Vessel Hunter story on Linerlytica: 8 stories, from 21 August 2026 to 7 September 2026. Newest: "German Port Strike Deepens Congestion Already Holding 160,000 TEU at Anchor". Each story links to the ships and ports it names, so a name in the text opens the record behind it.
German Port Strike Deepens Congestion Already Holding 160,000 TEU at Anchor
A 48-hour warning strike at Hamburg, Bremerhaven, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Emden and Brake landed on top of North European congestion already absorbing about 5% of deepsea containership capacity.
Maersk Forecast to Slide to Fourth in the Liner Rankings by 2028
COSCO's orderbook has reached 52% of its existing fleet, the highest ratio in the top ten, while Maersk tries to accelerate into a record 14.84m teu global orderbook.
Record 4.3m TEU Waiting for a Berth as Typhoons Hit Chinese Ports Again
Global container congestion has passed the Covid-era peak, with stranded capacity equal to 12.6 percent of the world container fleet.
Port Congestion Absorbs 2.3m TEU as Container Fleet Faces a Suez Reset
Delays have rendered 6.6% of the containership fleet effectively unavailable, masking a tonnage release that a full return to Suez would turn into an 8.7% contraction in head-haul demand.
Container Port Congestion Hits Record 4.3m Teu Waiting to Berth
Congestion has removed more than 4.3m teu of capacity from circulation, surpassing the pandemic peak in absolute terms and keeping freight and charter rates elevated.
Delays and Congestion Now Absorb 5% of Global Container Capacity
Sea-Intelligence puts the absorption rate at 5.0 percent against a 2011-2019 norm of 2.2 percent, with schedule reliability stuck at 60-65 percent.
Maersk Drops Its Fleet Cap as Capacity Passes 4.7m TEU
Maersk has abandoned the 4.0 to 4.4 million teu ceiling that defined its strategy for the decade, with its operated fleet already past 4.7 million teu and CMA CGM closing the gap.
MSC Tests Suez Transits as Container Volumes Rise on the Corridor
MSC has sent seven eastbound vessels through the Suez Canal and Bab el Mandeb in two weeks, as Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd return services to a corridor CMA CGM never fully left.
Never miss a move
Maritime, in motion. In your inbox.
The vessel sales, incidents, and market moves worth knowing, sent as they happen.