Niche players continue to risk Red Sea transits with new services – at a price
Singapore-based NVOCC Summit Shipping has started its own liner operation, the latest opportunist to launch ...
SeaLead Shipping was the fastest-growing liner operator in 2023, according to statistics from Alphaliner and Linerlytica.
They show the carrier has increased its fleet by more than 20% year on year, all from chartering more ships.
SeaLead’s main motivation for growth is the emerging market in the Persian Gulf, particularly Saudi Arabia and, last week, it announced the launch of two services.
The first is a bi-weekly direct service along the Red Sea connecting major ports in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Djibouti, targeting ...
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