Transpacific sees first major MSC blanks as rates fall and volumes falter
Following nine weeks of consecutive declines in spot freight rates on the transpacific, carriers are ...
Photo: Sri Lanka Ports Authority
Sri Lanka’s Colombo port seems to have had a “bumper volume harvest” from the Red Sea crisis, after vessel operators frantically adjusted port calls to minimise schedule disruptions from the longer transits around southern Africa.
Colombo is a busy intermediate point for container transhipment in South Asia, predominantly for Indian cargo.
“Colombo has been a great beneficiary of the transhipment flow realignment in West Asia,” a Colombo-based port veteran told The Loadstar.
And the gains are clearly reflected in new throughput data. Combined ...
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