Panama Canal

Hormuz: cú cảnh báo muộn của thương mại toàn cầu

Eo biển Hormuz thường chỉ xuất hiện dày đặc trên truyền thông khi Trung Đông nóng lên. Nhưng nếu nhìn từ góc độ logistics và cấu trúc thương mại quốc tế, Hormuz không phải một “biến cố mới” mà là một lời nhắc lặp đi lặp lại về điểm yếu cố hữu của toàn cầu hóa: quá nhiều hàng hóa, năng lượng và dòng lưu chuyển chiến lược của thế giới vẫn phải đi qua quá ít cửa ngõ.

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Crossing the Panama Canal in the Dry Season: Which Route Keeps Your Schedule and Your Budget Intact?

Crossing the Panama Canal in the Dry Season: Which Route Keeps Your Schedule and Your Budget Intact?

After severe drought spells, the Panama Canal remains a strategic variable for Asia–US East/Gulf trades. Transit quotas, draft adjustments, and booking mechanisms have helped operations gradually normalize, yet weather risk persists. From the proposed Río Indio reservoir to shippers’ “hedging” of sailing schedules around water cycles, the industry is searching for a balance between a fragile present and a sustainable future.

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Trans-Pacific 2025: “Early Peak - Long Trough” and How Vietnamese Exporters Can Ride the Freight Waves

Trans-Pacific 2025: “Early Peak - Long Trough” and How Vietnamese Exporters Can Ride the Freight Waves

The Asia - US ocean peak season in 2025 arrived early and cooled quickly: rates surged in the early - mid year but flattened and fell in Q3-Q4. US retailers turned cautious, with full - year imports projected to drop 5.6% versus 2024. In this “early peak - long trough” setting, Vietnamese exporters must rethink booking plans, contracts, and risk hedging to protect margins and delivery schedules.

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Red Sea & Panama Canal Disruptions: Redrawing the Global Shipping Map

Red Sea & Panama Canal Disruptions: Redrawing the Global Shipping Map

Security risks in the Red Sea and severe drought in the Panama Canal have stretched shipping times, driven up freight rates, and made the detour around Africa the “new normal.”

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How Supply Chains Survive: Red Sea Turbulence and a Parched Panama Canal?

How Supply Chains Survive: Red Sea Turbulence and a Parched Panama Canal?

Delays and costs are climbing as the Red Sea crisis drags on and the Panama Canal faces water-level constraints, forcing companies to adopt data-driven orchestration, multi-option transport strategies, and technology-based insurance to keep supply chains predictable and under control.

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Global Port Competition – When Western Giants Join the Geopolitical Game

Global Port Competition – When Western Giants Join the Geopolitical Game

The shift of power from “seaborne transport” to “port control” is becoming the focal point in the battle to reshape global logistics chains. Conglomerates like CMA CGM are seeking to acquire dozens of ports owned by CK Hutchison, valued at over USD 20 billion. This is not just a typical business deal—it’s a contest for control over strategic chokepoints from the Suez to Panama, where economic interests converge with geopolitical security.

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TCIT welcomes the first vessel of the ZSL/PELICAN service – expanding global connections

TCIT welcomes the first vessel of the ZSL/PELICAN service – expanding global connections

The ceremony was attended by representatives of government authorities, executives from the Saigon Newport Corporation (TCT TCSG), TCIT management, and representatives from ZIM and MSC. This event not only reinforces TCIT’s position as a key deep-water port in Southeast Asia but also highlights the rapid development of Vietnam’s logistics sector amid global economic integration.

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TCIT đón chuyến tàu đầu tiên thuộc tuyến ZSL/PELICAN – mở rộng kết nối toàn cầu

TCIT đón chuyến tàu đầu tiên thuộc tuyến ZSL/PELICAN – mở rộng kết nối toàn cầu

Buổi lễ có sự tham dự của lãnh đạo các cơ quan chức năng, đại diện Tổng Công ty Tân Cảng Sài Gòn (TCT TCSG), lãnh đạo TCIT cùng đại diện các hãng tàu ZIM và MSC. Sự kiện này không chỉ khẳng định vị thế của TCIT trong hệ thống cảng nước sâu tại khu vực Đông Nam Á mà còn cho thấy sự phát triển mạnh mẽ của ngành logistics Việt Nam trong bối cảnh hội nhập toàn cầu.

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The developments of transport technology

The developments of transport technology

(VLR) Hanoi in autumn- Hanoi with blue sky, bright yellow sun light and cool dried winds. The weather naturally makes one a little bright and breezy. Such a weather can be seen only at the end of an autumn and at the beginning of a winter. When one is still young, it is a spur; when one gets old, it brings back memories to think of.

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Approval for Boston harbour dredging

Approval for Boston harbour dredging

(VLR) A US$310 million project to dredge Boston Harbour received federal funding when President Obama signed the Water Resources Reform and Development Act, legislation that authorises $12.3 billion for water projects throughout the country.

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Cosco to Launch Asia-Houston Loop With Newest Ship

Cosco to Launch Asia-Houston Loop With Newest Ship

(VLR) Cosco Container Lines plans to launch its new all-water service next month between East Asia, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico.It will be the maiden voyage for the Cosco Auckland, the latest addition to the carrier’s container ship fleet.

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