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Unstable Schedules: How Do You Defend Against the “Blunt Force” of Blank Sailings?

Unstable Schedules: How Do You Defend Against the “Blunt Force” of Blank Sailings?

Global schedule reliability remains erratic, and blank sailings have become carriers’ week-to-week capacity lever. If you optimize for “lowest price” alone, hidden costs - from delays, inventory, storage, and missed retail windows - can snowball. You need full armor, from operations to contracts.

TCIT Reaches 2 Million TEUs for the Third Time: The Momentum of Vietnam’s Leading Deep-Sea Port

TCIT Reaches 2 Million TEUs for the Third Time: The Momentum of Vietnam’s Leading Deep-Sea Port

On the morning of November 24, 2025, at the berth of Tan Cang–Cai Mep International Terminal (TCIT), container FFAU6456618 carrying electronic components was loaded onto the ONE GRUS vessel operating the EC3 service connecting Vietnam and the United States under the Premier Alliance. It was not merely a routine handling operation, but the moment TCIT recorded its 2,000,000th TEU handled in 2025 - 22 days earlier than in 2020 and nearly one month earlier than in 2021, despite ongoing volatility i

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Đứt gãy địa chính trị và tuyến đường mới: air cargo Á - Âu xoay trục ra sao?

Đứt gãy địa chính trị và tuyến đường mới: air cargo Á - Âu xoay trục ra sao?

Từ cuối năm 2023 đến nay, xung đột tại Gaza và chuỗi tấn công của lực lượng Houthi vào tàu thương mại ở Biển Đỏ đã làm đảo lộn một trong những tuyến huyết mạch của thương mại toàn cầu. Hơn 40% luồng hàng Á – Âu từng đi qua Hồng Hải – kênh Suez nay buộc phải vòng xuống mũi Hảo Vọng, làm tăng thêm 10–15 ngày hành trình, chi phí vận tải và bảo hiểm leo thang chưa từng có.

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Is the Red Sea About to “Reopen”: How a Return to Suez Could Reshape the Market?

Is the Red Sea About to “Reopen”: How a Return to Suez Could Reshape the Market?

After more than a year of diversions around the Cape of Good Hope, signals of a gradual “reopening” through the Suez Canal are picking up. But how open, how fast, and how will rates and schedules react? This article maps the key scenarios - grounded in carrier guidance and the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) and offers a practical playbook for shippers over the next 6-12 months.

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Red Sea & Suez 2025: Waiting for a New “Safety Standard” Before Returning to Route

Red Sea & Suez 2025: Waiting for a New “Safety Standard” Before Returning to Route

Since early 2024, ocean carriers have avoided the Suez route due to armed attacks. Moving into 2025, the market remains in a wait-and-see posture as security risks ebb and flow alongside diplomatic efforts. Carriers and cargo owners alike are repricing risk on Asia–Europe and Asia–Mediterranean lanes, with war-risk insurance, the extra sailing time around the Cape of Good Hope, and empty-equipment availability emerging as critical variables.

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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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Ocean Rates Whipsaw, Airfreight Echoes

Ocean Rates Whipsaw, Airfreight Echoes

After a sharp surge at the start of the year and a cool-down from midyear, Asia–US and Asia–Europe container rates have been swinging unpredictably. Every swell at sea immediately echoes into exporters’ decisions in ASEAN on whether to switch transport modes.

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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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Gemini’s “90% On-Time” — A Promise Amid the Red Sea Swell

Gemini’s “90% On-Time” — A Promise Amid the Red Sea Swell

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd launched the Gemini network in February 2025 with a bold pledge of “90% reliability”—even as Asia–Europe services were still rerouting around the Cape of Good Hope to avoid the Red Sea.

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Malaysia Tightens AIS and Anchorage/STS: A Lesson for Fighting Illicit Ship-to-Ship Transfers in the South China Sea

Malaysia Tightens AIS and Anchorage/STS: A Lesson for Fighting Illicit Ship-to-Ship Transfers in the South China Sea

From the start of Q3/2025, a string of signals from Malaysia shows the authorities have moved from “advice” to “tightening” with respect to anchorage and ship-to-ship (STS) transfers in waters under Malaysian jurisdiction.

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Maritime Security in the Digital Age: Threats No Longer Come Only from the Sea

Maritime Security in the Digital Age: Threats No Longer Come Only from the Sea

As global maritime transport becomes increasingly digitalized and automated, threats to maritime security no longer stem solely from piracy or traditional warfare. Instead, they are shifting toward targeted, sophisticated cyberattacks with global impact.

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Firefighting at Sea & the “Port of Refuge” Dilemma: Lessons from Marie Maersk to Wan Hai 503

Firefighting at Sea & the “Port of Refuge” Dilemma: Lessons from Marie Maersk to Wan Hai 503

Container fires in the open sea are not only life-or-death trials for crews and cargo worth hundreds of millions of USD. Behind the decision to request entry into a “port of refuge” lies a chain of considerations involving maritime safety, environmental protection, international law, and the cascading effects on the global supply chain.

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“Ship Doctors” – The Silent Guardians of Life at Sea

“Ship Doctors” – The Silent Guardians of Life at Sea

Amid long voyages across the vast oceans, where medical support is hundreds of nautical miles away, the role of ship officers acting as “reluctant doctors” becomes crucial to survival.

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Red Sea in Turmoil: Alternative Routes and the Global Supply Chain Revolution

Red Sea in Turmoil: Alternative Routes and the Global Supply Chain Revolution

As attacks on commercial vessels in the Red Sea intensify, the global maritime transport industry is experiencing a seismic shock. Ships veering away from the Suez Canal are not merely avoiding risks—they are signaling the emergence of a new order, where supply chains must not only be fast but also resilient amidst global turbulence.

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From Deep-Sea Ports to Electric Barges: A Major Shift in Vietnam’s Logistics

From Deep-Sea Ports to Electric Barges: A Major Shift in Vietnam’s Logistics

Vietnam is gradually affirming its position as an emerging logistics hub in Southeast Asia, not only thanks to its impressive economic growth rate but also due to its strategic investments in transportation, logistics, and port infrastructure. Within this development wave,

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Thuy Van Square Landmark – A New Architectural Icon for Vung Tau

Thuy Van Square Landmark – A New Architectural Icon for Vung Tau

Vung Tau City, with its strategic position in tourism and commerce, is increasingly drawing attention not only for its economic development potential but also for its unique architectural projects. The Thuy Van Square Landmark is a prime example, promising to become a new symbol and elevate the city's tourism brand. This article provides an overview of the project, its architectural significance, and the creative solutions proposed by its designers.

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Looking from the sea... Lunch at Ganh Hao restaurant with Mr. Pham Van Triem

Looking from the sea... Lunch at Ganh Hao restaurant with Mr. Pham Van Triem

There's something I find strange (!) Between me and Mr. Pham Van Triem, we've been longtime friends, both originating from Quang Ngai and choosing Ba Ria - Vung Tau (BRVT) as our second homeland to live and start our careers... But I've only spent about five years working in BRVT before "roaming" along my profession, while Mr. Triem seems to have deeply bonded with this beautiful land.

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Mr. Pham Anh Tuan (U&I Logistics): "There is no battle without a battle plan, but..."

Mr. Pham Anh Tuan (U&I Logistics): "There is no battle without a battle plan, but..."

Shortly after the Air Cargo Agency of U&I Logistics Corporation (U&I Logistics) became a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), Mr. Pham Anh Tuan - Air Freight & Overseas Director, represented U&I Logistics, responded to an interview with Vietnam Logistics Review (VLR) regarding issues related to air freight services in the current "hotspots" and crises in the Red Sea.

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The sunken ship in Red Sea and The Lost Cham Treasure

The sunken ship in Red Sea and The Lost Cham Treasure

According to researchers, the treasure that Mekong supposed to bring back to France at that time was collected in the Sa Huynh - Vijaya Cultural area from Quang Nam to Binh Thuan and it was not the only treasure of the Champa Kingdom.

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Renewing ourselves with deep desire

Renewing ourselves with deep desire

I just had a few days living by the sea in the period of full moon.

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Different colors of autumn

Different colors of autumn

Autumn has its own colors, space and shapes. We sometimes find autumn has come with a chilly wind, with a scent from milkwood flowers somewhere. And autumn comes with different colors, scents on different corners of the country.

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Reducing logistics costs: A difficult problem

Reducing logistics costs: A difficult problem

Cutting logistics costs will improve competition abilities of Vietnamese enterprises, contributing to socio-economic development.

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