Lloyd's List • October 22, 2025

Crude tankers firing on all cylinders as oil in transit soars

Sanctioned barrels responsible for oil in transit surge

Lloyd's List • October 16, 2025

US-listed shipowners still don’t know their liability from Chinese port fees

Chinese port fees expected to further 'fragment global' fleet

Lloyd's List • October 12, 2025

US ownership clause of Chinese port fees could cast ‘wide net’

Chinese port fees could have a significant market effect

Lloyd's List • October 1, 2025

Stakes couldn’t be higher in blockbuster Supreme Court tariff case

Trade policy experts discuss enormous consequences of looming Supreme Court decision

Lloyd's List • September 26, 2025

The rise and fall of container spot rates — and what it means for 2026

SCFI Shanghai-US west coast index dropped to lowest point since July 7, 2023

Lloyd's List • September 11, 2025

Bulker fallout looms as trade tensions threaten US soyabean season

US grain exports look like they're poised to fall back

Lloyd's List • September 4, 2025

US tariff maze could become even more difficult after court ruling

Positives and negatives of Supreme Court ruling

Lloyd's List • August 20, 2025

Zim warns of transpacific spot rate weakness through year-end

New guidance implies 2H25 adjusted ebit of -$62m to $338m

Lloyd's List • August 14, 2025

How court ruling on Trump’s tariffs could impact container shipping

Could Trump lose appeals and emergency tariffs be ruled illegal?

Lloyd's List • August 5, 2025

The Daily View: Next phase of tariff fallout begins

Demand fallout will get worse before it gets better

Lloyd's List • July 10, 2025

Peak season may have already peaked as Trump tariffs darken outlook

Tariffs could be increasingly negative for volumes in second half

Lloyd's List • June 17, 2025

Wilbur Ross predicts that US protectionism will curb global shipping demand

Aggressive trade policies during Trump 2.0 will constrain long-term growth for maritime transport

Lloyd's List • June 12, 2025

No tariff relief despite US-China ‘deal’ hype — a negative for shipping

‘We are getting a total of 55% tariffs, China is getting 10%,’ says Trump

Lloyd's List • June 6, 2025

Mixed signals on transpacific: Spot rates still rising but bookings momentum stalls

Bookings of China-US cargoes have declined 26% from the peak in mid-May

Lloyd's List • May 29, 2025

US court rules against tariffs but ‘Trump 2.0 trade wars aren’t over yet’

Court decision creates ‘a new level of uncertainty’

Lloyd's List • May 19, 2025

Zim strikes cautious tone, citing uncertainty on rebound duration

Demand rebound could be short lived; trade war could still play out negatively for second-half results

Lloyd's List • May 16, 2025

Transpacific rates spike but Walmart warns that China tariffs are ‘still too high’

The China-US container trade has suddenly flipped from famine to feast

Lloyd's List • May 15, 2025

The Daily View: Beware the anchoring bias

US tariffs down sharply, but still very high

Lloyd's List • May 12, 2025

US-China trade war de-escalation was expected — but not this fast

Extreme whipsaws in trade policy continue, with major consequences for shipping demand.

Lloyd's List • May 8, 2025

Maersk sees 30%-40% drop in China-US trade and ‘race’ for inventories

If there is no thaw in the US-China trade war by this summer, time will run out