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Container freight on the Asia-US lane, with the numbers checked and the sources named.
Independent research on the ports, rates, and disruptions moving Asian cargo to the United States. Written for freight forwarders, customs brokers, and shippers who need the figure and the source behind it, not a carrier press release rewritten as news.
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August 27, 2026
Jebel Ali handled 374,000 TEU in Q2 2026, down from 3.8 million a year earlier — a 90% drop that moved it from 10th to 32nd in the global port rankings. Nhava Sheva grew 13.6% over the same half and climbed to 21st. But Nhava Sheva's gain accounts for only about 11% of what Jebel Ali lost. The rest of that cargo isn't showing up anywhere.
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