This comes after the ocean carrier had conducted limited trial transits on some services through the Suez Canal in November and December of 2025.

Misrata free zone, established in 2000, is home to Libya’s largest commercial port that controls 60% of the North African country’s non-oil trade. 

With the Port of Long Beach expecting to handle 9 million TEUs in 2026, CEO Noel Hacegaba stressed the need to operate "like a 115-year startup."

Some ships have been sailing close to the Turkish coastline, rather than across the center of the Black Sea in the hope of avoiding Ukrainian drones.

The attacks risk further disrupting loadings at CPC, where planned shipments have already plunged due to bad winter weather and mooring damage from a recent drone strike. 

The drilling vessel is backed by Japanese government funding, and will spend a month collecting rare earth sludge along a four-mile-deep seabed.

The voyage marks another step toward normalization of global supply lines, after Yemen-based Houthis in 2023 began attacking vessels, forcing shipowners to sail south of Africa.

The Port of Los Angeles also realigned Knoll Drive, which borders the west side of the facility across the water from Terminal Island and runs parallel to I-110.

U.S. import volumes are forecast to come in around 2.1 million TEUs for the opening month of 2026, which would be a 6.6% increase over December 2025.

The ship’s predicament shows the ripple effects of U.S. moves to control more of Venezuela’s oil riches.