Freight disruptions that started in 2025

Events

5

Ongoing now

0

Most severe

2 (Moderate)

Events by the month they started. Months with events link to the list below the strip.

1. Jan0 events in January 2025
2. Feb0 events in February 2025
3. Mar0 events in March 2025
4. Apr2 events in April 2025
5. May0 events in May 2025
6. Jun0 events in June 2025
7. Jul0 events in July 2025
8. Aug0 events in August 2025
9. Sep0 events in September 2025
10. Oct3 events in October 2025
11. Nov0 events in November 2025
12. Dec0 events in December 2025

• April 2025: Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas; Iberian power blackout halts container terminals at Spanish ports
• October 2025: Pilot work-to-rule and national strike disrupt Port of Antwerp-Bruges; Lashing workers strike halts container handling at the Port of Rotterdam; United States and China levy port fees on each other's vessels

One lead figure per event, the current primary measurement with the largest absolute standardised score, ranked by that score. 4 of 4 shown.

• Lashing workers strike halts container handling at the Port of Rotterdam · Labour action, severity 2 (Moderate), started 2025-10-08 (8 October 2025)

  Container ship port calls, Rotterdam, 2025-10-08 (8 October 2025) to 2025-10-13 (13 October 2025): 10.0 calls per day against 19.3 expected (-48.3%, standardised score -1.9).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

• Pilot work-to-rule and national strike disrupt Port of Antwerp-Bruges · Labour action, severity 2 (Moderate), started 2025-10-05 (5 October 2025)

  Port calls, Antwerp, 2025-10-05 (5 October 2025) to 2025-10-20 (20 October 2025): 46.3 calls per day against 57.2 expected (-19.2%, standardised score -1.4).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

• Iberian power blackout halts container terminals at Spanish ports · Infrastructure failure, severity 1 (Minor), started 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025)

  Port calls, Algeciras, 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025) to 2025-04-29 (29 April 2025): 12.0 calls per day against 17.5 expected (-31.4%, standardised score -1.3).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

• Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas · Fire, severity 2 (Moderate), started 2025-04-26 (26 April 2025)

  Port calls, Bandar Shahid Rajaee, 2025-04-26 (26 April 2025) to 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025): 1.0 calls per day against 1.8 expected (-0.8, standardised score -0.5).

  Source: IMF PortWatch (portwatch.imf.org), International Monetary Fund, using UN Global Platform AIS data. Statistics derived by World Freight Monitor. Terms.

  This is a measured change in public data during the event window, compared with a baseline before it. It shows timing, not cause. We describe an event as causing a change only when an official source says so.

2 events that started before 2025 and were still in force during it.

• EU ban on seaborne Russian crude and the G7 price cap take effect, started 2022-12-05 (5 December 2022), still ongoing.
• Attacks on shipping in the Red Sea divert traffic around Africa, started 2023-11-19 (19 November 2023), still ongoing.

5 events with an end date in 2025, whichever year they started.

• Explosion and fire at Shahid Rajaee Port near Bandar Abbas, started 2025-04-26 (26 April 2025), ended 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025).
• Iberian power blackout halts container terminals at Spanish ports, started 2025-04-28 (28 April 2025), ended 2025-04-29 (29 April 2025).
• Pilot work-to-rule and national strike disrupt Port of Antwerp-Bruges, started 2025-10-05 (5 October 2025), ended 2025-10-20 (20 October 2025).
• Lashing workers strike halts container handling at the Port of Rotterdam, started 2025-10-08 (8 October 2025), ended 2025-10-13 (13 October 2025).
• United States and China levy port fees on each other's vessels, started 2025-10-14 (14 October 2025), ended 2025-11-10 (10 November 2025).