What Container News does

Container News is a privately held B2B media company operating a maritime and shipping industry news portal focused on liner shipping, container applications, ports, and freight rate intelligence. Founded in 2015 and based in Piraeus, Greece, the company publishes daily news, market analysis, interviews, leadership moves coverage, and curated shipping rate/surcharge information. Its product portfolio includes the core news portal, five freight index pages (CN Index, NYFI, SCFI, CCFI, NCFI), CN Premium subscription, CN Magazine, CNTV video platform, and an RSS syndication feed.

The platform is built on a web-based content management and publishing system with multimedia, email newsletter, and social media distribution capabilities, and is powered by technology partner Digital Dream. Content is distributed globally via the website, RSS, email, LinkedIn, Twitter/X, Facebook, and YouTube.

Container News monetizes through three revenue streams: recurring CN Premium subscriptions (including magazine and exclusive articles), display advertising, and sponsored content placements targeted at maritime vendors and service providers. The company operates with 1-10 employees and no disclosed external funding, serving shipping industry professionals, port and logistics operators, and trade and supply chain professionals who rely on the platform for market intelligence and rate benchmarking.

Name

Container News

Legal name

Container News

Website

https://container-news.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Container News is a privately held B2B maritime news portal, founded in 2015 in Piraeus, Greece, providing daily coverage of liner shipping, freight indexes, ports, and industry leadership to shipping professionals, port operators, and logistics companies globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Piraeus

HQ country

Greece

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. CN Premium Subscriptions: Subscription-based revenue from CN Premium packages offering exclusive content, magazine access, and premium articles.
2. Advertising and Sponsorships: Display advertising and sponsored content placements on the website and within articles.
3. Sponsored Content: Sponsored articles and content partnerships with maritime industry vendors and service providers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Container News operates a B2B maritime news portal covering liner shipping, container applications, ports, freight rates, and shipping industry developments. The platform publishes daily news, market analysis, executive interviews, and freight index data (CN Index, NYFI, SCFI, CCFI, NCFI), with a CN Premium subscription tier providing exclusive content, a digital magazine, and in-depth industry reporting. Content is distributed via website, email newsletter, RSS feed, social media, and YouTube (CNTV).

Product overview

Container News is a maritime and shipping news portal offering a unified platform of news, freight indices, and premium content services. The core offering is the Container News news portal, which is supplemented by multiple freight index products (CN Index, NYFI, SCFI, CCFI, NCFI) that provide market benchmarking data. Premium subscribers access CN Premium, CN Magazine, and exclusive CN Premium Articles. Additional content verticals include Leadership Moves, Market Insights, PortSide Stories, and CN Opinions. The platform distributes content via RSS feed and video through CNTV. The architecture is a news-and-content platform with subscription-based premium tiers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Container News Portal A web-based maritime and shipping news portal providing daily coverage of liner shipping, ports, freight rates, shipping companies, and industry analysis, serving maritime professionals worldwide.
• CN Index A proprietary freight index providing market data and benchmarking for container shipping rates, used by shipping professionals for rate intelligence.
• NYFI (New York Shipping Exchange Index) New York Shipping Exchange freight index providing market data for container shipping rates, tracked and published by Container News.
• SCFI (Shanghai Containerized Freight Index) Shanghai Containerized Freight Index tracking container shipping rates on major trade routes.
• CCFI (China Containerized Freight Index) China Containerized Freight Index providing market benchmarking data for container shipping professionals.
• NCFI (Ningbo Containerized Freight Index) Ningbo Containerized Freight Index providing market data for the Ningbo-Zhoushan port region.
• CN Premium Subscription Premium subscription tier offering exclusive articles, in-depth reporting, and locked premium content access for maritime industry professionals.
• CN Magazine Monthly digital magazine providing in-depth coverage of container shipping and maritime industry topics, available to CN Premium subscribers.
• CNTV Video platform featuring industry interviews, news coverage, and visual reporting on maritime topics, hosted on YouTube as containernewsTV.
• RSS Feed XML-based content syndication feed allowing users and aggregators to subscribe and receive automated maritime news updates.

Quantifiable outcome

• Comprehensive coverage spanning 278+ pages of editorial content

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Lloyd's List: One of the world's oldest and most established maritime news brands, publishing daily intelligence on shipping, ports, and maritime finance. Directly comparable as a subscription-based maritime news outlet serving similar shipping executive, trader, and shipowner audiences, but with far larger scale, deeper archives, and a much broader portfolio across Lloyd's Register.
• TradeWinds: Long-running international shipping newspaper covering shipowning, shipbuilding, and offshore markets with paid subscription access. Comparable as a subscription maritime trade publication serving similar shipping industry decision-makers, though with broader sector coverage and decades of established institutional readership.

Direct peers

• Splash 247: Daily maritime news site focusing on container shipping, tankers, and shipowning, published from Hong Kong. Closely comparable as a digital-first maritime news outlet specializing in container shipping and liner markets, monetized through advertising and a Premium subscription tier—nearly identical editorial focus to Container News.
• Port Technology International: Digital publication covering port operations, container terminal technology, and maritime logistics with news, interviews, and event-driven content. Comparable as a digital maritime industry outlet serving port operators, terminal operators, and logistics professionals with focused coverage of container shipping and port news similar to Container News's Ports vertical.
• Ship & Bunker: Maritime news and price reporting publication focused on marine fuels, bunker markets, and shipping industry developments. Comparable as a niche digital maritime news outlet serving shipping professionals with daily news, market data, and subscription offerings similar in model to Container News's CN Index product.
• The Maritime Executive: Online maritime industry news publication covering global shipping, naval, offshore, and regulatory developments. Comparable as a digital maritime news outlet targeting industry professionals with free content, sponsored/advertising revenue, and content syndication similar to Container News.
• gCaptain: A widely read maritime industry news and discussion portal covering commercial shipping, ports, and seafarer topics, monetized via advertising and community engagement. Closest direct comparable to Container News as a digital-first maritime news outlet serving industry professionals with free ad-supported content plus community features.

Regional players

• Hellenic Shipping News: Greek-based shipping news portal covering global maritime and shipping markets with free ad-supported content. Comparable as a Greek maritime news outlet serving similar shipowner, broker, and shipping professional audiences; competes in the same Piraeus-rooted media ecosystem but is broader in geographic orientation.

Emerging players

• FreightWaves: U.S.-based freight and logistics news and data platform covering trucking, ocean, air, and rail freight with subscription tiers and SONAR data products. Comparable as a freight-focused digital media and data business, but with a much broader multimodal scope and more developed data/SaaS revenue layer than Container News.
• Drewry Maritime Research: Maritime and supply chain research firm publishing freight rate indexes, market reports, and consulting services to shipping industry clients. Comparable as a maritime intelligence provider whose freight index products (Drewry, WCI) overlap directly with Container News's CN Index, NYFI, SCFI, CCFI, and NCFI tracking offerings.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/container_news
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@containernewsTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/ContainerNewsCN
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/container-news

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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