#Air Cargo

Major shipping delays tie up millions in our cashflow, say Hong Kong BCOs

Shipping delays in Hong Kong are causing “big trouble” for local manufacturers, tying up millions of dollars in cashflow. According to Steve Chuang, depu...

MSC warns of international intermodal impacts on West and East coasts

Ocean carrier MSC reports that U.S. freight railroads have started to reduce import rail traffic at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach as well as New York as th...

Carriers need to cover soaring costs in congested Aussie/NZ trades says ANL

Port congestion, sky high charters and booming import demand means little prospect of freight rate respite for shippers in Australia and New Zealand. According to Sh...

Container Ships In High Demand as Rates Skyrocket

The container ship segment has exploded over the past couple of months and along with it, so has demand for container carriers. According to Intermodal’s lates...

Full steam ahead: Why container ships are racing across the Pacific

There are almost no container ships in the world left for liners to charter. Secondhand purchase prices are through the roof. It takes two years or more to get a new...

Cosco splashes $1.5bn on ten boxships at CSHI

Chinese shipping giant Cosco has entered into contracts with affiliate shipbuilder Cosco Shipping Heavy Industry Yangzhou for the construction of ten containerships....

Cyprus Maritime seals the containership deal of the year

In a year where seemingly every last transaction sets a new container shipping S&P record, Cyprus Maritime has pulled off an extraordinary coup. The Cypriot o...

Import containers to be fumigated as Australia enforces Khapra beetle rules

Regulations requiring import containers from 40 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa to be fumigated to prevent the migration of Khapra beetles...

Maersk persists in Iranian-owned containers ban

Maersk has announced it will continue not to accept any Iranian-owned containers on its vessels, applying potential fines and penalties in such cases, in a decision...

Ningbo Ocean Shipping joins box ship newbuild buying spree

Ningbo Ocean Shipping Company (NBOSCO) has joined its peers in the newbuilding ‘arms race’. The Ningbo Port Group subsidiary has ordered three 3,300 t...

Container ship at Dubai's largest port erupts in flames

A container ship anchored at Dubai's huge port has caught fire, the emirate's media office reported, causing an explosion that sent tremors across the commer...

Report: Container Ship Hit by Suspected Missile Attack in Indian Ocean

An Iran-affiliated outlet has reported an attack on the boxship CSAV Tyndall, a vessel previously owned by Israeli shipowner Eyal Ofer.  According to Israeli me...

BGMEA, BFFA for direct vessel operations with Europe, USA

At a meeting held at Chattogram BGMEA Bhaban on Sunday, leaders of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) and the Bangladesh Freight...

Shippers Fret as ‘Opaque’ Detention and Demurrage Charges Soar

By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – A doubling of detention and demurrage charges (D&D) during the pandemic has resulted in complaints across the US, Euro...

Extreme Freight Rates Begin to Change Shippers' Calculations

The containerized shipping industry has been essential to global commerce for its low shipping costs. However, high freight rates are starting to have an impact on c...