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Cargo salvage booms as abandoned goods litter supply chain
Global supply chain problems have thrown up everything from abandoned containers full of rotten red cabbages to beer kegs and dog blankets. The stranded, u...
The Loadstar: A Year of Covid Variants and Milking the Freight Rate Cash Cow
Starting the year in lockdown and ending the year in lockdown, it all seems like a scene from the Bill Murray classic film Groundhog Day, but in between we did...
The Unique Way Cargo Ships May Soon Cross The Ocean
It may — at first glance, anyway — seem far-fetched, but a French shipping company, a multinational aerospace corporation, and a French technology compan...
San Pedro Ports Delay Container Dwell Fee For Seventh Week
The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are once again postponing the implementation of the new “container dwell fees,” marking a seventh week in a row....
Ningbo shippers divert as exports are hit by Covid-restricted trucking
Forwarders are shifting volumes to congested-Shanghai to avoid landside delays, despite carrier schedules so far unaffected by the newest Covid-disruption at Ningbo....
Boxship newbuilds will just join port queues unless landside bottlenecks fixed
Summarising the last year in container shipping Xeneta chief analyst Sand highlighted that if volume growth in 2021 over pre-pandemic 2019 was compared against fleet...
Hyundai Glovis moves into container freight with new China subsidiary
South Korean vehicle maker Hyundai’s logistics unit, Hyundai Glovis, has itself established a subsidiary in Chengdu, in China’s Sichuan province. Chen...
2021 carrier bonanza could presage a crash of the ocean titans in 2022
Reading supply chain industry tea leaves has become near-impossible over the past couple of years. Nonetheless, the first missive from Fiata this year cont...
Conoship Unveils Series of ‘Future-Proof’ General Cargo Ships
Dutch ship designer Conoship International Projects has unveiled its design for a series of six “future-proof” general cargo ships which the co...
MSC Passes Maersk to Become World’s Top Container Shipping Line
The Danish carrier has been overtaken by Mediterranean Shipping Co. in terms of capacity, according to data compiled by Alphaliner and published on Wednesd...
Ever Wondered What All of Those Container Ships Stacked Up at Port Look Like?
On a recent flight home to Southern California, we flew over the Port of Long Beach, one of the busiest ports in the country. We’ve seen the blinking lights of...
British Freight Lobby Calls for Investigation Into Container Shipping ‘Profiteering’
The British International Freight Association is calling on the U.K. government to investigate the state of competition within the global container-shipping market,...
Fuel Problems Force Containership to Divert for Emergency Repairs
A South Korean containership was forced to turn around in the Pacific and seek a port of refuge after reportedly suffering an engine problem that is being blamed on...
Container Shortage Sparks Experiment to Ship Coffee In Bulk
In the coffee trading world, a ship steaming across the Atlantic Ocean is garnering a lot of attention. A break-bulk vessel named Eagle has wound its way from Lam...
Werehousing and Distribution
Om Bali Cargo facilities streamline the shipping process by taking care of your shipments every step of the way, from simple tasks like labelling, to complex pick an...
01 September 2024
Container Prices Double, Leasing Rates Triple in China
04 September 2024
Maersk sets new bar with shipping’s first climate target validation
06 September 2024
Port of Los Angeles Reports Another Busy Month for Cargo Volumes
09 Agustus 2024