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Container shipping ex China grinding to a halt carriers can’t carry on much longer
The coronavirus outbreak in China continues to severely disrupt supply chains, the few export sailings this week not cancelled by carriers departed barely 10% full....
Cargo Facts Asia conference moves to Singapore in wake of coronavirus
Cargo Facts Asia 2020 has moved to Singapore in response to the novel coronavirus that began in China in December. Royal Media Group, Cargo Facts Asia’s pro...
SM Line signs with MSC and Maersk on the transpacific
As MSC and Maersk prepare to bid farewell to partner HMM, they’ve found a new Korean liner to help out on the transpacific. HMM, South Korea’s flagshi...
Global shipping has been hit by the coronavirus, Now goods are getting stranded
The arteries of global trade are clogging up. Shipping companies that carry goods from China to the rest of the world say they are reducing the number of seaborne...
Medics refusing to board ships arriving from China?
Strange news, or rumors, from Greece – mega container ship YM WARRANTY can’t enter Piraeus port on arrival from China, via Singapore and Suez, because me...
How the coronavirus impacts container availability
Everyone is talking about the coronavirus in Wuhan, China. Thousands of people have been infected all over the world with the number of deaths from the virus now in...
Hamburg denies it will lose volumes in shipping alliance network shifts
By Gavin van Marle 24/01/2020 The German container gateway of Hamburg won’t see a drop in throughput after the shipping alliance network reshu...
A tough end to the year for cargo at Europe’s major airlines
By Damian Brett The end of year traffic figures from European airlines sum up what a tough year 2019 was for the air cargo business. Figures just released by L...
Brussels Airport to restructure and expand cargo team
10 / 01 / 2020 By Damian Brett Brussels Airport has centralised the entire responsibility of all activities in the cargo zone within the cargo...
Qatar Cargo to launch freighter service to Japan
10 / 01 / 2020 By Damian Brett Qatar Cargo will enter the Japanese market with a new freighter service to Kansai International Airport. The scheduled servic...
06 January 2025
Hurricane Beryl trims cargo volumes in Houston and New Orleans
25 January 2025
Container freight rates tumble
08 February 2025