Hapag-Lloyd’s clear objective is to enhance transparency With this initiative on schedule reliability, Hapag-Lloyd is tackling one of the main challenges faced by the global shipping industry. Container shipping [...]
BIMCO, the Baltic and International Maritime Council, the big shipowners' association, has reported that its dry bulk and container sectors have enjoyed 'unseasonably' high profits during the 18-month Covid [...]
Another week, another record for container shipping spot rates. And alarmingly for shippers, upward rate momentum is accelerating.Different indexes come up with different numbers, and the premium charges on [...]
Consumer will pay the high cost price America’s National Retail Federation yesterday asked president Joe Biden to step in and help fix port congestion as retailers face up to [...]
Have we asked ourselves this question recently? When the idea of the autonomous ship was first brought to market, there were many sceptics, and many raised the question: Is [...]
Strengthening international trade rules and trade-enforcement mechanisms A report issued this week by the White House, Building Resilient Supply Chains, Revitalizing American Manufacturing, and Fostering Broad-Based Growth, recommends strengthening [...]
Two reasons for capacity crunch Copenhagen-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has analysed the capacity shortages in maritime transport that are leading to record margins. As there is no global container [...]
China’s exports continued to surge in May Exports grew almost 28% in dollar terms in May from a year earlier, the customs administration said Monday, weaker than forecast and [...]
Ship has been denied for 10weeks. Nearly two months since the death of an Italian captain onboard Evergreen’s 5,090 teu Ital Libera and his family are still unable to [...]
Canal transit within a convoy is controlled by the Suez Canal pilots and SCA vessel traffic management services The insurer of the giant, 20,388 teu Ever Given has fired [...]
