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Increased container freight prices threaten exports
The Reserve Bank of India stated that - while exports have been encouraging and merchandise trade have rebounded - rising freight prices continue to pose a challenge. “Buoyed by strong external demand and base effects, exports registered a sharp expansion ...Read More
Increased shipping costs affect consumer prices
The increasing price of shipping goods across the world may affect your household expenses from a cup of coffee each morning to children's toys. Shipping a 12m steel container of cargo by sea from Shanghai to Rotterdam now costs a ...Read More
Suez Canal blockage – future for shipping
The recent blockage of the Suez Canal demonstrates the necessity of developing the Northern Sea Route as an alternative means of shipping goods between Asia and Europe, said the president of the Arctic Economic Council. The 'Ever Given'container vessel ran ...Read More
Gothenburg Terminal sees fastest growth in Sweden
Figures from the Swedish Ports Association show that the largest ports in Sweden attract significant growth, while smaller ports experience declining volumes. Quarter III of 2020 was challenging for Swedish shipping and many Swedish ports lost volume. Cargo flows increasingly ...Read More
Australia calls for container detention exemption
Freight and trade groups in Australia are asking for container detention charges to be curtailed because of the Sydney container logistics chain’s continuing congestion spasm. It is accepted that the root cause is the back-up of empty freight containers due ...Read More
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New Irish Sea shipping route
A shipping company has announced a new freight service out of the Port of Liverpool to meet growing demand. the new tri-weekly Liverpool to Dublin service is being launched due to an increase of container traffic across the Irish Sea. ...Read More
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Stockholm Ro-Ro port to open
Ninety percent of imports arrive in Sweden by sea, and the Stockholm region takes half of Sweden’s entire consumption. The opening of the new container freight port at Norvik increases opportunities to transport freight by sea as close to the ...Read More
First Containership Arrives at Newest Port in Sweden
A containership yesterday claimed the maiden call at the newest freight port in Sweden, Stockholm Norvik Port, following the completion of a long port construction project. The container terminal is now open, for vessels to call and for shore-based business ...Read More
Shipping Industry Covid-19 aftermath
The 'Big 3' shipping alliances — 2M, Ocean Alliance, and The Alliance — are cutting back operations to prevent freight rates from falling because of a steep decline in cargo volumes. There were 212 temporary cancellations of container ships from ...Read More
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New land-sea freight service from Chongqing, China
The Chongqing Municipality in the south West of China has launched a special cargo train service to help export businesses affected by the Covid 19 outbreak via its land-sea freight route. A train transporting 50 containers of sodium carbonate cargo, ...Read More
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China plans land-sea freight system
China is planning an efficient and environmentally friendly freight system in the west of the country by 2025. Railway networks and sea ports are to be expanded under the plan. The plan said that 500 000 standard containers will be ...Read More
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Container goods improve port throughput
In the first half of the year import and export trade figures reached a record at Rotterdam. The largest port in Europe handled more container goods and imports of oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) rose. Total freight throughput in ...Read More
Container Terminal in Sweden growing
A new greenfield container terminal at the Port of Gävle, Sweden is to be developed based on finance from a Swedish investment company. Gävle is Sweden’s third largest container port, and has experienced significant growth for some time. Demand for ...Read More
New Leicestershire rail freight interchange
A leading multi-modal logistics company will operate the Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) at SEGRO Logistics Park East Midlands Gateway (SLP-EMG). They will also base their Rail Headquarters at the site. The rail terminal will be able to handle up ...Read More
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Logistics and transport after Brexit
Hauliers who currently carry export or import cargo to and from Europe may need to plan for alternative routes to move goods, according to the Government's Technical Notices published in August. They may need to use different modes of transport ...Read More
China: Inaugural NZ avocado import season kicks off with large fruit
A company in New Zealand has sent the country’s first ever commercial avocado shipment to China on Sept. 18. Closer to China than its Latin American Competitors, but with higher labor costs and far less volume, New Zealand's challenge is ...Read More
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Argentina lemon exports to Japan
Argentina recommenced lemon exports this year,to both the USA and Japan. Lemon exports from Argentina to Japan have been allowed since 2003, but protocols on cold storage resulted in problems for Argentine producers and hampered sales. The Argentine Foreign Office ...Read More
Citrus exports from Peru could increase by 15%
According to the general manager of the Association of Producers of Citrus of Peru, the country could export 192 thousand tons of citrus this year, i.e. 15% more than the 167 thousand tons it dispatched in the previous season. He ...Read More
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New train freight train connects the Netherlands to China
A new railway service connecting Amsterdam and Yiwu in China was launched on March 7. The 11,000-kilometre route travels through Germany, Poland, Belarus, Russia and Kazakhstan before it reaches China. “Today, the first freight train begins its journey from Amsterdam ...Read More
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“Amber train” for Baltic state container rail freight
A new route for Baltic container freight is planned to go from Šestokai on Lithuania's border with Poland via Riga to Tallinn, state-owned Latvijas dzelzceļš (LDz) said. Representatives of Latvijas dzelzceļš, representatives of the Lithuanian state railway company AB Lietuvos ...Read More
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Record freight in 2017 at Rotterdam
Rotterdam port grew in 2017 helped by a significant gain in container throughput, the port authority said in a statement. Total cargo volume increased by 1.3% to 476 (461) million tonnes. Container volume was higher at 142.6 million tonnes, a ...Read More
Port of Gothenburg 2017 container volume falls
The Port of Gothenburg in Sweden had its worst year ever for container volumes in 2017, due to prolonged labour issues. The number of boxes moving through the port plunged 19% to 644,000 teu from 798,000 teu in the previous ...Read More
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Abu Dhabi New Container Port
A shipping line and port operator based in China has held a ground breaking ceremony for the new Abu Dhabi Container Terminal at Khalifa Port. The ceremony was presided over by Dr Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of State and ...Read More
Freight forwarder expresses concern about shipping alliances’
A Miami-headquartered online freight forwarder has warned that the launch next week of new shipping alliances will result in a shortage of options for freight forwarders. The company’s co-founder raised concerns that the shipping companies’ reshuffle may reduce shipping options, ...Read More
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NZ freight shipping suffers from earthquakes
New Zealand's shipping federation say coastal transport is a resilient lifeline during natural disasters such as earthquakes,but that not enough attention has been paid to ensuring ports are equally adaptable. Shipping Federation executive director Annabel Young said that coastal shipping ...Read More
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Colombia Maintains Tariffs on Panama Imports
Colombian Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas and the Minister of Commerce Maria Claudia Lacouture announced Sunday, July 31 that they will be maintaining tariffs on footwear and textile imports from Panama to Colombia. The decision reportedly goes against World Trade Organization ...Read More
New shipping container weighing regulations
The World Shipping council and other industry bodies have issued a new Frequently Asked Questions document to help with the new container weighing regulations which take effect on 1 July 2016. The regulations require packed shipping containers to have a ...Read More
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Container shipping prospects
A recent report suggests that container shipping will continue to suffer from over-capacity and financial difficulties. The forecast for container shipping growth for this year has been reduced to 2.2%. Additional capacity is being added to the fleet this year, ...Read More
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Logistics Park Progress
Phase 1 of the Masterplan for the new Port of Felixstowe Logistics Park is completed. The Logistics Park will provide 1.4 million square feet of purpose built warehousing at theUK's largest container port. 40% of all UK container freight moves ...Read More
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‘Sally Traffic’ to host BIFA Freight Service Awards
It has been announced that Sally Boazman will host the British International Freight Association’s Freight Service Awards 2015 Ceremony in London next year. Better known to drivers as ‘Sally Traffic’, her BBC Radio 2 travel reports have helped keep the ...Read More
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New Jobs at Container Freight Terminal
The London Container Terminal (LCT) situated at Tilbury which iscurrently the third largest such freight facility in the UK, has announced the creation of 75 new permanent jobs this year as the Forth Port’s owned facility gears up investment. The ...Read More
Biggest container ship – for now
Local shipping journalist at the port of Felixstowe said on Wednesday that the CSCL Globe will be the biggest ship in the world for only a short time. "In about eight or 10 weeks there will be a bigger ship ...Read More
Record Container Shipments at Grangemouth
Port of Grangemouth, Scotland’s largest container port, last week handled a record breaking 4,200 containers, surpassing their previous record by over 200. The busy pre-Christmas period for the container business has been boosted by a strong potato seed season and ...Read More
Oversize Freight Containers on the Track
An innovative design of 50ft rail freight containers is being used for the first time in the UK with the start of a new service between Daventry and Grangemouth. The 50ft container was launched earlier this year at April’s Multimodal ...Read More
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India – PM says port development will increase exports
IndianPrime Minister Narendra Modi said development of ports is essential to promote exports from India and take the 'Made in India' brand global. The recently elected PM was speaking as he laid the foundation of a special economic zone (SEZ) ...Read More
Confronting the Menace of Falling Freight Containers
Chigozie Chikere, a member of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Nigeria, wants the federal government to urgently consider the danger of falling freight containers. On June 25, the Africa 2014 Summit for Vehicle Inspection and Road Safety ...Read More
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Revolution in Shipping Containers?
Carbon fibre composites could transform the shipping container, by making it lighter and more easily scanned. The steel container currently used is cheaper to produce; it costs about $3000 as opposed to $8000 for the carbon fibre, but because the ...Read More
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Shipping Industry Awaits Increased Freight capacity as Panama Canal work re-starts
Work resumed on the much awaited Panama Canal expansion at the end of last month. The recent stoppages were caused by a dispute over cost overruns. Major logistics groups have continued to expand operations in the region whilst for the ...Read More
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Shenzhen luring container shipping from Hong Kong
Port authorities in Shenzhen are working aggressively to persuade foreign carriers to omit Hong Kong as a transit hub and do business directly with them. Shenzhen is well-placed to surpass Hong Kong as the world's third busiest container port this ...Read More
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Increased Freight Rates for container shipping lines
Container shipping lines hope for a better year as freight rates are increasing. They are expecting overcapacity to ease during the year. Surplus supply, which has been a major problem for shipping lines since 2008, should narrow to 1.5 per ...Read More
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New Container Shipping Service to Fiji
The first ever direct ocean Less than Container Load shipping service between northern Europe and Fiji has been announced.The new service, operating on weekly sailings from Rotterdam to Suva, will slash transit times from 55-60 days to just 36, while ...Read More
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