Strikes end, but delays continue at Australian ports - The Loadstar
Jan 17, 2025 · Australian freight forwarder International Cargo Express (ICE) has warned of backlogs at Australian ports affected by strikes against Qube.
Ripples from 2025 CNY 'may still be rocking the boats in summer'
Jan 9, 2025 · Danish forwarder DSV has warned that ripples from the Chinese New Year (CNY) holiday could be felt into the second half of the year, as the looming alliance reshuffle would exacerbate network disruption and lead to surcharges and blank sailings.
The big question: what is the future for the global port labour …
Dec 20, 2024 · The Loadstar's port automation series weighs up the arguments about whether port automation leads to a loss of jobs
The Loadstar - Making sense of the supply chain
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Middle East land bridge offers 'express' solution to extended …
Jan 24, 2024 · As shippers and forwarders consider a switch to sea-air and airfreight solutions in response to the Cape detours resulting from the Red Sea crisis, another alternative has emerged – a land bridge across the Middle East.
Lessons must be learned from bitter USEC labour contract dispute
Jan 22, 2025 · Lessons should be learned from the chaos and animosity that festered throughout the negotiations over a new master contract between US east and Gulf coast port longshoremen and employer association USMX, it was said this week.
Container lines still ordering more ships, despite falling spot rates ...
Jan 24, 2025 · MB Shipbrokers has reported that demand for feeder and smaller box ships generally remains high. On a larger scale, yesterday French carrier CMA CGM ordered 12 LNG dual-fuelled 18,000 teu ships from HD Hyundai Heavy Industries for $2.6bn, bringing its orderbook to more than 1.3m teu and potentially thinning the gap between it …
Carriers drop calls at Hamburg after congestion builds at CTA
Nov 4, 2024 · Hapag-Lloyd, which owns a 25% stake in CTA, said that in combination with backlogs associated with the three-day US east coast stoppage and the Red Sea crisis, the CTA modernisation programme was forcing it to drop some Hamburg calls, switching them to Wilhelmshaven, in which the carrier also has a 30% stake.
Premier Alliance unveils main trades network ready for February …
Dec 6, 2024 · Before May, Yang Ming and HMM said they would “enhance service coverage with additional port calls on PS4, PS6 and PN3”. The PS4 service will see the addition of Ningbo, the PS6 will now stop at Qingdao and the PN3 will see Ningbo and Shanghai as additional port calls. ONE said today: “As we transition to the Premier Alliance, we are committed to minimising any potential disruptions and ...
EXCLUSIVE: Top gun out at Ceva Logistics - The Loadstar
Jan 15, 2025 · Oh, that was quick! Less than a week after we wrote, as part of broader M&A-related coverage, that: “In France, with the Ceva-Bolloré Logistics integration well under way (early winner in the side talent race: Geodis), Ceva-related ‘entities and people are chopped’ [according to sources] following a multi-billion benchmark deal that, so the consensus goes in our Premium marketplace ...