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Drewry Shanghai Export Air Freight Index. Source: Drewry
Drewry Shanghai Export Air Freight Index Decline Slows
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Tokema International launches a digital marketing agency for the logistics sector
International Logistics
Peel Ports unveils virtual crane at Port of Liverpool
Port of Liverpool
Browning named cargo supply chain manager at DP World London Gateway
London Gateway
Port of Newhaven receives portable vessel tracking system
European Ports
Liverpool2 passes major construction milestone
Port of Liverpool
American Airlines Cargo Carries Colombian Gold Treasures To London For Major, New British Museum Exhibition
American Airlines
Top award for London Gateway’s Information Technology
Terminal Operators
New Chairman for Port of Milford Haven
European Ports
TruckStops' Rewrite Enhances Functionality, Usability, Data Handling and Reporting
Trucking Equipment
Ryder Supplies Additional Trucks to the MOD’s Defence School of Transport
Trucking Equipment
Virtualized Logistics Recognized for Supply Chain Excellence
Logistics Providers

Carriers levy container imbalance surcharges as scarcity worsens

12 Nov 2020
The sustained demand for Asian exports is worsening an equipment imbalance that has built steadily through the peak season on the trans-Pacific and Asia-Europe trades.
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Asia–Europe spot market hits 2020 high as long-term rate levels slow
05 Nov 2020
There is no certainty the current strong demand that is keeping rates up on the Asia–Europe trade will continue past Chinese New Year, something that is starting to be reflected in longer-term rates.
European inland hub boosts rail container trade from China
21 Oct 2020
Limited air cargo capacity and high ocean load factors are keeping demand elevated on the overland rail network between China and Europe.
CMA CGM slaps congestion charge on Felixstowe
22 Sep 2020
Congestion at the UK’s busiest port has prompted CMA CGM to impose a surcharge on all Asian imports and exports through the gateway.
Maersk no longer taking empties at Felixstowe as congestion grows
18 Sep 2020
The UK’s busiest container port is being overwhelmed by peak season volume, staff shortages, and problems with its truck booking system, with forwarders feeling the effects of a ban on empty container drop-offs.
Slight MPV/HL fleet contraction won’t cure capacity woes: Drewry
16 Jul 2020
As a project cargo pipeline "hole" looms thanks to retrenchment in the oil and gas sector, slow scrapping and newbuilding orders are not enough to cure sector over-tonnage.
US importers from Asia rush to NVOs amid tight capacity
25 Jun 2020
NVO market share of US imports from Asia increases as dozens of blank sailings push cargo owners to seek capacity their core carriers are not providing to them.
UK keeps ferry cargo shipping with COVID-19 subsidy
18 May 2020
Stay-at-home orders and travel bans removed virtually all passenger traffic from cross-channel ferries, eliminating a crucial revenue source and threatening the transport of essential goods between the UK and Europe.
‘Lost year’ for growth in 2020, but rebound in 2021: XPO
16 Apr 2020
XPO Logistics CEO Bradley S. Jacobs believes the US and global economies will recover in “fits and starts” in the second half of 2020, and supply chains will become more resilient.
COVID-19, oil crash dampen Drewry MPV/HL forecast
08 Apr 2020
A global economy hammered by pandemic control measures and an oil price war is bad news for the MPV/HL sector, maritime consultancy Drewry reports.
Soaring air freight rates add value to China-Europe rail
08 Apr 2020
With much of the air freight capacity limited on routes to and from China, and more than 30 percent of the ocean capacity canceled, shippers are making greater use of rail services amid pandemic-related supply chain disruptions.