NEWS
06/08
2021
The Chittagong Port Authority has stopped providing priority berthing to Chittagong-Colombo vessels after export container backlog eased at off docks.
05/08
2021
When one thinks of shipping cargo by sea it immediately brings up pictures of gigantic freight cranes lifting containers onto giant freight carriers, that traverse the seas connecting different ports of the world. An estimated 85% of global trade is carried out by sea freight.
04/08
2021
US west coast port Los Angeles has reported a 27% year-on-year increase in the number of containers handled last month, closing its year at just under 11m teu.
04/08
2021
Airlines are switching European airports as severe staff shortages keep freighters on the ground for hours, while others are having to fly before they are fully loaded.
04/08
2021
Airfreight rates ex-China are soaring after Covid cases prompted the closure of Nanjing Airport.
04/08
2021
Ships involved in two of container shipping’s worst accidents this year met in Felixstowe yesterday.
04/08
2021
The Republic of the Philippines, located in South East Asia, is an archipelago of over 7,000 islands. Surrounded by prominent shipping routes and water bodies such as the Celebes Sea, South China Sea, and the Philippine Sea, it is a well-connected nation that has a large volume of ocean-going trade passing through it annually.