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Carriers forced to adjust Asia-North Europe capacity as demand drops
Carriers forced to adjust Asia-North Europe capacity as demand drops

Blank sailings (but not slidings) are back on the Asia-North Europe tradelane, as ocean carriers adjust capacity to meet softening demand on the route.

Schedule reliability drops to record-low in January 2022
Schedule reliability drops to record-low in January 2022

Schedule reliability dropped again, this time by 0.9 percentage points, month-to-month to 30.9%. This is the lowest ever global schedule reliability since the Danish research and analysis company Sea-Intelligence started the measure in 2011.

India and Bangladesh fear trade disruption and payment challenges
India and Bangladesh fear trade disruption and payment challenges

Amid uncertainty over receiving timely payments, due to sanctions imposed by western nations on Russia, Bangladeshi garment makers have been urged to be cautious in exporting to Moscow.

Evolution and Upsizing of Container Vessels
Evolution and Upsizing of Container Vessels

The ubiquitous container has brought about a revolution in global trade, since its introduction in 1956 by Malcolm McLean.

How can businesses shield consumers from high freight rates?
How can businesses shield consumers from high freight rates?

Businesses worldwide are struggling with skyrocketing freight rates in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. What can they do to keep surging shipping costs from affecting customers?

Today on the transpacific: continued congestion and more blanked sailings
Today on the transpacific: continued congestion and more blanked sailings

Container lines are making determined efforts to get boxes back into position and to return to some schedule integrity – but it is unclear how likely they are to succeed.

Port of Oakland to become “smart and zero-emission”
Port of Oakland to become “smart and zero-emission”

Port of Oakland's executive director Danny Wan has unveiled plans to invest in a renewed, smart and zero-emissions port.

'Cracks' appear in Asia – Europe rates over uncertain outlook
'Cracks' appear in Asia – Europe rates over uncertain outlook

Ocean carriers fear that fiscal policies designed to stem inflationary pressures in Europe will weaken consumer appetite for non-essential goods, and are preparing to react quickly to adjust capacity.


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