FREIGHT NEWS
24/12
2021
The vast majority of the largest and busiest container ports in the world are located in Asia. The continent is a crucial part of the global supply chain, which has been proven during the Covid-19 period with local lockdowns in Asian ports affecting heavily the global trade.
20/12
2021
The Covid-19 has truly put the global supply chain in turbulence. After several months, when the global economy has reopened, the blue transport corridor is witnessing plenty of problems- bottlenecks, port congestion, hiked container prices, and shortage of container vessels, to name a few.
11/12
2021
The German shipping line Hapag-Lloyd has announced that its Atlantic Loop 3 (AL3) service will start calling again at the Port of Savannah, after a port call shift from Savannah to Jacksonville, announced on 8 October.
08/12
2021
The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles announced that consideration of the “Container Dwell Fee” would be held off another week, until Dec. 13.
08/12
2021
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has published fresh increases in its freight rates for sailings from Israel to Canada and Mexico.
08/12
2021
Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has announced the implementation of new Freight All Kinds (FAK) rate increases from 1 January 2022 for shipments destined to the US and the Caribbean.
08/12
2021
Bangladesh has made mandatory the e-payment of any kinds of duty-tax, fees, and charges, linked to export and import trade, through Chittagong customs house (CHC).
30/11
2021
While India’s Shipping and Ports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has assured an early solution to the country’s container shortage problem that has kept both importers and exporters on the edge, the shippers and freight-forwarders are now moving towards more unconventional methods like breakbulk to survive the demand boom and capacity imbalances.