FREIGHT NEWS
14/07
2021
The Chittagong Port Authority (CPA) has approved plying of four new feeder vessels in Chittagong-Colombo route in a bid to lessen the mounting export cargo backlog at the inland container depots (ICDs).
13/07
2021
CMA CGM has published several new peak season surcharges (PSS) across the world, which will be effective from late July and August.
12/07
2021
Regulations requiring import containers from 40 countries across Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa to be fumigated to prevent the migration of Khapra beetles into Australia will be enforced from today.
09/07
2021
The rising shortage of containers and sky-high freight rates are threatening Indian exports that had risen to a record in the first quarter of FY22. After attaining crisis proportions earlier in 2021, shipping containers are short of supply, increasing the logistics costs for the exporters and making the businesses uncompetitive.
07/07
2021
Maersk will launch two new weekly services on the transpacific in August to operate “exclusively” outside its 2M alliance with MSC and Zim slot charter partnership.
07/07
2021
CMA CGM has announced several peak season surcharges (PSS) from India and Pakistan to Latin America, effective from late June and July.
04/07
2021
The U.S. trade gap widened in May to the second-largest on record as imports increased faster than exports.
02/07
2021
While facing difficulties due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, import-export and logistics businesses are worried international freight rates will continue to increase.