An increase in container volumes in the rush to beat China’s Golden Week holidays and technical issues with the Port of Felixstowe’s vehicle Booking System (VBS) has resulted severe congestion at ...
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HMM’s 24,000 TEU boxship fleet is complete
South Korean shipping company HMM has taken delivery of the final 24,000 TEU containership newbuild of a total of 12 ordered two years ago.
These are the largest co... Leia mais »DHL Global Forwarding expands air freight charter programme
Response to limited capacity and rising demand on key Asia Pacific to Europe and the US trades, especially from life sciences and healthcare sectors. DHL’s freight forwarding division DHL...
Leia mais »P&O Ferrymasters launches first major Europewide container ‘track and trace’ system
Service set to give customers real-time updates on location of their goods as they are transported by rail, road and shortsea shipping within Europe, for half its 4,000-strong fleet of 45-foot boxes t...
Leia mais »Sweden’s government bodies back Gothenburg project
Skandia Gateway, a project aimed at deepening the channel leading into the Port of Gothenburg, will be fully financed by the Swedish Transport Administration and the Gothenburg City Council. The ci...
Leia mais »South Korean authorities add their voice to Pacific rate concerns
The Korea International Trade Association (KITA) is reportedly concerned with peak Transpacific freight rates, which have reached levels not seen since 2009. KITA noted that Transpacific rates have...
Leia mais »Container lines on track for US$15bn pandemic windfall
Runaway freight rates in the second and third quarters have had analysts scrambling to re-write doomsayer forecasts published as recently as June to predict what promises to become the industry’s mo...
Leia mais »Xiamen Port to build automated terminal for ULCS’s
Xiamen Port Authority has disclosed that China’s Ministry of Transport and Communications has given the green light to develop what will be the first automated terminal in Fujian province. The pr...
Leia mais »Port of Tallinn gets its 1st shore power solution
Tallink Grupp’s vessel Victoria I was connected to shore power in Tallinn Old City Harbour for the first ever shore power charging in Estonia on 11 September. Shore power can be used by the vesse...
Leia mais »Abu Dhabi Ports moves forward with Khalifa Port expansion
UAE-based port operator Abu Dhabi Ports said that Khalifa Port’s expansion is on track for completion. The expansion project, unveiled in December 2019, aims to attract new business and significantl...
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