Bangladesh looks at demurrage waiver as containers pile up in Chittagong
The Chittagong port yards now have close to 40,000 teu of containers, mainly loaded with ...
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
TFII: SOLID AS USUALMAERSK: WEAKENINGF: FALLING OFF A CLIFFAAPL: 'BOTTLENECK IN MAINLAND CHINA'AAPL: CHINA TRENDSDHL: GROWTH CAPEXR: ANOTHER SOLID DELIVERYMFT: HERE COMES THE FALLDSV: LOOK AT SCHENKER PERFORMANCEUPS: A WAVE OF DOWNGRADES DSV: BARGAIN BINKNX: EARNINGS OUTODFL: RISING AND FALLING AND THEN RISING
You have got to feel sympathy for Asia – US west coast shippers who not only have no idea how long it will take to receive their containers but also do not know from one week to the next if they will be charged for the inconvenience, as carriers make a series of tactical u-turns on implementing congestion surcharges.
It is no wonder then that shippers are being pressed by nervous retailers to look to the skies to replenish popular stocks after the Black Friday weekend rush.
Here in its latest Container Insight Weekly publication, Drewry examines the extra cost of ensuring cupboards are not bare, but concludes that the current problems will not reverse the long-term trend away from air to sea freight.
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