High demand and tight capacity hits India-North Europe trade
As forwarders start to look towards the end of the peak season on the Asia-Europe ...
A major UK retailer has dramatically increased the use of a recently launched feeder service between Southampton and the country’s north-west container gateway of Liverpool.
Since Yang Ming launched its express feeder service in June, retailer B&M, which has 600 stores across the country selling a ...
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Andy Lane
September 10, 2019 at 2:25 pmYou would probably need a demand of 2,500-3,000 boxes per week in order for a direct mainline service call to breakeven. The issue is the long deviation from the main shipping channels, coupled with severe draft restrictions. To make up this additional time vessels speeds need to be significantly increased which comes at a cost to both the environment and bottom-lines. It is therefore unlikely to happen. But it is good to see containers taken off the road (and rail) and moved via coastal feeder, that is very positive.
Chris
September 11, 2019 at 8:16 amGreat news for Liverpool! Its so close to the northern hubs and well connected by rail i’m surprised there isn’t already a direct far east service calling here. Containers on boats into the north means less road and rail movements (theoretically) so good news all round!