Carriers warn of delays as congestion increases at North Europe's ports
Congestion levels are set to rise at ports across Northern Europe – expect schedule disruption, ...
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By Mike Wackett
Ocean carriers are succeeding in propping up container spot rates from Asia, partly due to poorly communicated blanking programmes creating uncertainty for shippers.
Several have complained to The Loadstar that they receive late, confusing and often conflicting advice from carriers on blank sailings – even from container lines in the same alliance.
Moreover, shippers are finding that, where bookings are being rolled onto other loops, those services are not necessarily discharging their containers at the nominated destinations.
According to the latest data from ...
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