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
The US Federal Maritime Commission has said that resolving congestion at container terminals is “in many ways today’s most critical and relevant trade-related issue”.
An 83-page FMC report on US port congestion, based on the feedback from four public forums held at major gateways during the supply chain crisis in the second half of 2014, was released on Tuesday.
It identifies the six most discussed issues at the forums that need to be addressed to improve the nation’s logistics performance – which ...
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Julian Stephens
July 21, 2015 at 5:18 pmThe European Commission has been working on solutions to this for a while, such as the FLAGSHIP project at Valencia: http://www.mjc2.com/valencia-flagship-rts.htm.