Chittagong's PCT gives carriers new Bangladesh options
Bangladesh’s port of Chittagong’s recently inaugurated Patenga Container Terminal (PCT) is ramping up its operations, ...
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By Mike Wackett
Ocean carriers are slowing-down their ships and deploying extra tonnage on more robust routes as they endeavour to soak up surplus capacity.
And the transatlantic tradelane, which has so far avoided the worst of the freight rate collapse contagion affecting export services from Asia, is seen as a good option.
Maersk advised today it would be adding three extra ships during the first quarter on the North Europe and Mediterranean to US east coast and Gulf coast loops it operates together with ...
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Gregory Iwan
January 11, 2023 at 7:30 pmMore signs that the Brexit vote occasioned a poor script for the UK. Ok, British voters: thumb your nose, then thumb a ride. Wonder who will pick you up. Oh, and there’s a Russian warship off Scapa Flow just now, carrying Putin’s touted hypersonic missiles. Best of luck to you.