Schedules still in turmoil as Covid issues drive port congestion, but there is light

Congestion at North European and Asian box terminals continues to disrupt global liner schedules, with quarantines and the side-effects of Covid vaccination blamed for further instability in the supply chain. Labour ...

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News / Customs teams forced to step up war against drug smugglers

Border forces around the world are warning that despite making more drugs finds at container ...

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Premium / M&A radar: HHLA gets its taste of Singapore sling with Cosco buy

Comment: HHLA-Cosco: listen to this carefully

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People / Charles Baker takes over as chief executive at DCT Gdańsk

DCT Gdańsk has appointed Charles Baker (above) as its new chief executive, replacing Cameron Thorpe, ...

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News / Carriers 'feasting' on rates boom, oblivious to supply chain chaos around them

Sky-high freight rates and poor service levels from ocean carriers could be the norm until ...

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News / Return of blanked Asia-Europe sailings as carriers bid to get back on schedule

The spectre of blank sailings may be about to return to haunt shippers and forwarders ...

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News / Carriers impose surcharges as congestion builds on Europe's inland waterways

Congestion through northern Europe’s inland waterways increased again this week, with delays into Rotterdam almost ...

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Brexit News / 'Brexit created opportunities, Belgium will capitalise on them'

Belgium’s ambassador to the UK, Bruno van der Pluijm, has urged British business to consider ...

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News / Fury at European barge congestion: 'a festering mass of pus, now bursting open'

Storms and shipping surcharges are heaping misery on cargo owners waiting for freight on Northern ...

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News / Good news, bad news 'and even worse news' from congested Euro ports

The knock-on effects of the blockage of the Suez Canal is likely to impact North ...

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Premium / M&A radar: Port mergers whet the appetite for further deals

Comment: The exciting prospect arguably is how terminal operator mergers could lead to a wider port ...

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Premium / Snapshot: Port volumes as muddy as hell

Comment: Preliminary port throughput data for the world’s largest 25 container ports is now published.

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News / Antwerp and Zeebrugge will merge – creating a superport to rival Rotterdam

A new superport is set to be created in north-west Europe after the Belgian ports of ...

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News / More box ships skip UK hub ports and forwarders urge EC to intervene

As carriers continue to leave import containers stranded at North European ports and charge exporters ...

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