Carriers blank voyages and look for port call inducements as demand slows

Asia-North Europe carriers are managing the trade’s soft and irregular demand by blanking more sailings and making some port calls inducement-only. A carrier contact told The Loadstar today schedules on the ...

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News / Dock strikes and shippers eyeing rate renegotiation add pressure on carriers

The threat of dock strikes at Felixstowe and Liverpool next month, together with the potential ...

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Recommends / Felixstowe port workers vote to strike after rejecting pay offer

Staff at Felixstowe have overwhelmingly voted in favour of a strike, which is expected to ...

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News / It's all going 'tits-up' at UK box ports and, despite what Boris says, we can't fix it

The UK’s main container ports are overwhelmed with unclaimed imports and starting to refuse the ...

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Premium / Against the odds: Carriers need deep pockets for all that cash

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News / More direct calls avoiding the UK could reduce the nation to a feeder market

High levels of congestion at major container gateways have led to declining direct port calls ...

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News / Deadline day for English freeports – bids from 'every major seaport operator'

The deadline for submission of bids to build and operate seven proposed freeports in England passes today, with ...

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News / Asia-North Europe rates pass $10,000 – wait till it's our turn, say forwarders

Record high spot rates from Asia to North Europe and predictions of huge hikes for ...

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Comment / UK freeports: can these 'enterprise zones' meet the competitive challenge?

The UK government has opened a bidding process for the creation of up to 10 ...

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News / Bleak picture of financial exposure to major shippers from UK port congestion

The financial impact on the UK’s biggest shippers from the port congestion crippling the country’s ...

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News / Maersk and MSC drop Felixstowe from transatlantic service and head for Liverpool

This story has been updated with the following statement from MSC. “The Loadstar incorrectly reported that ...

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News / Congestion problems at UK ports stacking up as rising imports drive delays

The congestion around the UK’s major container ports is showing few signs of abating, with ...

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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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