On the wires: CH Robinson leads the pack where all others lag, for once

“The global shipping slowdown caused by the coronavirus pandemic led US seaborn imports to fall by 10.1% year over year in March. Freight forwarders are attempting to enhance their services ...

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Threats from the US to introduce tariffs or remove its de minimis customs duty exemption could ...

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News / Shippers brace for extra costs as carriers invoke force majeure

With US east and Gulf coast ports inaccessible and carriers unable to fulfil contracts, contract ...

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News / Barge operators impose surcharges after rapid fall in Rhine water level

A rapid decline in water levels along the Rhine has resulted in barge operators imposing ...

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Jun 21, 2023• Comments•

Comment / How will insurers cover shippers with containers stranded across the world?

Reports of hundreds of thousands of containers stranded around the world have begun to flood ...

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Apr 9, 2020• Comments•

Premium / Market Insight: Three-card monte in logistics – expect casualties, Toll & Flexport most exposed

Comment: A seventeen-year-old boy with plenty of hope and just enough money in my pocket to ...

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Mar 30, 2020• Comments•

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News / Indian supply chains descend into 'chaos' as the lockdown goes nationwide

Cargo is being abandoned at Indian airports amid the “chaos” caused by the country’s three-week ...

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Mar 27, 2020• Comments•

Recommends / BIFA: coronavirus and force majeure

BIFA has put out an updated article on force majeure, and when and how it ...

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Mar 23, 2020• Comments•

News / Force majeure: getting it wrong can be a very expensive business

DHL Global Forwarding has declared force majeure on its sea and air freight contracts, allowing ...

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Mar 20, 2020• Comments•

News / China's reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes

Japanese carrier ONE has joined several of its liner peers in imposing a congestion surcharge ...

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Feb 17, 2020• Comments•

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On the wires: CH Robinson leads the pack where all others lag, for once

Force Majeure Headlines

News / How US rule-changes are putting air cargo carriers in a 'tough spot'

News / Shippers brace for extra costs as carriers invoke force majeure

News / Barge operators impose surcharges after rapid fall in Rhine water level

Comment / How will insurers cover shippers with containers stranded across the world?

Premium / Market Insight: Three-card monte in logistics – expect casualties, Toll & Flexport most exposed

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Indian supply chains descend into 'chaos' as the lockdown goes nationwide

Recommends / BIFA: coronavirus and force majeure

News / Force majeure: getting it wrong can be a very expensive business

News / China's reefer cargo crisis worsens as carriers plan to abandon boxes

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