Better education on cargo declarations needed to prevent more containership fires

After the first boxship fire of the year was deemed to have been caused by misdeclared lithium batteries, forwarders have warned that shippers need to be better educated about cargo ...

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News / The air freight market is 'really screwed', as carriers beg for volumes

“The air freight market is really screwed,” one forwarder told The Loadstar this morning. Carriers ...

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News / Impact of IMO 2020 will cause 'supply chain ripples for more than a year'

The path to complying with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap regulations on bunker fuel in ...

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Jun 20, 2019• Comments•

News / US rail freight operators capitalise on truck driver shortage to win new business

Rail operators across North America are continuing to capitalise on the dearth of truck drivers, ...

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Apr 25, 2019• Comments•

News / Stay clear of switch bills of lading warning to forwarders

Forwarders are being warned to stay clear of switch bills of lading (SB/Ls) following increased ...

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News / Drewry wades in as a wave of anger builds over carrier bunker surcharges

In the face of increasing anger from shippers over emergency bunker surcharges, shipping consultant Drewry too has ...

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News / Backing for FMC probe into controversial demurrage and detention charges

No party in the sea freight supply chain wants to incur additional charges on a ...

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Apr 23, 2018• Comments•

News / Don't believe the hype - there is a long way to go before digitisation revolutionises container shipping, says Alphaliner

Predictions that the current crop of disruptive digital start-ups will revolutionise container shipping has been ...

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People / iContainers appoints Carlos del Corral head of sales and operations

iContainers, an online freight forwarder, has appointed Carlos del Corral as director of sales and operations ...

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Oct 11, 2017• Comments•

News / Container no-show and cancellation fees 'a potential nightmare' for intermediaries

Freight forwarders have been warned that the recent trend by shipping lines to impose container no-show ...

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Jun 20, 2017• Comments•

Shippers and forwarders get the message as iContainers tracks their cargo

Ever increasing levels of visibility are being brought to the container shipping market and this ...

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Better education on cargo declarations needed to prevent more containership fires

iContainers Headlines

News / The air freight market is 'really screwed', as carriers beg for volumes

News / Impact of IMO 2020 will cause 'supply chain ripples for more than a year'

News / US rail freight operators capitalise on truck driver shortage to win new business

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News / Don't believe the hype - there is a long way to go before digitisation revolutionises container shipping, says Alphaliner

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News / Container no-show and cancellation fees 'a potential nightmare' for intermediaries

Shippers and forwarders get the message as iContainers tracks their cargo

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Better education on cargo declarations needed to prevent more containership fires

iContainers Headlines

News / The air freight market is 'really screwed', as carriers beg for volumes

News / Impact of IMO 2020 will cause 'supply chain ripples for more than a year'

News / US rail freight operators capitalise on truck driver shortage to win new business

News / Stay clear of switch bills of lading warning to forwarders

News / Drewry wades in as a wave of anger builds over carrier bunker surcharges

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Backing for FMC probe into controversial demurrage and detention charges

News / Don't believe the hype - there is a long way to go before digitisation revolutionises container shipping, says Alphaliner

People / iContainers appoints Carlos del Corral head of sales and operations

News / Container no-show and cancellation fees 'a potential nightmare' for intermediaries

Shippers and forwarders get the message as iContainers tracks their cargo

Most read news

News / Container shipping 'must reinvent itself' for the digital age – Damco looks ahead

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