Market Insight: Recession's in abeyance, but risks to world trade continue to lurk

Each year, the annual Transpacific Maritime (TPM) conference opens with a keynote speech from IHS Markit chief economist Nariman Behravesh (pictured above). It acts as a an economic backdrop to ...

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TPM 2019 Headlines

News / More interoperability needed as smart containers begin to make their mark

More shipper engagement with carriers offering smart containers is required. This would bring down the cost ...

BASF Customer-carrier relations Internet of Things MSC Smart containers TPM 2019 Traxens

Mar 13, 2019• Comments•

News / 'Leaving Chinese factories to source elsewhere will hit your speed to market'

Apparel manufacturers and brands looking to diversify their sourcing from China are likely to be ...

Fashion logistics The China conundrum The near-shoring shift TPM 2019

Mar 11, 2019• Comments•

News / Forwarders need not fear Maersk's 'one-stop shop' ambitions, says CEO

Freight forwarders offering supply chain solutions to shippers should have nothing to fear from Maersk’s ...

Customer-carrier relations Digitisation Maersk Line TPM 2019

Mar 8, 2019• Comments•

News / Fury at carrier demurrage and detention fees – 'profiting from port congestion'

Shippers and BCOs at the JOC TPM Conference in Long Beach this week are almost ...

Customer-carrier relations Demurrage & Detention Free time Port of Long Beach Port of Los Angeles street turns TPM 2019

Mar 7, 2019• Comments•

News / Walmart online volume forecaster brings 10% improvement in on-time delivery

A new portal, developed by US retailer Walmart with freight forwarder Expeditors to deliver forecasted ...

CMA CGM Customer-carrier relations Expeditors MQCs TPM 2019 Volume forecasting Walmart

Mar 7, 2019• Comments•

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Hapag-Lloyd chief stays bullish on growth and clawing back extra fuel costs

Hapag-Lloyd’s chief executive, Ralph Habben Jansen, is more optimistic about the outlook for container shipping ...

Hapag-Lloyd IMO low-sulphur regulations The Purse Strings TPM 2019

Mar 6, 2019• Comments•

News / Shippers must share the financial impact on carriers of IMO 2020 compliance

The implications for carriers and BCOs of the IMO low-sulphur regulations that come into force ...

BAF Heavy fuel oil IMO low-sulphur regulations Low-sulphur fuel oil TPM 2019

Mar 5, 2019• Comments•

News / Service quality not technology will determine which carrier wins the business

Despite being a founding member of a group of leading shipping lines that have formed ...

Digitisation MSC Standards TPM 2019

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Market Insight: Recession's in abeyance, but risks to world trade continue to lurk

TPM 2019 Headlines

News / More interoperability needed as smart containers begin to make their mark

News / 'Leaving Chinese factories to source elsewhere will hit your speed to market'

News / Forwarders need not fear Maersk's 'one-stop shop' ambitions, says CEO

News / Fury at carrier demurrage and detention fees – 'profiting from port congestion'

News / Walmart online volume forecaster brings 10% improvement in on-time delivery

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Hapag-Lloyd chief stays bullish on growth and clawing back extra fuel costs

News / Shippers must share the financial impact on carriers of IMO 2020 compliance

News / Service quality not technology will determine which carrier wins the business

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