News in Brief Podcast | Week 7 | Tariff pandemonium and port congestion
In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone ...
Just-in-time shipping and high-bay container storage could be the answer to the global port congestion crisis.
According to Emre Cebecioglu, smart ports business development manager at Wartsila, port congestion is one of the biggest issues facing the container shipping industry, labelling it an “efficiency killer”.
“The maritime industry is losing $85bn each year because port calls aren’t co-ordinated transparently or on time,” he said yesterday at the Seatrade Maritime Middle East conference.
“Vessel queuing wastes time and money, ports can’t provide services and, ...
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