MSC fleet now 900 vessels-strong
After taking delivery of the 16,000 teu MSC Germany this week, Swiss-headquartered carrier MSC broke ...
UK shippers have been hit by a further series of container shipping ad hoc capacity contractions as a number of vessels recently skipped UK port calls or reduced their time at berth.
It’s all due to continuing congestion at the country’s major container gateways.
Last week, the port of Southampton welcomed the first call of the LNG-fuelled CMA CGM Jacques Saade, the new flagship ultra large container vessel (ULCV) in the French carrier’s fleet.
However, amid the fanfare, it appears the vessel departed ...
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Mark Hughes
November 11, 2020 at 10:33 amDue to covid19 ,inland rail terminals are suffering long delays due to staff shortages. Road hauliers are struggling to keep up with time deliveries. And the overall business of being a container haulier is becoming very downbeat .A major investment needs to be considered at Leeds freightliner where 2 cranes have had a combined life of 70 years approx. Staff are very disillusioned with their employers.