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By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates from Asia to the US have re-gained traction after China’s Golden Week holiday, while rates to Europe appear to have plateaued and could...
By Charlie Bartlett, European Correspondent (The Loadstar) – Appraisals of the situation at Felixstowe conflicted today – a report warned that some $2bn of imports could be affected at the current rate...
Nick Savvides (TheLoadstar) Maersk provides new information on Midshipman X rape investigation.
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – China’s Golden Week holiday this month saw container spot rates from Asia to the US ease back, while short-term rates to Europe ticked up a few...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Hopes of a return to some form of normality in global supply chains after Chinese New Year in February have been dashed by analysts. Both...
By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – Persistent and mounting congestion at US west coast ports has caused some shippers to seek the sanctuary of the east coast to speed cargo...
By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – Factories in at least ten Chinese provinces have either cut output or closed temporarily this month, after government-imposed power cuts to curb carbon emissions....
By Gavin van Marle (The Loadstar) – There were signs of a silver lining finally beginning to appear for beleaguered US shippers this week, after the spot container freight rates to both...
By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – Confusion reigned among the customers of French carrier CMA CGM, as hackers wrote to media organisations claiming to have accessed customer data – but many of...
By Nick Savvides at London International Shipping Week (The Loadstar) – MSC has embraced market-based measures (MBMs) to help the industry meet its climate change targets, CEO Soren Toft said today. Speaking...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – A container shipping line announcement that it would blank four sailings in the Golden Week period has left shippers, still struggling to get cargo out of...
By Nick Savvides and Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Freight forwarders and shippers have responded to CMA CGM’s pledge to stop spot rate increases until 1 February with a raised level of...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Entrepreneurial logistics players are turning away from the highly congested transpacific market to cash in on the equally buoyant but less-congested Asia to Europe trade. Alphaliner...
By Sam Whelan (Loadstar)–Australia’s agricultural exporters are losing business because of increasing shipping delays and costs, prompting fresh calls for tighter regulation of container carriers. For example, according to a new...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – MSC is to increase its peak season surcharge (PSS) between Europe and the US by $1,000 per 40ft on 1 October. The Geneva-headquartered carrier said...
By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) At 8pm Seoul time, seafarers working for HMM began a picket protest from two of the Korean flagship carrier’s ships in Busan port, even as...
By Martina Li in Taiwan (The Loadstar) – More than half HMM’s 600-strong seafarer workforce have quit following management refusal to meet pay demands. Some 453 staff voted in the seafarers’ union strike...
By Nick Savvides (The Loadstar) – More than 90% of HMM’s seafaring union members voted to strike on Sunday and, if a resolution is not reached, the 453 union members are threatening...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Exports from the top ten US container ports slumped by 8.3% in July, compared with the same month of 2020, to 763,619 teu, while imports gained...
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Orient Overseas (International) (OOIL), parent company of OOCL, has posted a net profit of $2.8bn for the half-year – far and away the best interim result...
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