The Loadstar is an independent, United Kingdom based, supply chain and logistics publication covering freight forwarding, air cargo, ocean shipping, ports, and international trade policy. gCaptain republishes select Loadstar coverage under content partnership terms when stories are materially relevant to maritime and offshore readers. Loadstar stories on gCaptain are clearly attributed and may be edited for house style, formatting, and headline clarity while preserving source reporting.
By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – As supply chain uncertainty at China’s key port cities drags on, shippers are hunting for alternative cargo options
By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – The Shanghai lockdown is delaying shipping schedules in South China and bringing down spot rates. And now
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Despite MSC continuing to stretch its lead over Maersk in the containership total capacity stakes, the Danish carrier
By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – The Shanghai lockdown has been extended indefinitely, a move that casts further uncertainty over Chinese supply
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Covid lockdowns in China, war in Ukraine and the threat of hyper-inflation are a toxic mix of unpredictability for
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The shift by some ocean carriers to owning more tonnage rather than chartering-in ships has depleted the containership
By Ian Putzger in Toronto (The Loadstar) – The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) is on a mission to facilitate agriculture exports this year. Its
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Container spot rates continued their decline this week across most Chinese export routes, prompting ocean
By Sam Whelan (The Loadstar) – Forwarders have warned of landside logistics disruption in China from the latest round of Covid-related lockdowns,
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Low-sulphur bunker prices increased another $100 per ton yesterday and, having soared by a third since the end of
By Alex Whiteman (The Loadstar) – Putin’s war against Ukraine will exacerbate the logistics sector’s labour shortage, as sanctions impede
By Mike Wackett in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – BCOs and shippers at the TPM22 conference in Long Beach are questioning why ocean carriers
By Nick Savvides in Long Beach (The Loadstar) – US President Joe Biden will today take aim at shipping’s exemption from competition law,
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Containership charter rates and second-hand values are heading for a correction according to a broker source, after
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Through its brokers, Zim has made it known to containership owners that it is prepared to outbid competitor lines to
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – South Korean flagship carrier HMM has reported a $4.4bn net profit for 2021, compared with just $100m the year before,
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Maersk said this week it anticipated container spot rates would fall back in the second half of the year, justifying
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Investment in new LNG-fuelled ships has continued at pace, with class society DNV last month recording a further 40
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – Global feeder operators are having their heads turned by huge offers for their owned tonnage and chartered-in ships
By Mike Wackett (The Loadstar) – The bull run for ocean carriers appears unstoppable, with profitability in the first quarter of the year looking to be
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