A Glimmer Of Hope For Asia Ocean Services
This year has seen massive disruption to Asia supply chains and spiralling rates, caused largely by the rerouting of ocean freight services around the Cape Of Good Hope. However, there has finally been a glimmer of hope that things may be improving. Space on vessels has been critically low for months, but some Asia origin […]
Canadian Government Put A Halt To Rail Strike
Not long after the national rail strike got underway last week, the Canadian government stepped in and ordered union members to return to work, bringing an end to the walkout. The government has forced the railway and unions into binding arbitration, which should see the dispute resolved by an independent judge or party, to […]
Strikes Threats To Disrupt Ocean Freight Services Over
**UPDATE – Canadian strike ended after 4 days and the Indian strike was called off after the parties reached agreement. Two major logistics strikes, both scheduled to start in the next week, could be about to bring disruption to ocean freight services in and out of Canada and India. Canada. We are on […]
Two Container Ship Explosions In Three Days
Amazingly, two explosions aboard two seperate container ships occurred within three days of each other during the past week, with both vessels being docked at Asian ports. The most notable happened at China’s Ningbo Zhoushan port last Thursday, when a container of dangerous goods exploded aboard the Yang Ming Mobility. Following the deafening explosion, emergency […]
Record Demands Recorded For Ocean Freight
Global demand for ocean freight container traffic reached record levels recently, even surpassing the sky-high levels that immediately followed the pandemic, according to a recent container trade statistics report. The report, based on May’s statistics, revealed that 15.94 million TEU’s was shipped globally by ocean freight in the month. This figure topped the previous record […]
Bangladesh Protests Result In Logistics Blackout
Air and ocean freight, in and out of Bangladesh, have been heavily disrupted in the past few days, due to a nationwide blackout of internet following violent protests in the country. Students and police have been involved in violent clashes during the past ten days, which have resulted in numerous fatalities and forced the Bangladesh […]
FMC Pause Maersk & Hapag Lloyd Alliance
The Gemini Cooperation – the new alliance for 2025 between Maersk and Hapag Lloyd – has not received approval for operating within the US after the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) requested more information last week about its competitive nature. The two carriers are the 2nd and 5th biggest carriers in the world and will collectively […]
New Berth May Help Singapore Congestion
A new berth has opened at the port of Singapore this week, with two more opening by the end of the year, which could help to improve congestion at the port. Tuas port is in phase one of a long term megaport project, which includes developing 21 new berths by 2027. The full project will […]
Panama Canal Set To Return To Normal
It has been more than a year since severe drought conditions led to restrictions on the number of daily vessels that could pass through the Panama Canal, but it looks as though the waterway will be finally returning to near normal conditions next month. The drought led to extremely low water levels in the two […]
Strikes and Potential Strikes May Disrupt Ocean Freight
The threat of industrial action is looming in both North America and Europe, which could impact and disrupt ocean freight services in the next few weeks. Around 9,000 Canadian railway workers are close to striking after members of the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference union (TCRC) and the Canadian Pacific Kansas City union (CPKC) voted for […]
