Booking cancellation charges hit Indian shippers as rate levels stabilise

Container lines covering Indian trades have begun to penalise customers, and more severely spot customers, for failing to fulfill their bookings as committed. These charges are generally in the range […]

Hapag-Lloyd starts new connection between Mundra and Maputo

Hapag-Lloyd has announced a new addition to its African network, the new Maputo Express (MAX) service that is expected to launch in the first week of June. The German carrier […]

Shanghai lockdown hits Oakland container volumes

China’s zero-tolerance in the Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown in Shanghai have affected the Port of Oakland in the United States, which has seen a 7% reduction in its box […]

Indonesia, Singapore to jointly build a container port in Central Java

Singapore and Indonesia are advancing talks to build a 400,000 TEU port in Central Java province in Indonesia to serve an industrial park. The new port will serve the Kendal […]

Thailand and EU resume FTA negotiations

Thailand and the European Union (EU) are now back in talks to establish a Free Trade Agreement (FTA), for the first time since the initiative was put on hold in […]

Thailand to increase rice exports to 6 million tons this year

The Commerce Ministry has launched measures to increase rice exports to 6 million tons this year, valued at around 150 billion baht, with Indonesia, China, Bangladesh and Iraq set to […]

Maersk introduces new Middle Corridor rail service

A.P. Moller – Maersk has decided to launch a new service linking China and Europe via Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Romania in about 40 days. “Aiming to create agile and […]

Port of Barcelona presents its innovative aspirations through a new plan

Port of Barcelona has launched an innovation Plan in order to coordinate the promotion, under the same umbrella, of the various projects that change the way the port offers its services. […]

Port of Savannah achieves box volume records amid major expansion projects

The Port of Savannah in Georgia, US has handled 4.75 million TEU in the ten months of the fiscal year 2022 (July 2021 – June 2022), which translates to an […]

India to link 27 additional ports through rail network

India has now planned to connect 27 more ports through rail connection for faster transportation of cargoes. In this regard, Indian Railways will lay around 3,000 kilometers of train lines […]

Shanghai-bound reefer bookings resume as lockdown set to end 20 May

As Shanghai prepares to lift its lockdown by 20 May, liner operators have said that they will resume reefer bookings into the world’s busiest container port. Shanghai vice-mayor Wu Qing […]

Thailand plans links to neighbours with network of inland container ports

Port Authority of Thailand (PAT) plans to develop inland container ports to serve as trucking links to neighbouring Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. The ports, freight logistics centres for Thailand’s […]

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