A consortium of Asian box carriers will launch a new weekly direct service connecting ports in China, Vietnam, Singapore and India’s East Coast. The new service will commence on 22 […]
The current dysfunctional vessel sailing flow, fuelled by long delays at larger Western ports, is causing greater concerns for Indian shippers and freight forwarders. In the latest schedule reliability setback, […]
Established since 1975, Mac-Nels, being the pioneer #NVOCC in Singapore, is a leading name in the freight forwarding industry. Specializing in sea freight, Mac-Nels handles imports and exports #LCL, #FCL, […]
The dynamic chain of demand and supply necessitates the movement of goods between centres of production and demand. Transportation of goods whether they are of perishable or non-perishable nature requires […]
Average vessel waiting times for berth and labour have improved significantly at the San Pedro Bay ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in the past few weeks, halving the […]
A new Covid-19 outbreak in Shanghai has given rise to concerns that the world’s busiest container port may see growing vessel queues. On 21 March, just as the Chinese government […]
China’s tech hub city of Shenzhen resumed normal work and production today after a seven-day lockdown, but it could take weeks for cargo flows to recover. Following three rounds of […]
The German ocean carrier Hapag-Lloyd and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation (GCMD) have signed a strategic partnership deal committing to cooperate on efforts contributing to maritime decarbonisation. The Centre […]
The number of containerships waiting off Qingdao, one of China’s biggest ports, is continuing to rise as the country doubles down on its COVID Zero policy, adding more delays to […]
CMA CGM has announced the resumption of its reefer shipments in Nigerian ports with immediate effect. Particularly, the French ocean carrier said in its statement that it “can now accept […]
Concerns of a rerun of congestion around Shenzhen, China’s third-busiest container port, have arisen after the city was locked down for a week from 14 March, after yet another Covid-19 […]
Most empties returning to India have historically arrived on intra-Asia trade routes, with China-origin containers leading that play, but Indian executives at major carriers have begun to send out cautionary […]