Monthly Archives for September 2018

Global slowdown extends from ocean shipping to air cargo The International Air Transport Association said this slowing growth was coming against a backdrop of rising trade protectionism measures, and wider momentum in global trade was weakening(Above: Air cargo being loaded in Amsterdam, Netherlands.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. The gradual slowdown in global trade that is placing […]

Combi Lift finishes first phase of massive Gasprom cargo transport Transshipment of a 865-metric-tonne (953-ton) helium column bound for the Gasprom Amur Gas Processing Plant from the SAL Regina to a barge at De-Kastri port, Russia. Photo credit: Combi Lift. The first of five project cargo delivery phases for the Gazprom Amur Gas Processing Plant […]

Ocean reefer rate increases forecast to keep outpacing dry prices While average reefer rates globally are up about 3 percent since the start of 2017, dry ocean rates have declined by 14-percent in the same period. (Above: Refrigerated containers being loaded on to a ship. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Refrigerated ocean shipping rates are expected to […]

US airport congestion drives higher freight rates and delays At Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the world’s busiest passenger and 42nd busiest cargo airport, congestion and delays in picking up/dropping off loads are adding wait time surcharges, and in some cases storage expenses, on to already high transport bills. (Air cargo being processed in Atlanta.) Photo […]

Europe’s busiest ports search for answers to barge congestion Executives from Rotterdam and Antwerp, barge operator neska Container Line, and Dusseldorf-based Asia-Europe shipper Metro Sourcing International gathered at the JOC’s Container Trade Europe conference in Hamburg to thrash out a problem that has dogged the giant hub ports for years. (Above: A barge travels at […]

Fearing no-deal Brexit, Europe shippers add buffer stocks Above: Where the impact of a no-deal Brexit will likely be first seen and felt – the port of Dover is a key player in UK-EU trade and the point where 10,000 of the 14,000 daily trucks cross the border. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Shippers across Europe are […]

LTL shippers pressured to digitize billing of lading Digitizing the bedrock shipping document would help LTL carriers cut costs and optimize freight flows, while returning some of those gains to shippers. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. The drive to automate freight shipping may turn not on driverless trucks, but on a slip of paper. The bill of […]

US intermodal peak delayed, tariffs could be to blame Data suggest shippers moved up their September cargo movements to stock up before US tariffs were enacted on $50 million in goods on July 6 and Aug. 23, and on $200 billion of goods on Sept. 24. (Above: An intermodal train travels in Kansas, United States.) […]

Maersk changes dangerous cargo stowage following Honam fire   Maersk found that existing rules regarding the stowage of dangerous goods cargoes, which create their own oxygen and can’t be extinguished using standard carbon dioxide-based on-board firefighting equipment, to be inadequate and has implemented new procedures across its fleet. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Maersk Line will not […]

Maersk changes dangerous cargo stowage following Honan fire   Maersk found that existing rules regarding the stowage of dangerous goods cargoes which create their own oxygen and can’t be extinguished using standard carbon dioxide based on-board firefighting equipment to be inadequate and has implemented new procedures across its fleet. Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Maersk Line will […]