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Global container trade has best quarter since 2010 An unexpected surge of imports and exports was partly to blame for congestion at some Chinese ports in April. Global container traffic is set to post annual year-over-year growth of 10 percent in the first three months of the year, the fastest quarterly increase since 2010, driven […]

NY-NJ port honing navigation for ships up to 18,000-TEU A higher bridge means larger operational challenges for ships passing through Newark Bay to the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Port of New York and New Jersey is honing guidelines on how best to navigate mega-ships to berth after electronic simulations showed the […]

Hazardous loads banned at India's biggest inland port The accident is likely to result in greater regulator oversight of hazardous material shipments in India. Intermodal logistics giant Container Corporation of India (Concor) has placed a total ban on the handling of hazardous cargoes at its flagship Tughlakabad Inland Container Depot near Delhi, impacting supply chains […]

ACL considers Gothenburg exit The latest iteration of Atlantic Container Line’s combination container and roll-on, roll-off ships is the G4 The crisis at the Gothenburg port deepened on Wednesday as its longest-serving carrier, Atlantic Container Line (ACL), said it might be forced to leave due to ongoing longshore labor disruptions. This was on top of… […]

Yang Ming: US importers from Asia upped contract volume Yang Ming and data from PIERS say shippers haven’t shied away from booking on its vessels. Yang Ming is emboldened by surging volume and revenue, narrowing losses, and the signing of trans-Pacific service contracts with higher volume guarantees. Yang Ming’s first quarter volume rocketed 14 percent […]

Duty-free truck fuel at UK ports will offset Brexit customs costs, says forwarder Andrew Baxter, MD of Europa Worldwide Group, wants duty-free fuel at UK ports for all trucks. Credit: Europa The managing director of Europa Worldwide Group, Andrew Baxter, has called on the UK government to create duty-free fuel zones within British ports to […]

DFDS profit up 10 percent on sea freight growth LONDON — DFDS’s earnings increased more than 10 percent in the first quarter on rising sea freight volume on its North European roll-on, roll-off routes. The Danish shipping and logistics company is on track to top last year’s record result. Profit before special items and tax […]

Free container database offers collaboration springboard A platform for container data is an example of how collaboration can create opportunities for greater efficiency. A free container database, known as BoxTech, shows how the sharing of electronic information can help the supply chain from BCOs to marine terminals while providing the groundwork for collaboration that can […]

Europe-ECSA rally makes southbound new backhaul Traffic from Europe to East Coast South America ports such as Montevideo has surged since the fourth quarter of 2016. The rally in container traffic on the southbound leg of the Europe to East Coast South America route is gathering pace following almost three years of decline to regain […]

Europe-ECSA rally makes southbound new headhaul Traffic from Europe to East Coast South America ports such as Montevideo has surged since the fourth quarter of 2016. The rally in container traffic on the southbound leg of the Europe to East Coast South America route is gathering pace following almost three years of decline to regain […]