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Russia shippers face less trucking options as industry consolidates Trucking firms in Russia are consolidating and expanding their services in a bid to survive the country’s stagnant economy and remain competitive with containerized rail transportation. Consolidation is most directly impacting small- and medium-sized Russian trucking companies with fleets of up to 50 trucks that make […]

China’s Belt and Road set for .2 trillion in funding The potential impact of China’s Belt and Road initiative on the ports and logistics landscape in the Asia Pacific region and beyond is starting to emerge as the major sources of funding for the program come online. An estimated $1.2 trillion could be ploughed into […]

Maersk sees ‘bumpy’ six months of SOLAS Maersk Line expects a “bumpy” six months after a new international regulation requiring the weight of all containers to be verified before they are loaded onto a ship comes into force on July 1. “We are committed to making the process as easy as possible — but we […]

TPM 2016: Transportation firms attracted to Memphis At the 16th TPM Conference in Long Beach JOC Senior Content Editor Alessandra Barrett and Greater Memphis Chamber Senior Vice President of Economic Development Susan Maynor discuss the future of the logistics and transportation industry in the greater Memphis metropolitan area. You can find all of our TPM […]

Industry expecting disruption from SOLAS rule SHANGHAI — The responses “who knows” and “let’s wait and see” were the two most common replies from forwarders and terminals at a large trade show here to questions on whether the industry was prepared for the new container weight regulations that will be imposed on July 1. The […]

Georgia short-lists bidders for planned .5b Black Sea container port at Anaklia TBILISI, Georgia — By July 31, the Georgian government expects to choose a terminal operator… Georgia short-lists bidders for planned .5b Black Sea container port at Anaklia Journal of Commerce

Container lines’ SOLAS guidance compiled by US forwarders, brokers WASHINGTON — A group of U.S. customs brokers and freight forwarders has compiled a list of the evolving carrier and terminal operator guidance on the controversial and new International Maritime Organization container weight rule. Because that guidance is so variable and prone to change, however, the […]

Trans-Pacific carriers cut more capacity despite peak season arrival In what is possibly the most counter-intuitive development so far in this year’s unconventional trans-Pacific peak-shipping season, carriers have announced the suspension of two Asia-U.S. services just as the trade enters the traditionally busy summer months. Further service cuts are possible. According to this week’s edition […]

Confusion over liners' policies post-IMO circular suggests disruption ahead When the International Maritime Organization in late May called for countries to exercise regulatory leniency in the first three months after the SOLAS container weight rule takes effect on July 1, some shippers took it to mean that container lines would agree to load containers without […]

Rate management company advises on when shippers should ditch container lines Price, risk management and loss of trust — these are the three main reasons shippers end agreements with container lines, according to online container freight rate management company Xeneta. In a survey of its database of contributors, the Oslo-based platform for containerized ocean freight […]