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As Hong Kong tightens its Covid-19 restrictions amidst record new infections, consumers face a vegetable shortage due to truck drivers testing positive being unable to bring supplies from mainland China. […]
Tue 15/02/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
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Shipping companies’ profits were up by 900% to around $150 billion in 2021, according to a Bloomberg report. And with ocean shipping rates expected to high elevated well into 2022, […]
Mon 31/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Eurofresh Distribution
South Korea’s antitrust watchdog has fined 23 domestic and foreign shippers a combined 96.2 billion won (US$80.84 million) for price-fixing. Among these were three Taiwanese container shippers: Evergreen Marine Corp, […]
Wed 26/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
D-Quality Survey
With over 7,000 containers loaded with Chilean cherries arriving in Hong Kong’s port over this period, the current slow customs clearance is a real problem, according to industry insiders. While […]
Mon 24/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Mediterranean Shipping Co.
Mediterranean Shipping Co. (MSC) has overtaken Maersk to become the world’s largest container shipping line in terms of capacity, according to data published by Alphaliner. MSC’s fleet can carry 4,284,728 […]
Wed 19/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
Maersk
Maersk has unveiled its brand new design for its next generation of green ships, which more closely resemble livestock carriers than boxships. Designed to sail on green methanol with 16,000 […]
Wed 12/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
USDA
Reefer container rates are forecast to climb even faster than dry cargo rates in 2022, according to Drewry’s recently published Reefer Shipping Annual Review and Forecast 2021/22 report. “As trade […]
Mon 03/01/2022 by Richard Wilkinson
On November 19th, 2021, the first electric self-propelling container ship, called Yara Birkeland, was inaugurated in Oslo.
Fri 10/12/2021 by Amanda Cardinal
The port of Valencia is considered a strategic hub in the Mediterranean for reefer maritime traffic.
Fri 03/12/2021 by Luis Enrique Juvinao
Bloomberg
The global shipping crisis is worsening, as shipping hubs are seeing high levels of congestion, with containers piling up. Last Monday, the backlog at Singapore was 22% above normal, with […]
Mon 08/11/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
Brick Meets Click
Despite the sharp drop in ship-to-home home transactions, US online grocery sales and order volume remained high in September, according to data from strategic advisory firm Brick Meets Click. The […]
Thu 21/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
USDA/Photo by Lance Cheung
Major US retailers have begun to charter their own vessels in an attempt to overcome global supply chain disruptions, according to Reuters. The retailers include Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Costco […]
Mon 18/10/2021 by Richard Wilkinson
