Rates for North Europe and the Mediterranean are holding steady at about $10,000 and $12,000 per 40 ft respectivel, according to the latest readings from the WCI, FBX and XSI spot rate indices. This is despite anecdotal reports to Logistic-News that several ships sailed from Asia to North Europe this...

Boxes have piled up at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, as it takes longer to move them off the docks to urban centres in the east. On 12 July, three out of four container facilities at the port of Vancouver (Centerm, Deltaport and Fraser Valley Docks) showed box dwell times in excess of se...

More boxes could mean a higher risk of transporting unwanted organisms, but would also help reduce the increased dwell times at destination ports in Europe and the US. Nevertheless, the issue of cleaning containers inside and out to prevent the spread of potentially harmful insects and other wildlif...

Last minute talks between the employers, the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) and the trade union ver.di, representing 12,000 port workers, were suspended yesterday evening with no agreement in sight. The third ‘warning strike’ is the longest so far and will further aggravat...

The move ostensibly has a two-pronged goal: to get around mounting challenges for trade with Russia in the wake of global sanctions on Moscow, and to curtail the demand for dollar payments. “In order to promote growth of global trade with emphasis on exports from India and to support the increasin...

The integration saw TNT’s hub at Liège Airport, in Belgium, relegated to secondary or regional status, resulting in heavy job losses. Speaking at an Investor Day at the end of last month, Karen Reddington, president, FedEx Express Europe, revealed that the air network integration will bring benef...

It has streamlined its management structure from five global regions to three – Americas, Africa/Europe, and Asia Pacific. “By combining the full Americas scope across North America and South America, APM Terminals will be better able to serve both East/West trades, North/South trades and landsi...

The industrial action by 12,000 port workers will halt operations at the key container hubs of Hamburg, Bremerhaven and Wilhelmshaven, and will be the third and longest period of industrial action in the increasingly bitter wage dispute. If the strike goes ahead, it will have a serious impact on lin...

Usually some 6,000 teu of outbound containers are waiting for shipment, but an extra 3,300 teu are now waiting following a suspension of trucks from highways, due to Eid. The seven-day truck suspension was imposed in order to facilitate the movement of public buses and other vehicles for people leav...

The law is not hitting the industry out of the blue. Designed to address misclassification and inadequate compensation and benefits of workers in the gig economy, it was set to come into effect on 1 January 2020 but was stopped immediately in its tracks by injunctions sought by opponents of the bill...