It will deliver electrical infrastructure that incorporates green technology including solar generation, battery storage systems and a fuel cell, as well as the replacement of a substation and connecting circuitry. The project will help the port deliver on its 2019 initiative, The Seaport Air Qualit...

Throughput edged up year on year by 0.9%, to 4.4m teu, which compares with the 4.4% fall at Antwerp-Bruges, to 6.8m teu, and 6.2% drop at Rotterdam, to 7.3m teu. A year-on-year 5.8% increase in Chinese imports and exports, to 1.3m teu, and a 3.9% rise in US volumes, to 291,000 teu, at Hamburg mitiga...

Musicians are honouring performances booked pre-pandemic, but with new rules following Brexit, logistics costs have ballooned, leaving artists to foot the bill. “It’s all been a bit of a perfect storm, as live music has returned to a completely different operating environment,” Ben Cash, of Fl...

The Felixstowe Port strike is expected to begin on Sunday, but the results of the Liverpool ballot were only announced on Monday and no firm dates for industrial action have yet been announced. It is unlikely, as some have suggested, that any liner services will be diverted from Felixstowe perm...

American Eagle Outfitters and others are using newly launched Quiet Platforms to move their products to customers around the country. The operation is based on the concept of pooling the carrier contacts of the brands and retailers of all sizes participating in the venture, and shipping parcels...

The cooperation agreement covers freight forwarding and warehousing support in South-east Asia. Amid a booming container shipping market last year, Zhonggu ventured into overseas markets for the first time with two services connecting China and Vietnam in March and August. The CV1 calls at Shan...

Unite union negotiators walked out on discussions with the port authority last week, rejecting a 7% wage increase and £500 ($600) lump sum as being “fairly far away” from what its 1,900 members were willing to accept. It claimed that, with inflation above 10%, it was “effectively, a pay cut�...

Customs declaration services are set to switch from the Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight system (CHIEF) to CDS on 1 October. Currently, CSPs act as intermediaries to give ports relevant information about the movement of containers. A source told Logistic-News CSPs required companies movi...

Instead of the usual peak season surcharge on shipments starting in early October, this year FedEx customers will start paying as early as the US Labour Day holiday on 5 September. The company justified the move by saying there were elevated costs it needs to cover. However, recent aggressive polici...

Delhi is also looking to boost its logistics capabilities by developing inland navigation, following a government-level consultation between policymakers in New Delhi on Monday. “The Container Corporation of India (Concor) will be working closely with the Ministry of Ports, Shipping & Wat...