The significant increase comes from DFDS’s unaccompanied freight service linking France and Medway – with vessels carrying more than 200 containers in some instances – and it follows a 30% uptick between April and June. Several sources said the performance was “undoubtedly” driven by deman...

So far, the strategy of the 2M and Ocean alliances, for example, has been to either advance the Felixstowe call in their vessel rotations, or delay it until after the last day of the stoppage, 29 August. However, with no more meetings planned between the port management and Unite union negotiators, ...

The Liverpool and Felixstowe dockers are members of the Unite union, and a ballot of port engineer members is also under way and set to close on 24 August. Unite said: “More than 500 port operatives will strike over an inadequate 7% pay offer,” calling it “a real-terms pay cut”. The ballot o...

The ban was imposed in June, nine days after a deadly fire at a container depot in Chittagong, and brought Bangladesh’s $22m hydrogen peroxide export business to a halt. Singapore is Bangladesh’s main transhipment port for the chemical. PSA lifted restrictions after the inventory level for hydro...

Closure of the German waterway was announced late on Friday as water levels on the Kaub gauge hit 37cm – 41cm is necessary for operations, albeit at reduced loads, and many operators have been many running  barge services at 20% capacity. And over the weekend, water levels dropped to 32cm. Ba...

Less traffic at the ports is due in part to government constraints on the import of luxury items, following a severe fall in foreign currency reserves. Mohammed Abdullah Jahir, COO of Saif Maritime, said this had had an effect on imports by reducing the number of ships arriving. “The world is faci...

Yesterday, Contargo confirmed the water level on the Kaub Gauge had fallen to 47cm – the lowest for four years – with forecasts suggesting it will keep falling next week and that the Rhine will close to barge traffic. Metro Shipping MD Grant Liddell told Logistic-News: “This is critical, as a h...

Cainiao has teamed with U-Speed, an e-commerce logistics platform, to operate the facility, 30 minutes from Israel’s main international airport, Ben Gurion, to tap into the growing trade between China and Israel. The facility is equipped with intelligent sorting equipment and Cainiao’s proprieta...

The 800 sqm facility is at Modjo Dry Port, close to the capital, Addis Ababa. Its opening coincides with DGF obtaining a container freight station consolidation licence from the Ethiopian government and launching its digital road freight platform, Saloodo!, in the East African state. “By expanding...

Transport costs average 50% more in landlocked countries, so reducing non-tariff barriers is key for bolstering their economies – Central Asia’s road freight volumes climbed 60%, and Europe’s 68%, following accession to TIR. The TIR system ensures traffic security and facilitation in transit t...