It forms part of the Belt and Road initiative in what has become a competition hot-spot on the African continent. Yesterday’s announcement of a link-up between India’s Adani Group and Abu Dhabi Ports to develop a port and logistics hub in Tanzania today was matched by China’s second-busiest co...

According to China State Railway Group, there were 1,517 Silk Road trains running in July, up 11% year on year, with volumes up 12%, to 149,000 teu. However, total volumes for the first seven months were up only 4%, to 869,000 teu, continuing the slowdown in growth that began with the Russian i...

The partners said they aimed to offer end-to-end logistics infrastructure and solutions covering rail, ports, maritime services, digital services and industrial zones in the East African country. “A series of potential country-level investments to grow, improve, and promote an end-to-end maritime ...

The port improved its 7% wage increase offer yesterday with a lump sum payment of £500 ($606), but this was rejected by negotiators of the Unite union. There are no further meetings planned before the eight-day strike starts on 21 August, and shipping lines plan to reschedule calls at the port, som...

Some are working with parcel carriers, while others banish them from central areas. Purolator Courier, Canada’s largest parcel and express carrier, is experimenting with a new distribution concept for e-commerce in the nation’s largest city, Toronto. Last month, it opened a mini retail outlet in...

These are imposed by carriers on customers unable to return empty containers before a certain deadline. Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) chairman Daniel Maffei told representatives of the trucking and terminal operating community at the port of New York and New Jersey shippers should instead be com...

Over 1,900 workers at the UK’s biggest container port voted overwhelmingly to take strike action after the Hutchison-owned employer declined to improve its wage increase offer at ACAS on Thursday. Ocean carriers serving the port are adopting a “wait and see” strategy, but may have few options ...

Set to open next May, with a 2.4 km berth and 18-metre deep water, the facility on reclaimed land can accommodate five 24,000 teu containerships simultaneously, enabling it to handle around 4.5m teu a year. The first batch of equipment arrived at Kaohsiung on Monday, when Chinese crane manufact...

Among the ‘lowest-hanging fruit’ in digitalising the logistics sector, eBLs would dramatically reduce paperwork and, it is thought, the manpower required to process it. However, a universal standard for eBLs must first be established. This would include agreement on the necessary details, as wel...

The UK government’s tax body warned yesterday that “more than 3,500 businesses risk significant delays” if they did not migrate to the Customs Declaration Service (CDS) before it switches off the current platform, Customs Handling Import and Export Freight (CHIEF), on 30 September. Director of...