As the strike reached its eighth day today, KITA urged truckers to consider the long-term economic effects of the strike and resume negotiations with the government. It said it had received 236 complaints from members, alleging financial damage from the strike that has resulted in delays to cargo de...

The move will allow exports of Ukrainian products through Poland, circumventing Russian-allied Belarus. Over the weekend, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, Dmytro Senik, told Reuters there were some 30 million tonnes of grain stored in silos in Ukraine since the blockade of its Black Se...

The charges vary per country, but in Bangladesh, by paying $10 for the Container Protect Essential product, an importer can enjoy up to $100 in damage repair cost coverage. If the importer pays $50, there is unlimited coverage to repair damage. “Maersk has introduced the product in consultation wi...

Both the federal government in Ottawa and the province of New Brunswick have dug up funds to support its expansion and are pumping C$37.8m (US$29.9m) into the project, which will add a second berth and rail track to more than double rail capacity. Transport Canada is allocating C$21m to increasing p...

He claims regulatory intervention is necessary for a more democratic logistics sector to emerge. Speaking on a platform with Maersk’s UK and Ireland representative, Samantha Brocklehurst, and Nick Winder, of WIN Logistics Group, at this year’s Multimodal show in Birmingham, the debate turned to ...

The bill still needs the signature of President Joe Biden, but that is seen as a formality, given his recent critical comments on ocean carriers. FMC chairman Daniel Maffei said: “I applaud today’s passage of the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022 by the US House of Representatives and look ...

According to the Container Transport Alliance Australia (CTAA), there has been little improvement to the country’s container logistics congestion this year. The CTAA said: “For the past few years, and again currently, the landside sector is facing chronic gate-in and overall capacity constraints...

Shipping costs are already high for consumers of the service, but new measures to tackle climate change will mean that, even as demand for vessel services decreases post-pandemic, the costs for carriers will rise as regulations become more stringent. International Maritime Organization (IMO) secreta...

President Yoon Suk-yeol has made it clear there will be no government intervention as the truckers.  He said: “Only when the government sticks to the law and principles and remains neutral, do I believe labour and management will be able to build the capacity to freely resolve their issues on...

Thanks to their chemical makeup, lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries release oxygen when they heat up and, should they catch fire, it is impossible to smother the flames with water or foam. Worse, however, is that while some are taught to fight battery fires using CO2 foam, spraying CO2 onto a battery fi...