Sources say the charges, made public last month, are a response from port operators looking to recoup “millions of pounds” ploughed into preparing phytosanitary facilities, the need for which was removed after a government u-turn and the abandoning of new Brexit checks. This position, however, h...

Negotiations between German port employers and dockworkers trade union ver.di ended without a result on Saturday after 10 hours. The union described a revised offer from the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) as “inadequate”. “This offer is far below the real wage prote...

The workers, who call themselves US Freedom Flyers, filed a case last month after Atlas implemented a mandatory US-authorised Covid-19 vaccine rule, in line with government recommendations. The pilots, flight attendants and others claim Atlas “frightened” workers into “feeling they had no choi...

A new whitepaper from Maersk has highlighted the extent of Asia Pacific’s trade growth, noting the region’s “meteoric rise as a consumption market” has prompted 50% growth in intra-Asia exports since 2019. “This includes a quadrupling of e-commerce during the past three years, which is fur...

The German united services trade union Verdi called out its 12,000 dockworker members at Hamburg, Bremen and Lower Saxony in the first of what could be several “warning strikes”, designed to increase the pressure on its ongoing wage dispute with the employers, the Central Association of German S...

Since last month Zara has charged consumers €2.95 if they send purchases back. In the UK the levy is £1.75, which the retailer deducts from the refund. Zara is not alone. Uniqlo, another fashion chain, charges consumers who return online purchases €1.95. Like free delivery, free returns have be...

KFTC handed down its decision on 9 June, after a two-month probe that focused on the liner operators’ actions between February 2003 and May 2019. Those penalised included: Heung-A Line, fined $12.5m; KMTC Line, fined $11.6m; Sinokor Merchant Marine, fined $9.6m; HMM was fined $39,060 and SM Line w...

“Following the recent fatal explosion on 4 June 2022 at one of the container facilities in Bangladesh, we have observed a significant spike in the number of containers containing hydrogen peroxide being discharged in PSA Terminals,” the operator said in an advisory on Thursday. It...

According to the Ningbo Containerized Freight Index (NCFI) commentary, freight rates from Asia to Europe reflected “stable supply and demand fundamentals in the market” and were therefore virtually unchanged on the week. Readings for North Europe from the FBX, WCI and XSI indices were $10,692, $...

The German carrier announced that all shipments moving via barge would be stopped until 30 June, a decision that coincided with the latest update from barge operator Contargo, which noted that its wait times at Antwerp had jumped from 33 hours at the end of May to 46 hours today. In an operational u...