The veteran journalist will trek for more than 10 days on behalf of the UK’s the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network (ISWAN). Mr King said he was motivated by the poor treatment of seafarers during the Covid pandemic. “I thought the treatment of these crews was abhorrent,...

Vespucci Maritime’s Lars Jensen was referring to the rapid reversal in price direction on the Asia to US west coast and Asia-North Europe tradelanes, which saw their components in Drewry’s WCI index shed another 6% and 5%, respectively, this week. “This clearly signals a weakness in the marke...

The WSC is garnering a reputation as the International Chamber of Shipping’s sharper-toothed cousin, after a Maersk representative quit the ICS, and will make the recommendations at the IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee meeting (MEPC 79) in December. “Liner shipping is investing...

Nevertheless, the initiative could fail unless there is more support from international shippers, warned French shipper body the Association des Utilisateurs de Transport de Fret (AUTF). Sustainable transport lobby group France Supply Chain and the AUTF launched the Association of Low Carbon Mariti...

The country’s main perishables export organisations have been in talks with the ministries of transport and economy to find solutions to problems that have taken a heavy toll on fruit shipments to overseas markets. The aim is to find measures that can improve port efficiency, address shortages of...

Flexport founder Ryan Petersen is set to act as co-chief executive for six months after Mr Clark joins on 1 September and will then take the newly created executive chairman role. “Flexport is on its way to becoming one of the world’s most important technology platforms for supply chain and log...

Mr Hardiman has held the post for four years and “has decided to move closer to his family and step down as CEO”, but will continue in an advisory role during the transition period, and is expected to remain with the company. Mr Mosgaard Christensen was most recently managing director of APM Te...

Speaking exclusively to Logistic-News, Mr Kenney said the FMC’s proposed emergency order would require carriers to share information about cargo availability directly with shippers, truckers and rail carriers. But for there to be a significant change to the levels of congestion, more drastic actio...

The box ship, on the newly launched China-Europe Panda service, discharging its first containers, Tailwind-liveried, at ECT, Rotterdam. According to Alphaliner, the chartered vessel then made an ad-hoc call at Antwerp to take a full load of empty Hapag-Lloyd containers for return to China. The con...

This section analyses the biggest news stories of the summer, including industrial unrest at European ports, the latest from China and why US west coast port congestion has shifted east. It also includes a full briefing on air and ocean freight rates. In par...