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The severe congestion that has been impacting Yantian for over two weeks is now worse than March’s Suez Canal blockage and has spread to Shekou and Nansha, with new testing rules for truck drivers creating even more disruption. (more…)
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With congestion already impacting Shanghai, following Typhoon In-fa, the world’s largest port, Ningbo closed a key container terminal last Wednesday after a worker tested positive for COVID on Tuesday. (more…)
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The Ningbo-Meidong container terminal fully reopens today (25th August) two weeks after it was closed due to a single positive COVID-19 case and one week after cargo operations resumed on a limited basis. (more…)
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Paperwork requirements due in October have been delayed and physical inspections of EU food imports due to start in January 2022 have now been put back to July 2022, with requirement to pre-notify border staff of arriving food products also been…
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The shortage of truck drivers in the UK, which is now impacting the public directly, has been growing for the best parts of two decades, but has been largely hidden by the careful management of freight forwarders and the supply…
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Already struggling to deal with delays and heavy congestion, container terminals in Shanghai and Ningbo, closed as Typhoon Chanthu made landfall in Zhejiang province on Monday, also forcing the closure of Shanghai’s two airports. Ningbo’s container terminals, which were closer…
Read MoreDespite continuing global demand and freight rates breaking all records, vessel schedule reliability hit an all-time low in August and 30% to 40% of liner deliveries are failing, but the shipping lines are not waiving port storage and demurrage charges.…
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IATA is predicting a positive outlook for air cargo demand and believes it will continue to improve as bellyhold services pick up, but with freighter capacity “maxed out” and travel restrictions likely to remain in place, it is unlikely much…
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