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The pandemic’s impact on the global supply chain

From empty shelves upsetting shoppers and parts shortages interrupting manufacturers, to shipping delays and soaring costs, the pandemic has shone a spotlight on the global supply chain and the challenges in keeping goods moving efficiently along it. (more…)

Ports refuse empties

The challenge of finding HGV driver resource and unpredictable vessel schedules, means that container delivery moves are failing, with unclaimed imports building up and rising container stack levels prompting Felixstowe and London Gateway to start refusing empty containers. The shortage…

Shipping line reliability drops to all-time low

Despite 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.…

Chinese ports reopen after Typhoon Chanthu

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…

HGV driver crisis hidden for years

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…

UK delays more Brexit border checks

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…

Ningbo container terminal fully open after COVID closure

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…)

COVID closed Ningbo may reopen tomorrow

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…)