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LOGISTICS
Is the collapse of supply chains now imminent? / No end in sight for port lockdowns / Shippers getting increasingly nervous / Solace: three-quarters of all goods from China on schedule
12.05.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
IFW Kiel: World commerce steadies after war rattles markets / Container shipping congestion remains high
11.05.2022
LOGISTICS
War in Ukraine: German government plans rail “grain bridge” / Without exports, global famine a possibility / Container freight prices trend inconsistently in the off-season
04.05.2022
LOGISTICS
A cargo tsunami threatens ports in Europe / Shanghai still in Covid stranglehold / Freight rates only appear to be falling
28.04.2022
LOGISTICS
A picture is worth a thousand words and hundreds of ships: the scramble outside Shanghai
22.04.2022
LOGISTICS
Congestion mounts at China's ports / Container shortage in Russia / Freight prices adrift in Easter lull
21.04.2022
MANAGEMENT
Ukraine war, related sanctions to boost German insolvencies / Plastics industry likely to suffer more than general economy
20.04.2022
LOGISTICS
Rail chaos in Western Europe / Italy's trade unions plan transport rebellion / Container freight rates drop
14.04.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
Geopolitical events hurt trade flows / Economic growth to slow / Chinese Covid-19 outbreaks hamper logistics / Euler Hermes reports
14.04.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
IfW Kiel: Ukraine war slows global trade / 12% of goods stuck in containers
13.04.2022
ENERGY COSTS
Index for energy commodities rises by 37%: HWWI economics institute / US government releases some of its strategic oil reserves / Relief on gas market due to milder temperatures?
11.04.2022
SCHOELLER ALLIBERT
Customers moving to rent, rather than buy transit packaging / Firms seek to avoid paying new UK Plastic Packaging Tax, says specialist
11.04.2022
LOGISTICS
China's learning from ‘Yantian Panic of 2021' disaster / Ikea, Walmart, Lidl to become shipping companies / Hardly any goods transported via New Silk Road
07.04.2022
COMMODITY MARKETS
Stopping Russian energy imports could lead to 18 months of recession in Germany / Other economists say consequences would be heavy, but it's doable / Baltic states halt Russian gas deliveries amid war
05.04.2022
LOGISTICS
Huge traffic jams again at Chinese ports / Shanghai in Covid-19 lockdown / Massive cost increases expected
31.03.2022
LOGISTICS
The “absolute inability to plan” in container shipping has made a comeback / Truck drivers and freight forwarders face existential fears / Week-long closure of the Main-Danube Canal
24.03.2022
COMMODITY MARKETS
IEA plan cuts EU reliance on Russian gas by over 33% / Group suggests faster shift to green energy / Russian crude inflow to global market could fall as much as 3 mn bpd
18.03.2022
LOGISTICS
Resurgent coronavirus in China cuts port clearing to minimum / Air freight rates surge / Diesel prices push forwarders into the red
17.03.2022
COMMODITY MARKETS
Tough to gauge impact of embargo on Russian oil, natural gas / EU distribution issues could emerge / Russia source of 14% of German naphtha imports
17.03.2022
LOGISTICS
War in Ukraine drives surge in energy prices, air freight rates / 80% increase within a week / Container shipping likely to soon follow suit
09.03.2022
GLOBAL ECONOMY
War in Ukraine fuels spikes in commodity prices / Inflation likely to persist / Analysts, nations reduce growth projections
09.03.2022
LOGISTICS
Russia's attack on Ukraine impacts situation in logistics industry / Land connections between China and Europe largely cut / Closed airspaces make switch to air freight difficult
03.03.2022
PACKAGING MARKET
Better to turn down orders than produce unprofitably? Plastics converters caught between high raw material prices and exploding energy and logistics costs
28.02.2022
LOGISTICS
Ship on fire off the Azores / Higher insurance premiums for the shipping industry? / Air freight rates drop by a quarter within a week
24.02.2022
CMA CGM
CEO announces end of plastics waste shipments / Effect on container tonnage minimal
23.02.2022
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