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Deutsche Bahn considers sale of cargo subsidiary / World trade takes a winter nap / Container freight rates experience sharp crash
09.12.2022
LOGISTICS
The Kiel Canal is closed / Striking truck drivers in South Korea threatened with fines / Container prices continue to fall
01.12.2022
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Strikes and Covid lockdowns rupture global supply chains / Will the European petchem and polymer industries be dragged into the mess? / Prices for container freight stagnate
24.11.2022
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Germany's DB Cargo to increases freight rates up to 45% / Criticism from trade associations
21.11.2022
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China sends huge trains west / LyondellBasell to charge for late returns of tank wagons / Ports suffer from freight declines
17.11.2022
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Better, but not by much: one in ten containers still stuck in traffic jam / Standstill at Russian ports as well / Slight changes in container freight rates
10.11.2022
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Neighbourly cooperation: Germany trades mainly with EU member states / New efficiency class system: sooty, heavy oil burners get the chop / Drop in freight rates
03.11.2022
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Should China call the shots for German companies? / Port of Rotterdam feels impact of EU sanctions on Russia / Container freight rates drop across the board
27.10.2022
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No fuel, no train traffic: nothing is working in France / Competitive expansion of German rail network to cost EUR 17 bn / Freight rates continue to decline
20.10.2022
LOGISTICS
Maersk to ship containers across the seas with bio-methanol / Container freight rates remain under pressure
12.10.2022
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China's official balance sheet: nearly 200 mn containers handled from January to August / Strike, strike, and another strike in UK / Hapag-Lloyd spends EUR 1 bn on acquisition
06.10.2022
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Hurricane Ian threatens polymer production, brings logistics to standstill / British dock workers on strike again / Container freight rates soften with more capacity, less demand
29.09.2022
LOGISTICS
Increasing consolidation of global transport groups / Rhine water levels rise / Container freight rates decline
22.09.2022
LOGISTICS
Signs of hope for AdBlue production / US rail strike averted / UK port unions to walkout / Container freight rates widely lower
16.09.2022
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Calmer waters: tariff dispute at German seaports settled / China zero-Covid strategy again rattles supply chains / Container freight rates stagnate
08.09.2022
LOGISTICS
Ship congestion off North Sea ports, North American East Coast / Industrial action in UK, US / Container freight rates in reverse gear
01.09.2022
LOGISTICS
European trucking faces looming AdBlue shortage / US processors unhappy due to supply chain issues / Air freight share rises significantly / Container freight rates almost unchanged
25.08.2022
LOGISTICS
Eight-day strike hits UK's largest container port / Latest industrial action hits trade flow
22.08.2022
LOGISTICS
Rhine River blocked by damaged freighter / Strikes at UK's ports imminent / Freight rates for containers hardly affected so far by China's Taiwan antics
18.08.2022
LOGISTICS
Germany's Rhine is suffering, and with it, the industry / Freight rates for inland navigation increase fivefold / Belly transports back to pre-crisis level
11.08.2022
LOGISTICS
Summer heat goes to heads of Lufthansa pilots / Additional threat of British port row / Inland shippers complain of low water, political inaction
05.08.2022
LOGISTICS
Possible strikes at German airports as recession looms / Ground crew walkout heaps pressure on air freight / Water levels on rivers continue to fall / Trend for container freight rates varied
28.07.2022
LOGISTICS
Barely a palm width of water under keel has Rhine shippers concerned / A solution to port strikes in sight? / Container freight rates still plummeting
21.07.2022
GERMAN ECONOMY
Ukraine war hits major German industries / Ifo study
20.07.2022
LOGISTICS
Shipping companies demand “weight discrepancy fee” from customers / Chaos on American railways as well / Germany's Rhine to be hit hard by the heat
13.07.2022
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