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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
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
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
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
LOGISTICS
Resurgent coronavirus in China cuts port clearing to minimum / Air freight rates surge / Diesel prices push forwarders into the red
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
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
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
LOGISTICS
Signs of improvements in logistics sector / Calm seas for container freight rates
17.02.2022
LOGISTICS
Every tenth container worldwide is stuck in a traffic jam / Omicron further thins out staffing levels / Stocks being expanded to provide a buffer
10.02.2022
LOGISTICS
Shipping companies earn well with supply chain problems / Container freight rates show inconsistency
02.02.2022
LOGISTICS
More global spending to strengthen supply chains / Short-term fixes outpace long-term moves / Health sector only positive outlier / McKinsey report
31.01.2022
LOGISTICS
Container freight rates: Route from China to the US and back becomes cheaper / Significant rise for the US-Northern Europe route
28.01.2022
LOGISTICS
In container shipping, everything that can float is being loaded and launched / New EU requirements make truck transports a quarter more expensive
27.01.2022
LOGISTICS
Industry continues to suffer from lack of containers, port congestions / Fear of Ukraine war sends containers from rail to sea
20.01.2022
LOGISTICS
Ships clog ports worldwide / Shenzhen, Hong Kong almost sealed off / Container prices skyrocket
13.01.2022
GLOBAL TRADE
Strong growth forecast for 2022-23 despite supply chain disruptions / Global imbalances expected to increase / EU's climate goals present challenges to transportation sector / Euler Hermes reports
10.01.2022
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