CAPACITY

Volume faucet on full blast but rates still a dribble

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 30 (Shippers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 25 (Shippers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Outbound tender volumes posted the highest June 4th total in the three-year series history. Volumes have...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/volume-faucet-on-full-blast-but-rates-still-a-dribble

Carriers in strongest power position of past 2 months

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 20 (Shippers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 15 (Shippers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Outbound tender volumes are benefiting greatly from the reopening of the economy and a release of...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/carriers-in-strongest-power-position-of-past-2-months

Volumes and rejections slowly increasing, but don’t ring the alarm yet

This week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers)

Last week’s DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index: 10 (Shippers)

Three-month DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index Outlook: 50 (Balanced)

The DHL Supply Chain Pricing Power Index uses the analytics and data contained in FreightWaves SONAR to analyze the market and estimate the negotiating power for rates between shippers and carriers.

Outbound tender volumes have risen nearly 10% off the bottom on April 6th, but the momentum has stalled...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/volumes-and-rejections-slowly-increasing-but-dont-ring-the-alarm-yet

Kuryk seaport to expand its capacity

ASTANA – Approximately 2.5 million tonnes of freight will be shipped through Kuryk seaport in 2019, one million tonnes more than last year.

The port, on the Caspian Sea in the Mangystau region, was put into service in December 2016 and began operating the following March. Kuryk has subsequently become a key component in the country’s transformation into a Eurasian continental transport and logistics hub, reported kazakh-tv.kz.

“2018 was favourable for Kuryk seaport. A car ferry terminal was...

http://container-news.com/kuryk-seaport-expands-capacity/

JNPT to dock bigger container ships from February

The capacity of boxships calling at JNPT is set to double with this move.

Container ships with the capacity to carry double the volume of boxes currently calling will be able to dock at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) near Mumbai from February after the state-owned port wraps up a ₹1,966 crore channel deepening work by the end of the month to increase the depth to 15 metres from the current 14 metres.

Currently, ships with a capacity to carry 6,000 twenty-foot equivalent units or TEUs, can...

http://container-news.com/jnpt-dock-bigger-container-ships-february/

Should CentrePort invest to capacity increase?

The November 2016 quakes put Wellington’s container cranes out of action for 10 months. Now CentrePort is looking at investing to accept bigger container ships. But not everyone agrees, Thomas Coughlan reports.

Wellington’s CentrePort is at a crossroads. Flush with cash after more than $170 million of earthquake insurance payouts, the port now has an opportunity to reposition itself for the future. But its proposal to dredge the harbour entrance to welcome in much bigger container ships is being...

http://container-news.com/centreport-invest-capavity-increase/

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