cargo traffic

Traffic Jam Across the World in Sea Till 2022

  • A cargo traffic jam on the world’s roads, seas and air corridors could easily continue into next year.
  • It will continue to increase shipping costs, according to the head of one of the biggest U.S. freight brokers.
  • Annual contracts for long-haul trucking will probably rise in the low-double-digit percentages this year.
  • It is driven by spot rates that have jumped 35% from a year ago, Biesterfeld said in an interview. Air-freight prices have almost doubled from a year ago.

A recent news article...

https://mfame.guru/traffic-jam-across-the-world-in-sea-till-2022/

Container Shipping Market Skyrockets, But Gloomy As Well

  • The two busiest ports in the U.S., the neighboring facilities of Los Angeles and Long Beach set a new monthly records for inbound container traffic this summer and fall.
  • A lot of current cargo traffic is just catch-up from the shipping interruptions of the early days of the pandemic.
  • The pandemic-related shift in spending away from in-person services and toward goods, which is driving much of current U.S. demand for imports, won’t go on forever.
  • Standardized containers transformed global trade...

https://mfame.guru/container-shipping-market-skyrockets-but-gloomy-as-well/

Bottleneck in Panama Canal and Surging Delay

  • Panama Canal congestion spurs more LNG and LPG carriers to take the long route to Asia around the Cape of Good Hope.
  • The good news for containerized cargo shippers is that container lines have reserved booking slots. The delays are affecting ships without reservations.
  • Since the Panama Canal debuted its larger Neopanamax locks in 2016, the three heaviest users have been container ships, LNG carriers and LPG carriers.
  • The consequence over the past month and a half: transit delays.

According to...

https://mfame.guru/bottleneck-in-panama-canal-and-surging-delay/

NSR Cargo Traffic To Significantly Increase Up To 80 mt/year

  • Thousands of tons of cargo to be transported via Russian Arctic sea route in 2020.
  • World’s largest sailing ship, ‘Sedov’, arriving at the Russian Far Eastern port of Vladivostok.
  • Sedov taking part in the round-the-world voyage will sail further to Kaliningrad along the Northern Sea Route. 
  • Northern Sea Route to be proven safe for civilian shipping, not just oil and gas transportation, but also general cargo and fish products. 
  • Plans to have NSR cargo traffic significantly increased up to 80...

https://mfame.guru/nsr-cargo-traffic-to-significantly-increase-up-to-80-mt-year/

Cargo theft trends on global supply chains during 2019

The transport and logistic insurer TT Club along with the global provider BSI issued the “Cargo Theft Report 2020” highlighting the impact of cargo theft on the global supply chain, while giving its recommendations of how theft risks can be reduced.

During 2019, both organizations marked several key trends concerning cargo theft incidents. In fact, these trends include both the enormous targeting of cargo trucks for theft in comparison to all other modalities as wells as the food and beverage...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-theft-trends-on-global-supply-chains-during-2019/

Cargo care checklist: Nickel Ore, Grain, Coal

The North P&I Club launched three different checklists concerning the “care” of nickel ore, grain and coal, providing details to interested parties on how to deal with this kind of cargo.

#1 Cargo Care Checklist: Nickel Ore

Prior to loading documentation received from shipper is needed.

Also, the Club advises that visual inspection should be conducted before it is loaded, in cases that it is allowed and safe.

You should look for:

  • excessive moisture prior to loading
  • Perform a can test before and...

https://safety4sea.com/cargo-care-checklist-nickel-ore-grain-coal/

Tanger Med Port enjoys spike in box traffic

Tanger Med Port published its 2019 activity report, in which he marks the progress in every sector.

  • Container traffic up by + 38%

The spike in box volumes has boosted the ports. Following the operational start of Tanger Med 2 port, a total number of 4,801,713 TEUs were handled at the port complex during the year 2019, representing an exceptional progression of + 38% compared with the same period in 2018.

  • Vehicle traffic: The 500,000 threshold of new vehicles handled is reached

500,465 vehicles...

https://container-news.com/tanger-med-port-enjoys-spike-box-traffic/

Port of LA moved near-record cargo in 2019, amid trade war tension

The Port Executive Director Gene Seroka recently announced that the Port of Los Angeles moved near-record cargo in 2019 with a total of 9,337,632 Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs), just short of the second-best year in its 113-year history, despite lingering tensions from the U.S.-China trade war.

It is said that the near-record volumes come despite a more than year-over-year 17% decline in total TEUs in December 2019, a 12% drop off in November, and 18% drop off in October.

In fact, Seroka...

https://safety4sea.com/port-of-la-moved-near-record-cargo-in-2019-amid-trade-war-tension/

Pearl River freight volume sets new record

The freight volume of south China’s Pearl River set a new record in 2019 by exceeded 1 billion tonnes, second only to that of Yangtze River in China.

According to the Pearl River Administration of Navigational Affairs under the Ministry of Transport, the river’s freight volume, which ranks second in the world, increased by 5.5% year on year in 2019.

Adding to this, the container throughput on the river hit 14 million TEU in the period, a 13.4% year on year increase.

In March 2019, data from the...

https://safety4sea.com/pearl-river-freight-volume-sets-new-record/

New State-Of-The-Art Building And Improved Operative Area For Stockholm’s Important Roro Traffic

Ports of Stockholm and Viking Line have jointly invested in a new cargo expedition building for Viking Line’s cargo traffic. This will enable more efficient cargo management, facilitate the forwarding of rolling goods, and will make things easier for haulage vehicle drivers. Source:

Source

https://www.ferryshippingnews.com/new-state-of-the-art-building-and-improved-operative-area-for-stockholms-important-roro-traffic/

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