Christmas

Forwarders Urge EC To Intervene As Carriers Avoid Congested UK Ports

According to a Loadstar report, as carriers continue to leave import containers stranded at North European ports and charge exporters more than $5,000 to ship a box to Asia, the pressure is growing for regulatory intervention. 

And UK importers today face major challenges from the decision by Ocean Alliance members to divert five more vessels from Felixstowe to Zeebrugge in December.

Carriers Diverting from UK Ports

An advisory on Friday told UK customers that the Cosco Shipping Azalea, Ever...

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Thankfulness for truck drivers — WHAT THE TRUCK!?! (with video)

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Truck drivers are responsible for moving our goods from point A to point B, so what would Thanksgiving look like...

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Trucker charity delivers holiday hope to deserving families

TCGO delivers holiday hope to deserving trucking families

The mission of the Truckers Christmas Group Organization (TCGO) is to provide some financial assistance to deserving truck drivers and their families who have fallen on hard times because of a catastrophic event at Christmas.

Almost 90% of the applications TCGO, a 501(c)(3), has received this year are from truckers sidelined from driving because of cancer or other severe health concerns.

Truck drivers in the U.S. and Canada can apply for a $500 grant through TCGO. People can also anonymously...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/trucker-charity-delivers-holiday-hope-to-deserving-families

BIMCO Launches Special Christmas Tribute for Seafarers

In a major development, BIMCO has announced that it’s organising a special tribute to seafarers for this Christmas in order to show solidarity and support for them during this COVID-19 challenging times, says an article published on their website. 

BIMCO members are encouraged to participate to send out a strong message of support and appreciation for these key workers.

Seafarers Not Forgotten in Christmas

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world at large bringing in a new normality for 2020....

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Search for Potent COVID Vaccine Continues Amid Second Lockdown

  • One, out of the 200 COVID vaccines under development, will hopefully be available in the first part of next year.
  • Johnson’s government regards the emergence of a vaccine, as well as the development of treatments, as the best way to avoid future lockdowns.
  • Ministers have said care home residents and workers will be first in line to receive a vaccine, followed by people aged 80 and over.

Doctors in England have been put on standby for the possible roll-out of a coronavirus vaccine before...

https://mfame.guru/search-for-potent-covid-vaccine-continues-amid-second-lockdown/

Will This Christmas Promise a Miracle for the Stock Market?!

Christmas eve’s stock apocalypse was another buy-the-dip moment, reports Bloomberg.

It was the night before Christmas last year, the worst moment of Wall Street’s bleakest holiday season in decades. Staring at another 400-plus-point plunge in the Dow, its fifth in seven days, the Federated Investors fund manager worried he’d been too generous with presents for the kids.

“Market’s going the wrong way and you’re worried. ‘Hey, did I spend too much?”’ said Chiavarone, whose firm has around $530...

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HRH The Princess Royal leads six women reading lessons at MtS Christmas service

HRH the Princess Royal

HRH The Princess Royal leads six women reading lessons at MtS Christmas service

London, November 14, 2019:  International seafarer welfare charity, The Mission to Seafarers, today announced that its President, HRH The Princess Royal, will be attending and reading a lesson at the annual ‘Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols’. 

A highlight of the Christmas season for the shipping industry, this year’s carol service will take place on 3 December from 14:15 to 17:30 at the Church...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2019/11/14/hrh-the-princess-royal-leads-six-women-reading-lessons-at-mts-christmas-service/

Trade war is ruining Christmas for toymakers

Chinese factories are normally at their busiest during the third quarter, cranking out production of everything from Barbie dolls to miniature trucks in time to ship them over the ocean to the U.S. ahead of the all-important holiday shopping season. This year’s different.

Even with President Donald Trump delaying tariffs on $160 billion of toys to smartphones to spare the Christmas boom for U.S. retailers, the damage has already been done. That’s because big toy purveyors like Walmart Inc. have...

https://container-news.com/trade-war-ruining-christmas-toymakers/

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