Container shipping

Container firms complain of poor services in India

Global container shipping clients are complaining that outsourcing services to low-wage countries such as India has led to a sharpdrop in quality of services, says a fresh international transport report.

However, shipping experts from India maintain that what global clients claim as a ‘drop in quality of services’ is a fall in the number of claims processed for the latter, which, the experts claim, is better for the global shipping firms as their payout on this account has dipped.

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Blessing in Disguise? IMO 2020 Could Help Container Shipping Achieve Elusive Supply and Demand Balance

By Sam Whelan, Asia correspondent (The Loadstar) – The IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap, to be imposed in January 2020, could be a “blessing in disguise” for shipping lines, should the regulatory fallout finally end the industry’s elusive search for supply and demand balance. However, any benefits will not...

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Container shipping: A chance for Illinois farmers

The state’s soybean association wants Illinois farmers to think inside the box: specifically, the 40-foot shipping container.

The U.S. trade war with China means Illinois has, for the time being, lost its best customer for soybeans. Instead of China buying 70,000 metric tons of beans stashed in a ship’s belly, the Illinois Soybean Association wants farmers to consider shipping smaller quantities of soybeans via container to customers in Taiwan and Southeast Asia.

The goal is to replace some of...

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CMA CGM, A.P. Moller – Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and ONE Plan To Establish Container Shipping Association

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Five container shipping companies intend to create an association with the purpose of paving the way for digitalization, standardization and interoperability in the container shipping industry.

IT executives from CMA CGM, A.P. Moller – Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, MSC and Ocean Network Express are currently discussing the creation of common information technology standards which shall be openly available and free of charge for all stakeholders of the wider container shipping industry.

“It’s in the...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/cma-cgm-a-p-moller-maersk-hapag-lloyd-msc-and-one-plan-to-establish-container-shipping-association/

iContainers Warns All Cargo Agents To Pay Extra Attention To Shipments Involving Switch Bills Of Lading

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100% online freight forwarder iContainers is warning all cargo agents to pay extra attention to shipments involving switch bills of lading. The comes amid an increase in fraud cases involving switch bills in recent months. The WCA, the largest network of freight forwarders in the world, has sent emails to its members to advise them of the possibility of fraud cases related to switch bills of lading. The association also indicated it was distancing itself from business related to these bills and...

https://www.marineinsight.com/shipping-news/icontainers-warns-all-cargo-agents-to-pay-extra-attention-to-shipments-involving-switch-bills-of-lading/

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