By Ann Koh Jun 20, 2022,(Bloomberg) —Empty container boxes crucial for Asia’s exporters are getting stuck in the port of Rotterdam as a growing backlog of undelivered goods at Europe’s export…
https://gcaptain.com/empty-container-boxes-stuck-at-rotterdam-may-stoke-asia-shortage/
India’s finance minister Niramala Sitharaman has tabled the pre-budget Economic Survey for 2021-22 in the Parliament that gives an insight into the economic status of the country.
According to the survey, India’s Gross Domestic Product growth is projected to grow between 8% and 8.5%, which is based on the assumption that “there will be no more debilitating pandemic related economic disruption, a normal monsoon, significant withdrawal of global liquidity, average global oil prices in the range of...
https://container-news.com/economic-survey-2021-22-global-container-shortage-to-remain/
By Ana Monteiro (Bloomberg) — Restrictions on empty-container returns at major ports are the top issue that needs fixing to help ease U.S. supply-chain bottlenecks, the head of the Harbor Trucking…
https://gcaptain.com/southern-californias-empty-container-problem-is-getting-worse-truckers-say/
By Sharon Bernstein and Nathan Frandino ESCALON, Calif., Dec 9 (Reuters) – The shrink-wrapped boxes of fresh California walnuts stacked almost to the ceiling in Don Barton’s California packing facility…
https://gcaptain.com/languishing-walnuts-show-how-shipping-crisis-is-hurting-u-s-farmers/
By Matt Day and Spencer Soper (Bloomberg) –Most cargo ships putting into the port of Everett, Washington, brim with cement and lumber. So when the Olive Bay docked in early November, it was clear…
By Amelia Pollard (Bloomberg) –The journey of Tonka’s Mighty Dump Truck toy from its Asian factory to U.S. stores offers a window into what it takes for a small toymaker to survive 2021….
https://gcaptain.com/toymakers-war-room-goes-24-7-secure-spots-containers-ships/
By Sybilla Gross (Bloomberg) –For the second season in a row, the stars are favorably aligned for Australian wheat growers — a bumper harvest, a global shortage of one of the…
By Brendan Murray (Bloomberg) –Officials in Long Beach, California, relaxed restrictions on storing shipping containers in a bid to ease a bottleneck that’s left nearly 80 vessels waiting offshore to enter…
By Marcelo Teixeira NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Food traders are switching from containers back to dry bulk vessels to transport refined sugar and rice, hoping to avoid shipping delays caused…
By Gerry Smith and Augusta Saraiva (Bloomberg) –Starting in late August, five container ships left China carrying 65,000 copies of a monograph celebrating the career of filmmaker Spike Lee. They were headed for…