Shipper representatives who met with the European Commission (EC) last week have said that the shipping lines are “holding world trade hostage” as the commission says it is not bothered by inflated rates.
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Shippers in Europe are going out of business as erratic deliveries of cargo containers leaves production lines stranded and European exporters, like their US counterparts, say that lines, in their rush to get empty boxes back to Asia, are not picking up export cargo.
According to the European Freight Forwarders Association (CLECAT) and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) carriers have cut services and managed capacity as the pandemic spread across Europe without consideration for their...
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Shippers are not buying into the box shortage paradigm, that the dearth of containers in Asia is caused by the pandemic, presented by shipping lines and others, with one shipper telling Container News, “Containers don’t have a life of their own, the lines manage their box fleets as well as their ships.”
Shippers believe that the cause of the container shortage and the spike in charges is the lines themselves, “Shippers are being charged astronomic rates for the lines’ own incompetence,” said one...
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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 PortsAn advisory on Friday told UK customers that the Cosco Shipping Azalea, Ever...
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Beneficial cargo owners believe that there has been an erosion of trust between service provider and customer that has left shippers shocked and angered at the failure of lines to accommodate their customers during this period of the pandemic.
European Shippers’ Council (ESC) members believe that the European authorities should be concerned about the poor service provided by the carriers who are geared to earn profits without providing a service that is fit for purpose.
“Our suggestion to the...
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Shippers claim that the failure of the European Commission (EC) to revise the Consortia Block Exemption Regulation (CBER) in April this year has allowed the lines to act freely in controlling the capacity within trade lanes pushing up the cost of cargo transportation.
Even as the levels of demand for vessel capacity has fallen the spot rates on the major trades have soared as shipping lines have cancelled sailings, either due to drydocking or to maintain high utilisation levels.
Jordi Espin,...
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European shippers have warned that they intend to fight on against the European Commission’s plans to extend the block exemption from EU competition rules, which allows liner shipping groups to form consortia.
The commission had already indicated in November that it was favourable to a four-year extension of the exemption, but the shippers and their allies claim that in including plans to extend the exemption in its newly published work programme, it has taken no account of the objections they...
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Drewry and the European Shippers’ Council (ESC) have defined and published a simplified BAF indexing mechanism and bunker charge guide to help shippers monitor and control bunker charges as shipping lines switch to the more expensive bunkers required under the IMO 2020 low-sulphur regulation.
The mechanism is the result of the ESC-Drewry IMO toolkit reference group, a 10 European shipper experts, Drewry and the ESC tasked with gathering views and best practices on IMO 2020 low-sulphur...
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ESC discussed the implementation of Key Performance Indicators in the maritime supply chain at the Global Maritime Logistics Dialogue in Leipzig on 22 – 24 May 2019.
The event was organised by the International Transport Forum and gathered all logistics maritime stakeholders.
ESC stated that implementing Key Performance Indicators in the maritime supply chain would provide the basis for a standard language on maritime performance. But the KPIs should not be used as a weapon. ESC also proposed to...
European Shippers’ Council (ESC) will participate at the Motorways of the Sea Forum on the 21st of June 2019.
The conference will be the opportunity to discuss with representatives from institutions, organisations, associations, and industry players about maritime policy, the pillars of the...