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Analysis: supply chain players go head to head in a fight for pricing power

One of the thorniest questions I have been struggling with lately is the priority of the main actors in the supply chain arena: is it now a fight for power or a race for cash, let alone higher profitability?
Ultimately, I can’t help but come to the conclusion that it is all about shareholder returns, particularly for the freight forwarders. Pleasing investors is more pressing than dealing with their customers’ needs – although they …

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Blockchain set back, as cryptocurrency failures deter confused freight industry

Fear of cryptocurrencies and confusion over what blockchain really is are two key reasons holding the freight industry back from embracing the technology.
Blockchain infrastructure can make transactions more secure, faster and simpler. But its link to cryptocurrencies, which is what it was originally developed for, has been a setback, as businesses confuse the recent failures of cryptocurrencies with blockchain.
“People still don’t know the difference between blockchain and cryptocurrency,”...

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Crane Worldwide Logistics appoints CEVA’s Marco Nazzari to head EMEIA

Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Marco Nazzari as regional vice president for EMEIA.
Reporting to the president and CEO, John Magee, Mr Nazzari will oversee the growth and development of Crane in the region from the forwarder’s offices in Italy.
Crane said it has “aggressive growth plans for the remainder of 2018” of which Mr Nazzari will be a “critical leader”.
Mr Nazzari was most recently global head of freight management sales for …

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Beleaguered UK importers prepared for further delays as more vessels divert from Southampton and Felixstowe

Chronic congestion at the UK’s two largest container ports is forcing ocean carrier planners to make further last-minute ship diversions, causing chaos to the country’s supply chain.
Landside congestion at Felixstowe and Southampton has added to the woes of the UK haulage industry, which is already suffering from an acute shortage of HGV drivers.
Even before the botched implementation of a new terminal operating system at Felixstowe in June, which was the …

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Venta Maersk completes first Northern Sea Route passage

The first Maersk containership to complete the Polar sea passage from Asia to Europe via the North Pole – the so-called Northern Sea Route – arrived in St Petersburg this morning.
The Venta Maersk, a 3,596 teu ice-class vessel designed to operate the company’s Baltic feeder services, departed Russia’s Pacific port of Vladivostok on 22 August.
It called at Russia’s other main Pacific box port of Vostochny and the South Korean hub …

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A marketshare conundrum for liners, as expiry of EC block exemption nears

In a year and half, the deepsea alliance structure could find itself on the wrong side of European competition legislation.
Yesterday, the European Commission reopened its investigation into the block exemption that currently applies to container shipping, and which allows them to operate alliances on trades that serve the EU.
Brought into law in 2010 – following the EU’s decision to outlaw the old conference system that allowed shipping lines to jointly set freight rates – the …

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Rush for space on Asia-Europe as box carriers spark new capacity crunch

North European shippers are scrambling to book space on October sailings to Asia ahead of a new capacity crunch.
The decision by ocean carriers to void 11 voyages from Asia to North Europe nest month to halt the slide in container spot rates will result in a similar number of cancelled backhaul sailings in November and December.
One UK forwarder told The Loadstar today he was encouraging his customers to bring forward as …

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Felixstowe box congestion spreads to Southampton, just in time for Xmas rush

The UK’s two biggest container ports appear to have hit crisis level.
UK retailers potentially face weeks of delays in getting their Christmas stock onto the shelves in time for the peak consumer spending rush.
Moreover, UK exporters to Asia can virtually forget about getting containers shipped in October, due to carriers blanking a huge 11 eastbound voyages in the month.
And many of the sailings that survive will be ‘cut & run’, without loading, due …

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THE and Ocean alliances team up for Mediterranean-US east coast service

THE and the Ocean alliances have confirmed plans to merge a Mediterranean-US east coast service in December.
Subject to regulatory approval, the new service will see THE Alliance’s AL6 join with the Amerigo service operated by CMA CGM, Cosco and OOCL – Ocean Alliance member Evergreen is not part of the service and is not expected play a part in the new string.
The service will deploy six 8,000 teu vessels – three from …

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Dachser makes changes at the top as it strengthens Asia network

Germany-headquartered 3PL Dachser has bolstered its Asia network with the establishment of a new Far East South cluster and a parallel structure for the Indian subcontinent.
It has promoted Kevin Chen (pictured above) as managing director of Air & Sea Logistics Far East South, who will be responsible for 477 employees and eight locations across Hong Kong, Taiwan and South China.
Mr Chen was formerly managing director of Air & Sea Logistics …

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