LongReads

18,000 teu container vessels were “a step too far”

Container lines may have overshot in terms of calculating the optimum size of vessels as they sought economies of scale, according to a new Long Read from The Loadstar.
In advance of this month’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam,  the decision of carriers to build vessels in the 18,000-22,000 teu ULCV class has one more been called into question, as new trends such as trade regionalisation and trade wars …

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New Loadstar LongRead: An automotive apocalypse is nigh…

The world of automotive manufacturing is changing very fast. Despite recent indications by the US that it will remove tax breaks on electric vehicles, the rest of the world seems committed to erasing emissions.
But how do manufacturers cope with the changeover?
The impact of the change on the supply chain will be great. From extremely heavy, hazardous lithium ion batteries, which are not currently made in sufficient quantities near plants, to …

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New Loadstar LongRead: The Panama Canal

Since it opened its enlarged locks, the Panama Canal has won back all its market share of Asia-US east coast container traffic.
According to The Loadstar’s latest LongRead, the ability of lines to move far larger ships through the waterway’s locks, coupled with cut-price tariff incentives by Panama on the return leg of the journey, designed to encourage lines to convert round-the-world services into Asia-US East coast pendulum services, the canal …

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NEW Loadstar Long Read: Gateway Georgia

“Logistics is a core competency that the state of Georgia is promoting,” said Cathy Morrow Roberson, head analyst at Logistics Trends & Insights.
Some 80% of the US market is within two-days’ trucking, or a two-hour flight from the state – and logistics has heavy support from the Georgia state government.
It boasts sizeable companies – from Delta to UPS, from Home Depot to Coca-Cola. It also has impressive logistics infrastructure, with Hartsfield …

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