Several trade bodies have urged the Centre to set up a regulator to deal with the rising freight charges, amid the problem of container shortages that exporters are facing. Engineering Export Promotion Council of India (EEPC) claimed that shipping lines are demanding high freight charges as inward...
The UK Port of Felixstowe has come under renewed attack for its stance on delays at the facility with the British International Freight Association (BIFA) calling for government intervention in an effort to find a resolution to the chronic congestion that hauliers say is blighting the port.
In a statement late on Friday, 9 October, BIFA called on the government to intervene in the dispute as an arbitrator in an effort to bring the two sides together to find a solution which the freight...
https://container-news.com/felixstowe-remains-under-fire-as-complaints-keep-rolling-in/
Container terminal operations in the pandemic era were in the spotlight as The Maritime Standard assembled a top class, multinational panel of business leaders, from the UAE, India, Sri Lanka, and for the first time, Israel, to discuss the impact of Covid-19 on the sector. The topics discussed...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/container-bounce-back-gives-operators-cause-for-optimism/
Global shipping giant Maersk will stop using military-owned ports in Myanmar, a lobby group said after leading a campaign against international companies with links to the armed forces. The South-East Asian nation’s military has for decades stood accused of widespread human rights abuses. But it...
DP World, UAE Region, a premier logistics company and a leading enabler of trade, was a part of the CEO Forum: Challenges and Future Opportunities for Ports and Shipping in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Virtually held on October 6, 2020, the event united industry experts who shared insights on the...
Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA), Brunsbüttel Ports and Kruse freight forwarders have signed a co-operation deal to promote inland waterway shipping on the Lower Elbe.
The three sides inked the agreement on 6 October and plan to further expand freight traffic via the inland waterway between Hamburg port locations by targeting potential shippers.
“We want to make even greater use of the Lower Elbe’s excellent port infrastructure to shift regional traffic to the waterway,” said HHLA executive...
https://container-news.com/hhla-partners-with-brunsbuttel-companies-to-boost-lower-elbe/
Italy’s ports could still attract international investors in spite of the drop in maritime trade due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report released on Friday by the Italian Institute for International Political Studies (ISPI), a Milan-based think tank. “The first semester of the year...
Without protection, a submerged steel surface will gradually corrode. That is why steel quay walls are generally fitted with sacrificial anodes, which draw rust away from the steel itself. There is an alternative protection method, however: using anodes that are charged with ‘impressed current’. At...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/sustainable-solution-prevents-corrosion-of-quay-walls/
The increase in economic activity during the summer months is clearly reflected in the increase in goods traffic in the world’s main ports, a positive trend in the rise of commercial activity that is also seen in the decrease of the idle fleet to 2.7% when, at the height of the Covid-19 crisis, it...
Brazilian miner Vale SA has teamed up with China’s Zhoushan Port Company Ltd to build and operate Project West III in the port of Shulanghu, according a securities filing on Friday, a strategic logistics alliance to serve the world’s largest iron ore importer. Vale said it will have 50% of the JV,...
https://www.hellenicshippingnews.com/brazils-vale-enters-jv-to-expand-chinese-port-filing/