The Eindhoven, which lost 260 containers overboard last week, is in Japanese waters, A.P. Møller – Maersk said Monday, and is expected to berth at APM Terminals Yokohama on Thursday.
Maersk is the parent company of APM Terminals, which expanded the Yokohama facility last year.
Maersk said it is awaiting clearance from Japanese authorities for transit to the container terminal. In estimating the arrival at APM Terminals Yokohama, Maersk factored in that Tuesday is a public holiday in Japan to...
The World Shipping Council issued an eye-opening report last July. What seemed like a steady stream of vessel fires, capesizes and container losses was in fact a small drop in the global ocean shipping bucket. A WSC study found a tiny fraction, about .0006%, of the roughly 226 million containers shipped on the world’s oceans each year were lost.
WSC reported on average only 1,382 containers were lost at sea per year between 2018 and 2019. So what’s going on? Between Nov. 30 and Jan. 31, more...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/ocean-container-losses-topple-annual-average-in-2-months
In the latest announcement from Maersk Lines on its stricken vessel, the Maersk Essen, which lost 750 containers in a Pacific storm in mid-January, is expected to off-load damaged containers and effect repairs and leave Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, Mexico by 16 February.
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A record-breaking rail blockade that cost the Mexican economy more than $140 million in lost trade has ended after almost two months.
The end of the blockade has freed key rail lines connecting to the Mexican seaport of Lázaro Cárdenas on the Pacific coast that had been disrupted since late September.
Officials with Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior said on Monday they reached an agreement to sit down with teachers from the National Coordinator of Education Workers Union of Michoacán (CNTE) to...
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Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Record-breaking Mexican blockade costs $81M; A&R Logistics expands in Houston; Mexican export bank seals $600M loan; and TA Services acquires Top Gun Freight.
Record-breaking Mexican rail blockade costs $81 million
Rail lines from Mexico’s Port of Lázaro Cárdenas have been blocked for almost 40 days, upending freight flows across several key trade routes.
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Héctor Pérez, CEO of Ford’s Mexico unit, said Monday the Mexican government should do more to stop ongoing railway blockades across the country.
Rail blockades over the summer affected operations at Ford’s Hermosillo, Mexico, plant, and ongoing blockades in Michoacan state could also affect imports and exports to and from the United States.
“Compliance with the rule of law has to be promoted, respect individual rights and prevent social unrest, providing security and protection to investors,...
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A railway blockade carried out by teachers and students in Mexico continues to strain commercial cargo movement from the Port of Lázaro Cárdenas, one of the country’s key seaports, according to an official with Maersk.
“Road blockades in Michoacán state result in lack of connectivity to major industrial centers in the west, central and north of [Mexico]. It is important that smooth traffic of goods transiting this network is maintained so as not to affect major industrial sectors and consumer...
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A.P. Møller – Mærsk said it is cooperating with Mexican authorities after two men and 102.5 kilos of cocaine were found in a container on board the Svendborg Maersk at the Port of Manzanillo on Thursday.
“We can confirm that authorities at Manzanillo Terminal are conducting an investigation after allegedly two stevedores were found hidden alongside narcotics in one container,” said Christian Kjærgaard-Winther, Maersk’s senior press officer. “We are collaborating with the Mexican authorities in...
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