More box ships skip UK hub ports and forwarders urge EC to intervene

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.
An advisory on Friday told UK customers that the Cosco Shipping Azalea, Ever Goods, Ever Globe, CSCL Jupiter and CSCL …

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Belgian government-owned firm to invest in Zeebrugge rail infrastructure

Belgian government-owned rail infrastructure company, Infrabel has announced it will invest to renew the existing railway infrastructure leading to the port of Zeebrugge.

The optimisation of the track changes in Dudzele will benefit the major Belgian port accessibility for railway cargo, according to an announcement.

Tom Hautekiet, CEO of the Port of Zeebrugge emphasised the importance that rail is a transport mode for the port and added, “Our coastal port provides numerous connections to the...

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Antwerp weathers the pandemic storm – Benelux box ports report mixed results

Blanked sailings and network changes resulted in a mixed bag of throughput results at North Europe’s top two container hubs, Rotterdam and Antwerp, in the first half of the year.
With the three east-west carrier alliances cancelling more than 20% of sailings from Asia to Europe at the peak of the Covid-19 lockdowns in Q2, the carriers reshuffled their pack of retained loops to offer shippers alternative loaders.
While all the container …

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