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Sea-air services make a comeback, but volatility and uncertainty lurk

The sea-air business via Dubai and Singapore is back up and running, as air freight rates continue to stabilise.
Aeromar Sea Air, which suspended its business in March when air freight rates skyrocketed in Asia as passenger aircraft stopped flying, said it was re-introducing services.
“We still have some limits on capacity, but there is enough to offer a professional service; so we are back,” said managing director Nick Coverdale.
“Rates are stable, …

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A chill settles over perishables shippers as reefer shortage persists

Concerns over a shortage of reefer containers are still riding high, amid fresh warnings that supply is due fall well short of demand towards the end of the year, and into 2020.
The warning came from global head of seafreight reefer logistics at Kuehne + Nagel Frank Ganse, while Thomas Eskesen, founder of Eskesen Advisory, also envisages no improvement next year.
He pointed to the fact that orders for new reefer containers currently …

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Whitepaper: Freight Rates May Rise Due To IMO 2020

  • Carriers and shippers are bound to face uncertainty due to IMO 2020 regulation because fuel costs constitute over 50% of operating expenses.
  • Seabury Maritime published a white paper on March 4th, in cooperation with Gemini Shippers Group,providing statistics.
  • It expects an increase of USD 600 in present costs of shipping a container from China to the USEC.
  • Several factors affecting a carrier’s calculation of the fuel surcharges make transparency extremely important to build trust.

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