Russia has increased its military presence in the Arctic region in a bid to protect its interests in the Northern Sea Route (NSR) with a squadron of Su-34 multi-purpose fighter jets, as well as additional military infrastructure including radars, radio-electronic equipment and missile systems.
https://www.porttechnology.org/news/russia-beefs-up-nsr-security/
Recently, shipping lines have decided that it’s time for the digital revolution in the industry. So, they have been...
https://container-news.com/cargofive-shipping-lines-going-digital/
Shipping lines may soon face fines for delays in the unloading of import containers, which spawn congestion at ports, the leader of a truckers’ group said Monday, March 4.
Truckers, after delivering shipments to warehouses, are supposed to return empty container vans to the shipping lines. Several firms, however, do not have enough container yards, said Mary Zapata, president of the Aduana Business Club Inc.
This forces truckers to wait for days before they can unload the empty containers,...
https://container-news.com/shipping-lines-to-face-fines-for-delays/
Drewry is expecting “marginally higher contract rates, higher fuel charges and better carrier discipline” this year, with global freight rates up by about 6%.
However, in its 2019 Container Freight Outlook presentation today, for the two major east-west tradelanes, Drewry has evidence of flat new January-December contract rates between Asia and Europe, but anticipates some improvement in transpacific annual contract rates when they are renewed in May.
In regard to capacity management, …
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Philippines – Shipping companies have been directed to open up container yards that will be utilized as depot for empty containers amid clamor from truckers over port congestion.
Customs Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero said on Monday (Nov. 19) he had required shipping lines to open up container yards for empty containers. He also directed the transfer of empty containers to inland container yards.
He said that during the time of former Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña, “there were talks...
http://container-news.com/companies-must-open-up-yard-empty-containers/
At the behest of the Cambodian logistics sector, the Ministry of Public Works and Transport is urging international shipping companies to consider reducing, or even dropping, fees that have inflated costs for local firms.
Particularly, the Freight Forwarders Association has raised concerns over the effect the container imbalance charge (CIC) is having on the bottom line of its members. They also complain of high terminal handling charges (THC).
International shipping lines have recently raised...
http://container-news.com/cambodian-logistics-companies-lower-fees/
The Port of Long Beach says September container volumes fell from a year ago, but fiscal year volumes hit a new record. The results come just ahead of the tariffs the U.S. imposed on $200 billion in Chinese imports.
The second largest port by container volume, Long Beach saw loaded inbound containers fall 2.5% from a year ago to 357,301 twenty foot equivalent units (teu) last month. With empty containers seeing a small increase, overall September activity was flat at 701,205...
A photo of the Costa Rican national protests taken on Sept. 12, 2018.
Excerpts from an article ironically named ‘Breakthrough hope in Costa Rica strike’:
The government and public sector workers in Costa Rica have agreed to enter into talks to bring to an end an indefinite strike that is now in its second week.
The unions, which are protesting against government tax reform plans, released a statement indicating their willingness to negotiate with the mediation of the Catholic church but without...
From the Handy Shipping Guide:
Early on the morning of 14 July 2012 the ship’s alarms sounded and a cloud of smoke rose from one of the holds. When the fire-fighting team rushed toward it and flooded the hold with CO2 the explosion occurred.
In the second hearing of a potentially three phase case the US District Court for the Southern District of New York has reached a verdict appointing responsibility for the deaths, injuries and damage caused when the MSC Flaminia was struck by an explosion....