The battle for a market that could amount to 30m teu globally is now between carriers, forwarders and digital offerings, delegates at this week’s TOC Container Supply Chain conference in Rotterdam were told.
Lars Jensen, chief executive and partner of SeaIntelligence Consulting, said: “There will be a fundamental change in the competitive dynamics between carriers, and this will take place no matter what happens in terms of supply and demand in the …
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First common digital standards for container shipping on the starting blocks
The first common digital standards for the container shipping industry are expected to be proposed this year, according to the newly appointed chief executive of the Digital Container Shipping Association.
Speaking at this week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam, Thomas Bagge (pictured ) told delegates that members of the recently formed association would hold a general assembly to vote on the first proposed standards for the industry.
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‘An end to shipping alliances would see freight rates skyrocket’
Shipper opposition to deepsea liner shipping alliances may be dangerously misplaced, delegates at the TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam heard yesterday.
Lars Jensen, chief executive and partner of SeaIntelligence Consulting, said efforts by some to bar container lines from operating in alliances, claiming they have become anti-competitive, would result in freight rates “skyrocketing”.
The EU’s Block Exemption Regulation (BER), the de facto legislation covering liner alliances and...
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High Bay Storage could be a solution to container terminal capacity issues
The High Bay Storage (HBS) container terminal concept unveiled earlier this year by DP World could also help speed up hinterland supply chains.
Delegates at the TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam were today told by DP World director of global operations Patrick Bol that the system, developed in conjunction with German cargo handling technology firms Amova and SMS, could usher in a new era of port-centric logistics.
HBS, which essentially …
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18,000 teu container vessels were “a step too far”
Container lines may have overshot in terms of calculating the optimum size of vessels as they sought economies of scale, according to a new Long Read from The Loadstar.
In advance of this month’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam, the decision of carriers to build vessels in the 18,000-22,000 teu ULCV class has one more been called into question, as new trends such as trade regionalisation and trade wars …
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