March 2022
The Port of Oakland and The Northwest Seaport Alliance voiced their support on March 1 for the Port of Long Beach's "Supply Chain Information Highway" digital initiative, a free-to-all service that delivers data for shippers and other stakeholders to integrate into their own systems to track cargo and allot resources.The innovative data solution was unveiled at the 2022 Trans Pacific Maritime (TPM) conference in Long Beach, one of the industry's ...
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The American Trucking Associations and the ATA Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference expressed their appreciation to President Biden and his administration for highlighting the unscrupulous business practices of a monopoly of foreign-owned ocean shipping lines in last night’s State of the Union Address.“We are pleased that the Biden Administration is taking ...
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Bolloré Logistics opened a new container freight station (CFS) in late February in Prince Rupert (Canada), located approximately 17 km from Prince Rupert’s container terminal. Consisting of a 20,000 square foot warehouse and 2-acre lay down area, the CFS was originally opened to provide container destuffing and transloading services for ...
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The delivery of the Grimaldi Green 5th Generation (GG5G) class vessels is now halfway. On March 1, the Grimaldi Group took delivery of the Eco Malta, the sixth of twelve state-of-the-art units ordered from the Chinese Jinling shipyard located in Nanjing. Thanks to their unique design, GG5G ships are not ...
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Geek+, the global AMR leader, together with comprehensive solution provider Engero, have deployed a fleet of Geek+’s moving robots to create a smart, unmanned cold chain port warehouse in the port of Tianjin, one of China’s largest and busiest. Thanks to Geek+’s solutions, the warehouse has seen improvements of 35% ...
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The conflict in Ukraine has prompted the European Union and other bodies to impose a number of sanctions on Russia. The extensive import of energy (crude oil, oil products, LNG, coal) is not (yet) affected by sanctions, but the export and transhipment of containers suffers from the uncertainty caused by ...
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A.P. Moller – Maersk reports that the company is closely following the ever-evolving situation with governments posing new sanctions against Russia and the regular adjustments that are being made to the list of restrictions. “Our teams are working around the clock to find solutions that safeguard our people, operations and ...
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MSC has made a global decision to temporarily stop taking bookings to/from Russia as of 1 March 2022 amid the impact of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
The declarations of government sanctions have prompted a lengthy and complicated compliance review of consignees and suppliers. They have also triggered reactions by other parties which ...
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Drewry’s composite World Container Index decreased by 2.1% to $9,279.46 per 40ft container this week.Drewry Supply Chain Advisors provide the following assessment for Thursday, 3 March 2022• The composite index decreased by 2.1% this week, but, remains 81% higher than a year ago.
• The average composite index of the WCI, ...
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