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‘The shambles that is Felixstowe port is costing everyone time and money’

The UK’s biggest container port at Felixstowe (POF) is buckling under the strain of a “sharp spike in import volumes”, triggering hauliers and forwarders to criticise the management’s “contemptuous attitude” towards them.
“It is a complete s**t show and, if we as hauliers treated our customers with the same distain as the POF treats hauliers, we would be out of business by the end of the month,” said haulier David Perfect.
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Importers ‘close to breaking point’ as tension rises at Sydney’s Port Botany

Other strike-hit container terminal operators and supply chain players are backing a DP World Australia bid to end the “crippling” industrial action at Sydney’s Port Botany.
Work stoppages by the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA) have caused an 11-day cargo backlog at the port, with a knock-on effect of container supply chain congestion spreading to Melbourne and Brisbane as vessels are diverted.
On Tuesday, DP World lodged an application with the Fair …

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Hutchison pays ‘Failing’ Grayling £100,000 for seven hours’ work a week

There is one very important question about Chris Grayling’s Hutchison £100,000 a year wage packet for seven hours’ work a week: does it include holiday pay?
We’re talking serious numbers here – if Hutchison Ports expects Mr Grayling to work all 52 weeks of the year, that amounts to £274.73 per hour; but if, like the rest of us, he gets the standard four weeks’ paid annual leave, it works out …

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Seko Logistics and Air-City push into US postal services – and undercut USPS

Seko Logistics and its subsidiary, Air-City, have launched an international parcel delivery service into the US.
The firm has approval from US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) to process Section 321, Type 86 (T86) ocean imports through Seko’s container freight station (CFS) in Long Beach, California.
The approval allows Air-City and Seko to offer customers fully trackable, 20-22-day, door-to-door deliveries across the US for the inbound ocean shipments from China, Asia and Australasia that …

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FMC fires ‘collusion’ warning shot across the bows of transpacific carriers

US ocean regulator the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) has fired a warning shot across the bows of container shipping lines, saying it will head to the courts if there is evidence of collusion on the transpacific trades.
Freight rates between Asia and the east and west coast of the US have reached record highs in recent months and, following a closed meeting of FMC commissioners yesterday, the regulator said it was …

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Another blow for UK logistics: SMART Freight system won’t be ready for Brexit

UK forwarders and shippers readying their businesses for Brexit were dealt another blow yesterday when freight association Logistics UK revealed it had learned that the SMART Freight system won’t be ready for the deadline of 1 January.
“News that the government’s much anticipated SMART Freight system is unlikely to be ready by the end of the year, with the beta version only anticipated for launch in mid-December, is a crushing disappointment …

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Norway’s NCL launches direct shortsea service to Tilbury as Brexit looms

Shortsea carrier North Sea Container Line (NCL) is to launch a direct weekly service to Tilbury’s London Container Terminal (LCT) this month.
The Norwegian-headquartered carrier will deploy the geared 657 teu Rumba.
With its first call stemmed to arrive at LCT on 23 September, NCL said it would link some 15 ports on the west coast of Norway with the UK.
“The original ambition of NCL was to move fresh salmon off the …

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Analysis: the rollercoaster ride of the charter market in 2020

Containership time-charter markets have, with few exceptions, experienced a rollercoaster ride since the start of 2020.
After a generally weak start to the year for feeder vessels and a continuation of 2019’s strong markets for mid-size and larger units, the onset of lockdowns drove a correction in vessel earnings.
Since then, however, time-charter markets have roared back into life, and vessel earnings for key benchmarks have risen at least as fast, if …

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Mike Honious and John Grubor promoted to new senior roles at Geodis

Geodis has announced that Mike Honious (pictured above) has been promoted to president and chief executive for its Americas region.
He will replace Randy Tucker, who is retiring, and take up his new position on 3 October, reporting to Geodis chief executive Marie-Christine Lombard.
She said: “Mike has the ideal blend of deep industry experience and strong leadership abilities needed, and under Mike’s leadership, I am confident Geodis in Americas will continue …

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Container availability drops across Asia prior to shipping peak

New blog from container tracking and exchange platform ContainerXchange, with some data to illuminate recent reports of growing equipment shortages in Asia. The firm’s Container Availability Index suggests stocks of 20ft boxes has reached critical lows in Port Klang and Shanghai, although there is some good news in that supplies of 40ft and 40ft high-cube boxes are expected to increase in coming weeks in the Chinese gateway, at least.

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