Crisis-hit Australia’s Shipping Industry Offers ‘Third-World’ Services
Australia’s shipping industry is in “disarray”, according to angry forwarders and transport operators.
The crisis escalated with more planned industrial action, crammed storage...
Shipping Sector Continues To Thrive Amid Growing e-Commerce Demand
A plethora of factors including urbanization, availability of a wide range of products online, and a rise in online marketing increased the market...
Weekly Tanker Report – Week 37, 2020
The Baltic Briefing has issued the tanker report for the 37th week of this year. The report dated 11th September 2020 provides a valuable...
12 World’s Largest Containerships On Asia and Europe Route
World's largest 24,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container vessels set off on their voyage.
They are to sail between Asia and Europe.
All...
Maersk Cancels GRI & Cuts Transpacific Rates
In a major development, Maersk has announced that they are reducing their planned mid-September transpacific GRIs, thought to be due to China’s move to...
TS Lines Places Order for Newbuild Quartet
Taiwanese intra-Asia carrier TS Lines has commissioned the building of two 1,900TEU ships from CSSC Huangpu Wenchong Shipbuilding of China.
Each newbuilding is...
Container Shipping Recovers in Q3 With Easing Lockdown
Container ships pulling into ports to unload containers rebounded in many parts of the world in the third quarter of 2020, showing early...
Blank Sailings Troubled Shippers Move Towards Rail Freight
According to a Loadstar article, while the air freight industry may be wary of the surge in growth of Asia-Europe rail services, more customers...
Hurricane Sally Intensifies Towards Southern U.S
Hurricane Sally strengthens into a Category 2 storm on Monday.
There's a chance it will make landfall in southeastern Louisiana, a state still...
E-Commerce Merchants To Rely On Ocean Transport for Early Christmas Shipping
Surge in airfreight rates forces e-merchants to rely on ocean transport in order to ship their goods before the holiday season.
One container...