Tag: containers
Importers Face Unprecedented Container Congestion Due To Lockdowns
Global container supply chains are facing a congestion crisis.
Boxes pile up at ports, and container freight stations expand and spread.
Social lockdowns...
COVID19 Marine Insurance – What Is Covered & What Isn’t?
According to a LoadStar article written by Jose Guerrero, Author of the book, 'MARINE CARGO INSURANCE -Adjusting, Claims Administration, History', the reports of hundreds...
Carriers Headed for a 10% Decline in Container Volumes!
According to a LoadStar article written by Gavin van Marle, the container shipping industry could lose as much as $23bn this year from reduced...
Problems Ahead for Containers As Carriers More Blank Sailings!
According to Mike Wackett's article published in the Loadstar, ocean carriers serving the transpacific tradelane have announced a wave of blank sailings to match...
Shippers Scramble for Empty Containers As Freight Becomes Costlier!
According to an article published in Stuff, freight forwarders say finding containers and space on planes and ships is getting harder and costlier, as...
Ocean Freight Rates Affecting Contract Cargoes!
Ocean carriers are taking advantage of some of the best rates in three months.
They are deferring contract cargo in favor of spot...
Electric Container Ships Are Stuck on the Horizon
The Yara Birkeland in Norway, is the world’s first electric-powered, zero-emissions container ship and the first autonomous commercial vessel.
It will carry just...
Shipping Containers and the New Architecture!
Boxman Studios’ claims, If you are looking for a versatile, sustainable, and virtually indestructible solution then shipping container architecture can provide a solution for...
How to Ship Calcium Hypochlorite – a Guide from CINS –...
Guidelines for the Carriage of Calcium Hypochlorite in Containers
1. CARGO ISSUES
1.1. Hazardous Properties of Calcium Hypochlorite
This chemical is a white or yellowish solid that...
Hazardous Containers To Be Offloaded From The Grounded Vessel
Eight containers, carrying toxic materials, aboard the grounded container ship that ran aground off Taiwan three weeks ago, will be offloaded by means of...