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• Maersk acquires Martin Bencher Group to strengthen project logistics capacity

  Time: 2022-08-10 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Last week, Maersk, the global shipping giant, announced its second quarter financial results. The data showed that Maersk's single quarter revenue increased by more than 50% year-on-year.The net profit of other shipping giants such as Dafei also tripled year-on-year in the first quarter, and the profit of Hapag Lloyd reached a...
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• Freight rates continue to fall, but shipping companies are still optimistic about the shipping market

  Time: 2022-08-09 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Compared with last year, the popularity of the shipping market this year has dropped. Many institutions that give freight index can well prove this.The latest container freight index (SCFI) released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange reached 3739.72, with a weekly drop of 3.81%, falling for eight consecutive weeks. Among them, Euro...
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• Negotiations with employers broke down and Australian tugboat workers announced a strike

  Time: 2022-08-08 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  This year's gloobal shipping situation is grim, partly due to the port congestion caused by the strike. Disputes between trade unions and employers are the main reason.It is understood that due to a long-term dispute with the employer "Svitzer Towage", three maritime trade unions in Australia will hold a strike.This w...
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• The Danish government wanted Maersk to reduce freight rates to ease inflation, but it was rejected

  Time: 2022-08-05 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Under the background of the unprecedented severe inflation situation in Europe, some European countries began to exert political pressure on their liner companies.They do so mainly in the hope that these enterprises can help the government and jointly shoulder the responsibility of fighting inflation. Among them, Dafei and Maersk h...
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• To alleviate congestion, NY/NZ ports will levy containers charges

  Time: 2022-08-04 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  With the expected peak season approaching, the port congestion is also increasing. In order to alleviate this phenomenon, the ny/nz port of the United States will take a series of measures.On Tuesday, the ports of New York and New Jersey announced that they would impose charges on any long-term stranded import and export contain...
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• FMC set up a new organization, FIATA called on freight forwarders to discuss the reduction of container demurrage

  Time: 2022-08-03 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  During the epidemic period, the phenomenon of arbitrary charges in the shipping industry was particularly serious. Especially when the port is congested, the high d&d cost puts pressure on freight forwarders and shippers.In the final analysis, there is no good law to supervise shipping companies.Recently, the Federal Maritime C...
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• Containers piled up in European ports. Shipping companies will levy container surcharges

  Time: 2022-08-02 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Recently, from German port workers, British railway workers, Belgian trade union workers, Spanish truck drivers, to thousands of employees of European airlines, they have launched protests or strikes.In the following August, felixto port, the largest container port in Britain, Liverpool pier port and railway workers will continu...
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• Freight rates continued to decline, and multiple shipping companies canceled many voyages

  Time: 2022-08-01 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  As the epidemic improved, the market gradually returned to normalization In addition to the continuous decline in sea freight prices of major routes in Europe and the United States, container trailer freight rates also fell basically in April and may due to the epidemic.According to the latest Shanghai container freight index (SC...
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