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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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• Strike action continues, and another major port in Europe is going to strike

  Time: 2022-07-29 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Recently, the global supply chain has been in trouble again. Major ports in Europe and the United States have opened the "death block" mode.To make matters worse, strikes by port workers and truck drivers occurred frequently.From Korean truck drivers, German port workers, Canadian railway workers, Spanish truck driver...
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• Data from several shipping data institutions: container port congestion index hit another record

  Time: 2022-07-28 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  According to the latest data of Clarkson, the port congestion index of container ships reached a new high in July. Nearly 38% of container ships are waiting at the port.Specifically, the container capacity of the east coast of the United States has increased significantly during this period. By mid July, the transportation capaci...
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• CMA CGM announced lower freight rates to ease French economic inflation

  Time: 2022-07-27 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  During the epidemic, shipping companies can be said to be the biggest beneficiaries of the shipping industry. The high ocean freight makes their profits continue to expand.But, now the global economy has declined, and some governments require these shipping companies to give up part of their interests to alleviate the economic pressure...
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• Frankfurt Airport was severely blocked, and cargo flights were forced to cancel or divert

  Time: 2022-07-26 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Now the global freight market has been challenged. The strike of truck drivers and dock workers led to increased congestion in the port.On the other hand, insufficient personnel and warehouse congestion lead to a large number of goods piled up here in the airport. Frankfurt Airport, the largest air cargo hub in Europe, is facing thi...
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• The strike escalated and Oakland port was forced to suspend operations

  Time: 2022-07-25 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Recently, strikes by port workers and truck drivers have spread across almost all American ports. This will cause great obstacles to the operation of the port.It is reported that the Oakland International Container Terminal in California announced that it would close the cargo business of Oakland port and suspend its operations....
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• Imports from U.S. ports are still growing, but demand has slowed

  Time: 2022-07-22 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Port congestion has brought great impact to ports all over the world. This makes a large number of containers piled up in the port, making the port operation interrupted.It is understood that the number of imported containers handled by several U.S. ports hit a record high in June. More and more data and analysis show that the dema...
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