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• Congestion on trans Pacific routes continues

  Time: 2021-09-29 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  At present, the global maritime supply chain is still blocked, and most ports in the world are still congested.According to the latest data of vessels value, there are nearly 427 ships waiting for unloading outside ports around the world. The total capacity is up to 2914445teu.This is an increase of 14% compared with 376 ships in prev...
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• Has the shortage of containers been alleviated?

  Time: 2021-09-28 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  During this period, the maritime supply chain was seriously blocked, and the port congestion in many countries led to the insufficient utilization of a large number of containers.In this regard, sun Wenjian, spokesman of China's Ministry of transport, pointed out at a press conference on the 26th that China's new container p...
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• Freight rates in Asia - North America decreased slightly, while freight rates in Asia - Europe increased slightly

  Time: 2021-09-27 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  At present, the situation of shipping is still very tense, and the port congestion and container shortage have not been well alleviated. But good news came in.According to the FBX, spot container freight rates in Asia - North America continued to fall this week, the second consecutive week. This gives the painful shipper a glimm...
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• The number of flights from Asia to the Middle East has been reduced by nearly 50%

  Time: 2021-09-24 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  This year, foreign trade has recovered and the demand for import and export has been rising. This has led to a boom in the global shipping industry. In this context, many routes are very popular, such as Asia North America. But some routes are very unpopular, including Asia Middle East routes. According to the latest ...
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• In response to port congestion, U.S. port operators extend operation time

  Time: 2021-09-23 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Now the global epidemic has rebounded. This is a huge blow to the shipping industry.The consequence of this is that the congestion of global ports continues to deteriorate, and the maritime supply chain suffers an unprecedented crisis.At the same time, the rise of container price greatly increases the transportation cost of cargo owne...
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• Truck drivers in Chittagong are planning a strike, and the supply chain may be hit again

  Time: 2021-09-22 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Now the congestion of the maritime supply chain has brought a great impact to many shippers and freight forwarders. Now, truck drivers in one country's port are planning a strike, which makes things worse.Following the HMM crew strike, a strike plan also appeared in Chittagong, Bangladesh. The strike was initiated by local tr...
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• Many shipping companies showed their excellent performance this year

  Time: 2021-09-18 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  At present, the shipping market is very hot, and many shipping companies have made huge profits in this environment.Just a few months ago, Maersk CEO Soren Skou said that the performance at the end of last year was the best ever. However, in the second half of this year, the performance so far is four times that of last year...
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• The chain reaction has exacerbated port congestion in the United States

  Time: 2021-09-17 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  The global import demand is increasing, and the port congestion in various countries is very serious. The congestion of Los Angeles port / Long Beach port in the United States is even worse.The shortage of chassis vehicles slows down the transportation of goods inland. It is difficult for the goods to leave the port and reach th...
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