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WEB4 days ago — The Loadstar - Making sense of the supply chain. Forwarder concern grows over port strike amid a scramble for dwindling airfreight capacity. Forwarders have expressed “growing concerns” over the US port strike, which – given the immutable stance of the ILA, combined with a difficult political situation – could drag on, impacting ...
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WEB4 days ago — Loadstar Podcast | October 2024 | The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: US port strike scenarios and global trade ramifications. With the US on the brink of a large-scale dockworkers’ strike, much is at stake ... The Loadstar Podcast US east coast port strike. Oct 1, 2024 • Comments • Share.
Baltic ports bar damaged Ruby, now in the Channel, due to …
WEB24/09/2024. With a cracked hull and damage to its propeller and rudder, Malta-flagged vessel MV Ruby, carrying 20,000 tonnes of ammonium nitrate, is slowly making its way through the Channel. Not long after leaving the Russian port of Kandalaksha in late August, the general cargo vessel ran aground in a storm in Norwegian waters and a Port ...
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More rain sees normal service resumed on the Panama Canal – …
WEB31/07/2024. Healthy rainfall in recent months has restored the Panama Canal to near-full operating depth, after severe drought last year. Water levels in the Gatun Lake reached 84.4ft today, allowing some 36 vessels to transit the canal a day from September and equivalent to a surcharge fee of just 0.38%. The expectation is that the water level ...
West coast ports suffering as US container imports plunge by 37
WEB20/03/2023. As anticipated, US container imports in February were massively down from the highs of the previous year, with US west coast ports in particular suffering a huge 37% drop. According to the McCown report, which covers the top ten US container ports, import throughput last month fell a record 28%, to 1,454,438 teu, the lowest level ...
Ryder takes over Whiplash for $480m - The Loadstar
WEBDec 13, 2021 — The transaction is accretive to shareholders and is expected to add approximately $480 million in gross revenue to Ryder’s supply chain solutions business segment in 2022 and provide incremental growth to Ryder’s earnings in 2022. Ryder and Whiplash expect to complete the transaction in late …
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More challenges for container shipping may be lurking as contract …
WEB13/08/2024. Supply chain managers need to be wary of more threats to container shipping – and how to mitigate them – as contracting season approaches. The Red Sea crisis has magnified small cracks emerging within the market, leading to port congestion, container shortages, low schedule reliability, extended lead times and eye-watering ...