by admin | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog News
Ocean freight rates have climbed to new highs as a shortage of shipping containers continues to squeeze the global market. The average cost of shipping a standard container has risen by 20 per cent this year to more than $4,000, extending a rise that began in...
by admin | Jan 21, 2021 | Blog News
Container shipping’s capacity crunch has priced some agricultural and chemical commodities out of the market – in favour of breakbulk. And the de-containerisation trend could spread to other cargo categories, according to Estonia-based freight forwarder CF&S. The...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog News
A NORTH–EAST company has launched a new innovation which allows its aluminium flagpoles to be installed onto shipping containers frequently used across construction sites. The new container flagpoles system is the first of its kind in the UK and enables...
by admin | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog News
History has been made with the first containers being transported by rail from Whangārei to Auckland since the revamped rail line reopened earlier this month. Around 919 containers destined for Auckland are being unloaded at Northport at Marsden Pt from the container...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog News
Both import and export costs have risen after the sea freight rate trebled in two months because of an acute shortage of empty containers and a rise in demand on the Asia-Europe and transpacific routes. More than 90 per cent of Bangladesh’s $100-billon external...
by admin | Jan 15, 2021 | Blog News
Anticipating a prolonged shortage of empty containers, shipping lines are asking authorities to free up thousands that lie abandoned at ports. The shortage of empty shipping containers, which has inflated rental prices and hampered enterprises’ ability to export goods...
