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Breaking News: Further to our Newsflash on Wednesday this week advising of a strike at US ports, we have just received news form our USA agents that the port strike at East Coast and Gulf has been postponed. Port workers will return to work on Friday morning (US time) A new interim contract has been …

Strike in USA closes down ports: The ILA (International Longshoremen’s Association) and USMX ( US Maritime Alliance, representing employers at US East Coast and Gulf ports) have been negotiating a new contract for several months, talks reached a standstill late last week and the ILA threatened to strike from Tue

Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) have received advice from the Minister for Home Affairs the Hon Tony Burke MP and the Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations Senator the Hon Murray Watt confirming the prohibition of the importation of engineered stone as of 1 January 2025. The 2024 Federal Budget provid

DP World (Melbourne) – IT System Issues Causing Ongoing Delays and Disruptions to Road Operations: Please see below the information provided by DP World Melbourne on Monday – regarding their IT system upgrade last Friday. At this stage todays delays are in excess of three hours (images below), these delays

China National Holidays: Just a reminder that China will shut down from 1st October until 7th October 2024 for Mid Autumn Festival and National Day public holidays, please ensure you ask all shippers to provide shipment documentation as soon as possible to avoid any delays and extra costs. Ocean Freight Rates: We

Bangladesh Unrest Supply chain chaos across Bangladesh, the world’s third-largest exporter of clothing, has created the longest berthing delays anywhere across the globe. Bangladeshi ports have been groaning under soaring traffic volumes in recent years, in line with the country’s emergence as a sign

MSC cancel tranship service to Australia/New Zealand: MSC Lines have announced effective immediately that have ceased accepting bookings from Europe to Australia and New Zealand on their transhipment service via Singapore. All cargo can now only move on their direct services from Europe, naturally the costs are su

Likely you are all aware of the upcoming Paris Olympics and Paris Paralympics. Olympics 26th July – 11th August 2024 Paralympics 28th August – 8th September 2024 As is the case for all Olympics Games Host Countries, the games will bring some challenges for local transportation due to restrictions, al

Shipping lines are making announcements of either General Rate Increases (GRI) or Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) effective from 1st July. Most are taking the position where they will implement one or the other, ie either PSS or GRI. We await final pricing in the next few days however indicators as follows:   Imp

As per our previous post, significant delays continue to plague the major transshipment hubs of Singapore and Port Klang, Malaysia. Shipping lines are still grappling with substantial volumes and a variety of operational issues, resulting in persistent backlogs at these critical points in the global supply chain.