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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.

There are currently substantial delays at the transhipment hubs of Singapore and Port Klang (Malaysia) as lines struggle with a variety of issues causing the backlog. Longer transit times to and from Europe on the east-west trade, scheduling amendments, bunching of vessels and a shortage of empty equipment in key

Containers out of northern China are becoming increasingly hard to get hold of, report forwarders. A surprisingly strong market, plus lower vessel capacity due to the Red Sea crisis, is creating a shortage of both ships and containers. “There is a very real shortage of 40’ HC containers in China â€

Rates from Asia to Australia: There has been a sharp escalation in ocean freight rates from China, Taiwan, Japan and Korea to Australia over recent weeks. Shipping lines announced a general rate increase effective from 15th April, then additional rate increases have been implemented from 1st May and again from 15t

FTA / APSA on Sky News – Baltimore Bridge Collapse Implications for International Trade Freight & Trade Alliance (FTA) and the Australian Peak Shippers Association (APSA) continues to lead our sector’s coverage in mainstream media explaining supply chain disruptions and its contribution to inflati