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09 Apr Port of Baltimore closed indefinitely

Posted at 21:25h in Freight Forwarding, Logistics, Port Disruptions, Port of Baltimore, Ports, Shipping, Supply Chain by susan pop 0 Comments

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The catastrophic ship collision and collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge has indefinitely blocked access in and out of the Port of Baltimore. A major hub for products such as cars, forest products, farm equipment and sugar, this incident will disrupt a key trade lane...

09 Apr West Coast resolving rail congestion

Posted at 21:23h in Global Trade, Ports, Rail by susan pop 0 Comments

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Terminal operators at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are working to resolve the backlog of rail containers that is a result of strong import demand over the past few months. US imports from Asia were 39.6% higher over January and February compared to...

09 Apr Rail congestion hits Port of Vancouver

Posted at 21:21h in Global Trade, Ports, Rail by susan pop 0 Comments

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A surge in imports, compounded by a shortage of available rail cars, has seen the Port of Vancouver hit with rail container backlogs. Whilst import-laden containers declined by 12.7% last year, they increased by 22.3% in January and February, creating congestion and increasing dwell times....

18 Mar Oakland International Container Terminal Continues Clearing Backlog

Posted at 20:00h in Port Disruptions, Ports, USA by susan pop 0 Comments

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A backlog at Oakland International Container Terminal (OICT) is expected to clear within the next fortnight. This backlog was caused by a combination of various factors, including an electrical outage, low worker productivity due to Super Bowl Sunday and super-post Panamax ships waiting for a...

18 Mar India-Europe Impacted By Red Sea Diversions

Posted at 19:47h in Freight Forwarders, Freight Forwarding, Ocean Freight, Port Disruptions, Ports, Red Sea, Shipping by susan pop 0 Comments

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Vessel diversions have added an average of 10 days to what was traditionally a short European transit for shippers across India and the Middle East. Red Sea disruptions have seen transit times from India to Rotterdam increase from 23 to 33 days, subsequently resulting in a...

15 Dec Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) To Increase Costs 1st January 2024

Posted at 01:04h in Australia, Ports, VICT by susan pop 0 Comments

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VICT has announced that landside charges pertaining to the vehicle booking system (VBS) and import storage will increase as of 1st January 2024. According to VICT these fee increases are attributable to the combination of rising business costs which are a result of inflation, energy expenses,...

07 Dec Cyber Security Incident Affects DP World Australia

Posted at 00:46h in Australia, Cyber Attack, Port Disruptions, Ports by susan pop 0 Comments

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In addition, the CTAA has been advised by OneStop that they have isolated connections to DP World to ensure that the incident doesn't impact on the operations of other terminal customers using One Stop's systems. DP World Australia is collaborating closely with government and private sector...

07 Dec Cyber Security Incident Affects DP World Australia

Posted at 00:25h in Australia, Cyber Attack, Port Disruptions, Ports, Supply Chain by susan pop 0 Comments

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DP World Australia has detected and began responding to a cyber security incident on Friday 10 November 2023. This has resulted in disruptions to port operations and freight services across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Fremantle. Whilst DP World did initially restrict landside access to Australian port...

15 Aug The truth about the peak season ahead

Posted at 17:48h in Business, Freight Forwarders, Freight Forwarding, Global Trade, Logistics, Logistics Solutions, Ocean Freight, Ports, Shipping, Shipping Containers, Supply Chain, Trade Volume, World Container Index by Susan 0 Comments

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There's been substantial commentary around the lack of a perceived peak season in 2023 however given the rapidly changing situation across the ocean's trade routes, how accurate does this claim continue to be? Whilst traditionally the premise of a peak season is based on the volume...

15 Aug VICT Container VGM Check Weighing – Weight Discrepancy Fee

Posted at 17:44h in Australia, Freight Forwarders, Freight Forwarding, Global Trade, Logistics, Ports, Shipping, Shipping Containers by Susan 0 Comments

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Since 1 June 2023, Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) at Webb Dock, Melbourne has been applying a VGM Weight Discrepancy Fee for full import and export containers determined to have a variance over or under one tonne from the container's Verified Gross Mass (VGM) declared...