Ocean carriers are ramping up their vessel blanking programmes from Asia as export demand weakens, but last-minute cancellations are causing chaos in supply chains and confusion within liner offices. Moreover, shippers are having to navigate their way around ‘officially’ announced blank sailings and voyages pulled just...
According to Environment Canada, Storm Fiona made landfall as a category-2 hurricane strength post-tropical cyclone near Whitehead Nova Scotia during the early morning hours of September 24th, 2022 with what is expected to be the lowest recorded barometric pressure in Canadian History. The storm generated...
Freight forwarders in Bangladesh have raised forwarding charges by 57% for each import bill, blaming fuel oil prices in the domestic market. Importers are the primary payee of the additional forwarding costs, which will raise the price of imported goods at a consumer level, while the export industry...
Canada's economy lost 40,000 jobs in August, enough to push up the jobless rate by half a percentage point, to 5.4 percent, Statistics Canada reported Friday. Economists had been expecting the economy to add between 10,000 and 15,000 jobs during the month, which would have been...
Asia’s largest container shipping hub may face another major storm as Typhoon Muifa bears down on Shanghai and nearby Ningbo. The US Joint Typhoon Warning Center projects the typhoon’s path will hit the ports on China’s east coast Wednesday. The storm follows close on the heels...
In a major development, India has offered Bangladesh toll-free transit facilities for exporting and importing goods to and from third countries using its seaports. India will also not take transit fees from Bangladesh to export goods to Nepal and Bhutan via its territory. Indian prime minister Narendra...
On June 21 this year, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) began enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labour Prevention Act (UFLPA). The import of goods made with forced labour has been illegal for some time in the US, and this new Act extends the reach of CBP...
Shipping containers stacked at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India, on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2021. Congestion at many of the world’s major ports offered a snapshot of supply chains trying to avoid unprecedented bottlenecks, as cargo handlers searched for the quickest way...
Typhoon Hinnamor has forced the ports of Shanghai, Ningbo and Busan to close, further disrupting shipping schedules from Asia. Shanghai’s container terminals and equipment yards were closed at 4pm yesterday “until further notice”, according to Norman Global Logistics (NGL). Ningbo’s terminals closed on Friday, the forwarder added. Thomas...
The Chinese metropolis of Chengdu imposed a sweeping city-wide lockdown on Thursday evening, confining 21 million residents to their homes as the country doubles down on its zero-Covid policy ahead of a key Communist Party meeting. The move offered a stark reminder of the lengths the...
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