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Zim suspends Asia-LA service due to port congestion

Zim Integrated Shipping Services has joined Wan Hai in diverting ships from the Asia–US West Coast trade due to congestion, suspending its expedited service call to Los Angeles for at least seven weeks....

Vancouver Operations Service Interruption

Rail and road operations servicing the Port of Vancouver remain heavily impacted by recent flooding in British Columbia. All main routes to the Metro Vancouver and Fraser Valley regions are currently closed.Rail: All rail service coming to and from the Port of Vancouver is halted because of...

China’s Northern Port of Dalian Begins New COVID-Related Lockdowns

The northeastern port city of Dalian in China is being a third round of lockdowns and quarantine as the city has been linked to a new wave of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Health officials have begun closing non-essential businesses including at least parts of...

Air Freight Handling Stressed at Multiple Airports

Sustained high demand, diminished capacity, COVID-safe work practices and apparent labour shortages continue to place immense pressure on global air freight hubs, creating congestion at multiple airports around the world. UK freight agent Metro Shipping said that, “while there are different situations at different airports, the...

Prime Freight Market Updates – November 2021

Traffic Backs Up along the Yangtze as Pilots Are Required to Quarantine Traffic along the Yangtze, China’s longest river and a massive source of cargoes both domestically and for export, is worsening. According to analysts at Singapore’s Eastport Research, traffic has been backing up at ports near...

Two-Thirds of All Containerships Are Behind Schedule: Sea-Intelligence

Global port congestion and backlogs continue to play havoc on liner schedules. According to new data from Sea-Intelligence schedule reliability remains at the low end of the range seen in 2021. In September, two out ever three vessels were behind schedule with the number of...

Prime Freight Market Updates October 2021

Suppliers in Vietnam Are Facing a Worker Shortage, Leading to Cancelled Orders Despite the Economy's Reopening Vietnam may have ended one of its longest lockdowns in the pandemic era on Oct. 1, but supply chains are still reeling from the effects. Four months of increasing restrictions meant to...

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