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Air Freight Update ; Potential Heathrow April strikes
Industrial action at London’ Heathrow Airport by workers in the engineering, fire service, security, terminal operations, airside and landside sectors, will run from from the 2nd to 25th April, with...
Ocean Container Carriers supply & demand gamble
Globa l lockdowns continue to drive consumer demand for goods, keeping ships full, sea freight rates high and leading shipping lines to take ever more desperate measures to increase their capability...
Suez Canal blocked by container ship
At 7:40 am on 23 March 2021, the 20k TEU container ship Evergreen Ever Given was navigating the Suez Canal when it ran aground, turning the ship sideways and blocking the canal, with the potential...
The true environmental impact of empty containers
Environmentalists have long voiced concerns about the CO2 emission damage of the global shipping fleet. They believe that shipping laden containers are doing untold damage to the climate and are...
Exporters bear brunt of Brexit ‘fallout’
The extension of import border controls is good news for some importers but may undermine negotiations with the EU for reciprocal easements and highlights the challenges still faced by exporters....
Metro massively boost graduate intake with continued business growth and expansion
Driven by the negative impact of COVID-19, the number of payroll employees has fallen by 726,000 in a year across the UK, and vacancies were down by nearly 60%, with many graduates losing their work...
BBC report underlines importers woes
The impact that the pandemic-driven global supply chain challenges, disruption and increased costs experienced since last year will have for consumers in 2021 has been bought into sharp focus by BBC...
UK Government extend EU import control easements
Michael Gove informed parliament last week that the introduction of stricter EU import controls, in line with Phases 2 and 3 of the government ’s Border Operating...
Shipping lines imposing new round of surcharges and rate rises into quarter 2
The container shipping industry continues to face heavy port congestion and vessel delays worldwide. The situation adds to the severe lack of vessels and empty equipment availability, forcing...
The freeport effect – what does it mean and what are the benefits
There’s much more to the UK’s freeports than the ability to move goods tariff-free, with businesses potentially enjoying domestic tax breaks and cheaper employee costs, to encourage manufacturing,...
Pricing discipline replaces shipping line competition
The profound supply chain challenges unleashed by the Coronavirus pandemic are transforming the cost and characteristics of global container shipping and the shipping lines are unlikely to surrender...












