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USEC dispute end comes too late to stop transpacific spot rate climb Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades continued on divergent paths this week, with gains on the transpacific routes offset by declines on Asia-Europe.
The paradoxes of port productivity - The Loadstar
Dec 17, 2024 · This year, the port of Tianjin revealed that automation had provided a boost to the efficiency of its rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes. From the 15 moves per hour controlled by human workers, the terminal achieved 20 using automated cranes connected to the Sany Marine’s H-Move2.0 system.
Employers make 'final offer' to striking Montreal dockworkers
Nov 8, 2024 · Employers at Canada’s port of Montreal have submitted what they call their “final, comprehensive” offer to end the dispute with dockworkers that has seen operations hobbled for over a week.
Trump backs ILA campaign against 'distress-causing' automation …
Dec 13, 2024 · As Donald Trump weighs into the US port automation row, The Loadstar readers will discover next week – when we begin our series on port automation – that the issue is both complex and nuanced. Nevertheless, a new war of words has broken out, which appears to pit US longshore workers against US shippers.
Carriers drop calls at Hamburg after congestion builds at CTA
Nov 4, 2024 · Hapag-Lloyd, which owns a 25% stake in CTA, said that in combination with backlogs associated with the three-day US east coast stoppage and the Red Sea crisis, the CTA modernisation programme was forcing it to drop some Hamburg calls, switching them to Wilhelmshaven, in which the carrier also has a 30% stake.
Opening for MSC as CMA CGM pulls out of Hamburg terminal …
Dec 11, 2024 · Planning permission for the project was granted in 2016 to reclaim land and build two berths, 450 metres and 600 metres in length, and add around two million teu of annual capacity to the port.
Winners and losers in a year of unpredictability – but there was …
Dec 13, 2024 · A clear trend of carriers, both air and ocean, being the ‘financial winners’ of 2024 was highlighted on The Loadstar Podcast, with out-of-pocket shippers dubbed the ‘losers’.. Chief analyst at Xeneta Peter Sand told The Loadstar Podcast: “ One clear, outright financial winner, is the performance of [ocean] carriers. “They went from a disastrous outlook with loss-making …
Red Sea crisis proving 'a boom period' for feeder operators - The …
Oct 24, 2024 · Indeed, one former feeder service operator told The Loadstar: “Any form of disruption to liner schedules is good news for feeder operators…The best days for me as a feeder operator were when there were strikes at ports. “The feeder companies and containership owners are really enjoying a boom period thanks to the Houthis.”
Indian port strikes threat ends as labour agreement gets the green ...
Dec 12, 2024 · “The approval of the competent authority is accorded to implement the BWNC settlement dated 27 September, arrived at between the management of major port authorities and six major federations of port and dock workers before the regional labour commissioner, Mumbai, in all major ports and dock labour boards,” the Ministry of Shipping said in a missive.
Adani: we can weather bribery claims storm – it's 'business as …
Dec 11, 2024 · Adani Group seems to be making a concerted effort to reaffirm that “it’s business as usual”, after the Indian conglomerate had been indicted in a New York court on alleged bribery charges.. To quell controversy, Adani has opted out of a $553m loan from US lending agency Development Finance Corp (DFC) agreed upon last year for the development of a …