In the year and a half since “supply chain disruption” entered the vocabulary of US citizens, whose only interactions with container shipping were seeing boxes on trucks speeding down the motorways, the sector has moved firmly into the political...
Shanghai empty container center has opened up a unit at the neighboring port of Taicang in Suzhou.
The world’s largest container port in Shanghai has managed to maintain operations during the Covid lockdown of China’s commercial heart, but daily container handling dropped by about 25% in April.
Emergent Cold Latin America (Emergent Cold LatAm) is acquiring Polo Logístico de Frío (PLF) a major player in the Uruguayan market.
Maersk reported its best ever quarter in Q1 2022 with a $6.8bn profit despite taking a $718m hit from pulling out of Russia.
Maersk will rebrand Pilot Freight Services as Pilot – A Maersk Company after successfully completing its acquisition.
Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza), DP World’s trade and logistics hub, has broken ground on the first phase of its new ‘Jafza Logistics Park’, scheduled for completion in 2023.
The future of UK Brexit border checks on EU goods is in question, and ports want compensation for the investments made in good faith.