Shippers hoping for relief in air freight rates early next year can expect to be disappointed, according to consultants and analysts. A host of factors, including the Omicrom variant and its likely impact on belly capacity and lockdowns, spurring spending on goods rather than services, as...
India’s major public ports – already under growth pressure because of increasing competition from non-government cargo handlers led by Adani Group – face a renewed threat of labour stoppages after the government cleared new legislation reforming management systems. Trade unions representing dockworkers have voted to stage...
Cooler temperatures and mixed precipitation, including snow, is forecast for southwestern B.C. Rail operations: Both CP and CN mainlines between Vancouver and Kamloops are fully operational. Rail traffic through the Fraser Canyon corridor has resumed in both directions. All eastbound trains are transiting via CP’s line...
The latest curveball likely to have sizeable impact on global supply chains comes from south China, one of the most important manufacturing powerhouses in the world, where new Covid constraints are coming in at many local ports. Both Ocean Network Express (ONE) and Hapag-Lloyd have warned...
China’s increasingly extreme COVID Zero policies are standing in the way of a full recovery for the shipping industry and prolonging a crisis that’s snarled ports and emptied shelves worldwide. In its attempts to keep the virus out, China is continuing to prohibit crew changes for...
Trucking Strike Could Further Impact Port of Vancouver Operations Drivers at two Vancouver port trucking companies have voted to strike “if necessary to achieve a fair agreement,” said Unifor, the drivers’ union, in a statement yesterday. A strike would affect almost 200 truckers servicing the Port...
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....
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...
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...
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...
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