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 a ‘winning-hand’.
Rising container volume demand and a controlled balance of supply and dem...
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Making your supply chain carbon neutral
In an interview with the BBC, Maersk chief executive Soren Skou says greener shipping would cost the world’s biggest shipping lines billions of dollars and while he wants the consumer to pick up the bill, we think that low-cost action can be taken now to offset the carbon emission that shipping...
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Global sea freight latest weekly update
The leading container shipping lines believe that global port and inland infrastructure congestion could last until after the summer peak season and the blanked sailings keep on coming.
The lines’ view is that supply chain disruptions are “temporary issues”, which would be resolved in th...
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Despite air freight challenges we deliver time-sensitive solutions
Global air cargo volume is almost back to pre-pandemic levels, maybe already exceeding these according to some trade sources, with high demand reported in the first two months of 2021 and January volumes 1.1% above the 2019 level.
But while cargo demand is rebounding, there is still much more ...
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Brexit simplification offers VAT cashflow benefits not only for EU shipments but also for non-EU shipments
Postponed VAT Accounting (PVA) was devised ahead of Brexit, to avoid the negative cash flow impact of an additional VAT bill at the EU/UK border.
Since 1st January 2021, businesses registered for VAT that import goods into the UK from anywhere in the world - and not just the EU - can use...
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Q1 review & Q2 sea freight market report
Time never stands still in global logistics, and as we come towards the end of the first quarter of the year (Q1) and approach the second (Q2), we take a moment to reflect on how 2021 has started, and how we see the deep sea markets further adjusting and progressing as we move into the next perio...
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RoRo fleet confidence returns
The backbone of global automotive transport is the RORO pure car carrier (PCC) or pure car/truck carrier (PCTC), with the largest capable of carrying over 8,000 cars. In a sign that confidence is returning to the automotive industry, the biggest carriers are investing in their fleets and bringing...
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US West Coast operation latest from our colleagues on the ground
Local knowledge is invaluable, which is why we are indebted to our joint venture partners at Fracht USA for providing us with their comprehensive intelligence.
Specialists in complex and turnkey movements for the energy, technology and gas sectors, our joint venture partner Fracht operates out...
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Why the smart money’s on Metro
Relevant, reliable and credible services, that are consistent and proven to deliver.
Historically the biggest volume shippers (BCOs), like supermarkets and the large manufacturers, have contracted directly with the shipping lines, to provide the lines’ base loads, leaving the remaining vesse...
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The current lockdown, yesterday’s budget and future ‘revenge spending’ will impact your supply chain and logistics strategy
Boris Johnson has set the country on a “cautious” road-map for restoring normal life and economic activity by June 21st, with government support for the economy for months to come.
There are four main stages (see below) in the road-map for the lifting of coronavirus restrictions, run...
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GVMS, the UK’s border IT system with the EU
Technology is the solution to the efficient movement of goods between Great Britain and the EU, and the mainland with Northern Ireland in the post-Brexit transition world.
Live for GB/NI trade since the 1st January 2021, the Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) is a critical border tool parti...
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China overtakes US as EU’s biggest goods trading partner – but for how long ?
China is now the EU's biggest trading partner, overtaking the US, as volumes of goods grew in both directions, propelled by sustained pandemic demand.
As business with Europe's major partners fell due to the COVID-19 pandemic, trade with China (import and export) was worth €586bn last year, ...
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