Over the weekend, Montreal port employers stated that they would not pay full salaries to longshore workers, in response to the 11% drop in tonnage processed last month, as shippers have continued to divert their cargo away from Canada’s second-largest port. Meanwhile, other North American ports have been handling double-digit [...]
Inbound freight coming from the U.S. East Coast is backlogged as Norfolk Southern’s Landers intermodal yard, located in Chicago, fights to handle an extremely high volume of ocean containers coming from both U.S. coasts. East Coast shippers who use Norfolk Southern railway are reporting delays that are lasting weeks. In [...]
Nearly a week after the Ever Given containership became grounded, the Suez Canal finally reopened on Monday, the 29th. It is expected, however, to take about 4 to 7 days for the waterway to become fully operational due to the roughly 450 cargo ships which accumulated during the traffic jam. Freeing [...]
As of today, March 26th, the Ever Given remains grounded in Egypt’s Suez Canal. This incident not only creates problems for Asia-Europe trade but will inevitably cause issues across global supply chains. Container Imbalance Ships heading to Asia, which have now been delayed for four days, are not able to return [...]
ISPM 15 BACKGROUND Packaging used in international trade that is made of raw wood materials such as pallets or wooden crates can house small insects or other pests which presents a major issue if left unregulated. To prevent the possible spread of quarantine pests and plant [...]
Just one day after the announcement of a strict 5-day Coronavirus lockdown scheduled over the Easter holiday, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reversed the decision after much criticism over effectiveness as a third wave of COVID impacts the country. Shippers should still expect some delays in Weeks 13 to 14 as [...]
LATEST UPDATE: As of 12:00 local time (10:00 GMT) the Suez Canal Authority (SCA) has advised that “the grounded vessel has been partially re-floated and is now alongside the canal bank.” On Tuesday, March 23, 2021, a 200,000-ton shipping vessel, bound for the Port of Rotterdam from China, became [...]
