Shipping bottlenecks in Europe send a warning signal to US, AsiaLabour shortages and low water levels on the Rhine River are contributing factors. US-China trade tensions are also impacting shipping.
26 May, 2025, 09.43 AM IST
How anti-dumping duty on Chinese EVs affects IndiaInventory pile-up has clogged an already stretched logistics network. Siddharth Jairaj, CEO, TVS SCS global forwarding solutions said, “Bec...
15 Aug, 2024, 08.17 PM IST
Singapore container ship logjam spills over to Malaysian portThe maritime logjam is being caused by ships avoiding the Suez Canal and Red Sea due to attacks by Houthi rebels, who support Hamas in the ...
10 Jul, 2024, 09.29 AM IST
German port congestion, supply bottlenecks weigh on global tradeCongestion continued to climb in September at Bremerhaven and Hamburg, where there are now 19 container vessels waiting to unload, up from ...
07 Sep, 2022, 09.26 AM IST
Maersk sees weaker demand for shipping containers this yearThe company, one of the world's biggest container shippers with a market share of around 17%, revised its outlook for global container dema...
04 Aug, 2022, 02.09 PM IST
Asia’s shortage of empty containers may worsen on Rotterdam jamHigh congestion levels at Rotterdam prompted shipping line AP Moller-Maersk A/S to inform customers last week it would be relocating unclai...
21 Jun, 2022, 09.25 AM IST
Global container flows struggle to pick up speed, data showsA survey conducted in January by technology company Container xChange, which canvassed 500 freight industry respondents, found 66% of those...
03 Feb, 2022, 09.57 AM IST
Ship arrivals to Shenzhen’s Yantian Port delayed by a weekShips arriving to the Yantian terminal are delayed by an average seven days at the moment, and the number of ships arriving from Europe and...
21 Jan, 2022, 09.21 AM IST
Shipping congestion is growing at world’s biggest portIn the country’s technology hub of Shenzhen in the south, testing of residents and truckers to contain an outbreak means a queue of ships h...
13 Jan, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
Congestion at Port of Rotterdam seen persisting through 2022Ships are not currently waiting outside Rotterdam, but storage capacities are full and connections with the European hinterland are not run...
12 Nov, 2021, 09.51 AM IST
Ships queues worsen port delays from Singapore to PiraeusLike all major container hubs, Singapore relies on a delicate logistical ecosystem, where a storm or a Covid-19 outbreak in another port, t...
03 Nov, 2021, 09.39 AM IST
Port gridlock stretches supply lines thin in blow for economiesAs the Big Crunch of 2021 has repeatedly demonstrated, a bottleneck in one corner of the globe eventually exacerbates a logjam or compounds...
18 Oct, 2021, 09.06 AM IST
Major shipping firms warn of worsening congestion at China's Yantian portGlobal container shipping rates have climbed to record highs in recent months due to bottlenecks caused by a surge in demand for consumer g...
04 Jun, 2021, 08.57 AM IST
Ocean-shipping demand staying ‘very strong,’ Hapag CEO saysTo help alleviate the tight capacity Hapag-Lloyd is ordering more new containers and urging customers to return the existing boxes in its f...
09 Apr, 2021, 09.08 AM IST
Global container shipping rates high but unsustainable: FitchContainer box shortages and port congestions due to pandemic-related operational disruptions have extended container ships' turnaround time...
28 Feb, 2021, 09.18 AM IST
Rail Budget 2016: Connectivity to private ports to help cement and steel industryWelcoming the move, the industry thinks it will open up the hinterland up to Hyderabad and Bangaluru, which has core industries like cement...
25 Feb, 2016, 02.47 PM IST
Denim Association seeks "dry port" status for Petrapole-Benapole BorderThe Denim Manufacturers Association has expressed concerns over the infrastructure bottleneck, and has even demanded that the border be acc...
17 May, 2013, 12.38 PM IST