Ocean carriers to Europe and the US have been forced to slash rates ahead of the Chinese Golden Week holiday next week, after the failure of vessel blanking programmes.
According to Alphaliner, carriers are already touting heavily discounted rates, of …

Major container shipping players have pledged to have commercially viable zero-emission vessels operating on deepsea trades by 2030
The promise was made on Monday during the UN Climate Action Summit, with a Getting to Zero Coalition (GZC), which counts Maersk, …

Chiefs at seven large US ports have written to President Trump to express their “deep concern” over the “escalating trade conflict” with China. 
Claiming tariffs are creating “irredeemable economic harm”, they note there was a 30% decline in exports to …

EU companies have been urged to better coordinate logistics, regulation and infrastructure across member states to boost the use of Asia-EU rail services.
Stakeholders along the China-led Silk Road project have increased cooperation with transport operators and forwarders using the …

CMA CGM today launched the world’s largest LNG-powered ship at China’s Shanghai Jiangnan-Changxing Shipyard.
The 23,000 teu CMA CGM Jaques Saade is the first in a series of nine vessels that will run on what is considered to be the …

“By launching its Net Zero Carbon programme, Kuehne + Nagel actively contributes to the reduction of CO2 in transport and logistics worldwide. In addition to the continuous reduction of its own CO2 emissions, the company now offers its customers solutions …

“Bottoms in the investment world don’t end with four-year lows; they end with 10- or 15-year lows.” – Jim Rogers.
If you have good memory you must recall that in July I wondered whether shrinking the share count made any …