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Cocaine seizures nearly halve at Rotterdam – smugglers finding new ways?
Stepped-up law enforcement in north European ports appears to be having an effect, with Dutch authorities reporting…
OceanX: Egypt insight; wild-west-carrier scenario; sinking rates
Just back from Egypt.
After spending some days in the more modern parts of Cairo for meetings and discussions, I…
News in Brief Podcast | Week 4 | Suez vs Cape and tariff threat consequence
In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last…
New Moerdijk-Duisburg barge service ‘an important alternative to trucking’
German retailer Lidl’s in-house shipping and logistics arm, Tailwind Shipping, has joined a consortium of European…
Unions renew call for industrial action at France’s biggest box port
Docker and port worker unions at France’s biggest container port, Le Havre, have begun a programme of intermittent…
Compliance fears as Indian Customs introduces revised manifest rules
Indian Customs has implemented a long-awaited rule revision to tighten export/import cargo manifests.
The Sea Cargo…
Spot rates still tumbling, with worse to come if carriers return to Suez
The downward spiral of container spot freight pricing accelerated this week, as China begins its lunar new year…
Trump threatens shippers: manufacture in ‘the good old USA’ or pay the price
Global businesses are the latest victims caught up in President Trump’s tariff web, threatened with higher costs if…
Liner schedule reliability worsened in a Q4 ‘rife with challenges’
The pervasive headwinds of Q4 24 translated into yet another decline in ocean shipping schedule reliability – but…
HMM signs up to be part of India’s new Vadhvan port development
South Korean container line HMM has become Asia’s first major shipping line to put its name down to associate with…