Much of the current state of the world shipping industry can be pinpointed to one key driver: COVID. In a new policy brief, the UN Conference on Trade and Development has confirmed that there has been an increased import demand for manufactured … [Read more...]
Bigger vessels equal greater schedule reliability
Bigger ships have the best schedule reliability, according to new research from a leading international shipping analyst. Vessels in the greater than 22,500 TEU category on the Asia-North Europe trades had the greatest schedule reliability and … [Read more...]
Dramatic vision of massive U.S. boxship congestion off Los Angeles
Containerships speckled across the sea, as far as the eye can see, is the dramatic vision off the U.S. coast at Los Angeles. Congestion is out of control in the U.S. and that's why there are problems in Australia. One set of footage has been … [Read more...]
Explainer: container logistics, industrial woes, berthing delays and propaganda-busting
Shipping Australia welcomes the news that industrial relations woes may be over (well, for now at least) at one of our major container terminals. DPW Australia earlier this week informed the industry that it had finalised its Enterprise … [Read more...]
Blank sailings myth completely busted by international experts
Sea-Intelligence, a respected international company of maritime analysts, has busted a "nefarious" myth surrounding blank sailings. "The data is... clear: carriers have not reduced deployed capacity, despite having blanked some sailings," reported … [Read more...]