CORRECTED-Capesize index marks biggest weekly loss in nearly 21 years
(Corrects first paragraph to clarify the capesize, and not the main index, marked its biggest weekly loss since March 1999) Jan 24 (Reuters) – The...
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Gong Xi Fat Cai! Freight rates out of Asia hold steady as Year of the Rat begins
ID 96626879 © | Dreamstime.com By Gavin van Marle 24/01/2020 On the eve of Chinese New Year, container freight rates out of Asia remained largely...
Logistics Undergraduates Tipped On Logistics And Transport Industry
This was during a study visit by over 100 students under the Bachelor of transport and logistics management at the Makerere University Business School. Drake...
Trans-Pacific box volumes contract first time in decade
Container research firm Alphaliner said trade on the trans-Pacific dropped in 2019 for the first time in a decade, the victim of the ongoing U.S.-China...
“Current low supplies from Mexico provide opportunities for Israeli peppers”
The U.S. pepper market is supplied by multiple origins, but in November and December, the Israeli peppers hold the largest market share. Robin Sporn of...
Travels with tea, on the high seas
In Greenwich, London, stands the Cutty Sark, a ship-turned-museum. She’s one of the last tea clippers from the 1860s, and her name comes from Robert...
Asian feed mills turn to Ukrainian corn as U.S. quality suffers
Some key Asian feed makers are having to pay more for higher-quality corn from the Black Sea region as a key traditional supplier, the United...
DB Cargo to order 50 hybrid shunting locos from Toshiba – WorldCargo News
DB Cargo to order 50 hybrid shunting locos from Toshiba WorldCargo News...
“Chinese market price of Chilean cherries higher for sea freight than air freight cherries”
The Chinese Spring Festival [25 January, 2020] is around the corner. Since fruit is a traditional gift during the festival period, many fruit traders experience...
Baltic index falls on weaker demand for vessels
Jan 23 (Reuters) – The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index fell to a near one-year low on Thursday, dragged by weaker demand across vessel...