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The recent deadly attacks in the Red Sea have emphasised the profound safety considerations and intricate challenges arising from the...
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Even though the crisis in the Red Sea shows little sign of abating, the jury is still out on whether we will see an increase in legal...
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The conflict in the Red Sea poses significant safety considerations and complex challenges for both shipowners and seafarers. From an...
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8 of the world’s top 10 container carriers are diverting vessels around the Cape of Good Hope. This results in additional delay and...
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Statements by Tesla CEO, Elon Musk, this week about “a ton of expense and hardly any output” at factories because components were “stuck”...
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U.S. shippers, including California farmers, are struggling to find space on container ships to export their goods. California almond...
After more than 60 years of containerization, ever larger specialist ships and ever more specialist automated container terminals, FedEx...
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The environmental consequences of funding decisions are rising higher and higher in the list of factors that lenders and financiers must...
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The newly identified Omicron Covid variant looks likely to reprise some of the issues which bedevilled shipping and logistics over the...
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Rising price inflation is starting to be felt across the globe, from the traditional economic powerhouse states to import-dependent...
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Another report from Lloyd’s List on the global supply chain difficulties says retailers expect the container shipping challenges to...
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Whilst the COVID-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on much of the aviation industry, the cargo business has been somewhat of a...
Container shipping demand, and freight rates, continue to remain very high due to a host of factors, many linked to the pandemic. We are...
Worldwide, companies are effected by the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic which has impacted their Just In Time logistics...
Our transportation team are working (pro bono) with some of our logistics clients in deploying freight capacity for the India COVID...
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Brexit, COVID and the Ever Given blocking the Suez Canal have all played their part. On top of that, as the US and Europe start to exit...