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Felixstowe August strike inches closer

Britain’s biggest container port moved closer to industrial action on Monday, after Felixstowe port bosses and Unite Union leaders remained deadlocked in efforts to avert strike action, with talks set to resume today. The Unite Union’s 1900 members at Felixstowe voted 92%

Customs easements to improve border flow

The Government has announced a raft of new customs easements, intended to support industry and improve flow at UK borders, that come into effect on Friday 1st July 2022. Traders, hauliers and carriers are set to benefit from four Safety &

June Freight Market Report

Supply chains have been subjected to disruptions for over two years and this has continued into 2022, with the war in Ukraine, shipping schedule unreliability and China’s lockdowns. Our market reports provide multi-modal situation updates and rationale, together with carrier

Ports fear Shanghai surge

With Shanghai’s two month lockdown finally lifting there are concerns that the congestion crippling global container terminal operations is unlikely to end anytime soon, as a backlog of >260K teu and a lot of pent-up demand is released, raising fears

Shanghai reopening 1st June

After achieving three consecutive days with no new COVID-19 cases, Shanghai is resuming outdoor activities in stages, but with most restrictions on movement remaining in place until 21st May 21, after which public transport and other services will resume, with

Threat of EU trade war grows

After the Prime Minister’s trip to Northern Ireland last week failed to trigger any concessions in the dead-locked political situation, the government has announced plans to table legislation that will scrap parts of the Northern Ireland protocol, in spite of

Shanghai lockdown latest

With Shanghai now entering its fourth week in lockdown, cargo deliveries into Shanghai Pudong Airport are becoming backed up and Shanghai-bound cargo is increasingly being discharged elsewhere.

Shanghai lockdown extended

After a week of partial closure, Shanghai now faces full lockdown while Puxi’s lockdown, in the west of the city begins today, with residential areas where people have tested positive sealed off for an additional 10 days.  The city said