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reefer shipment

Preparing your temperature-controlled cargo for transportation

Reefer containers allow cargo to be temperature-controlled from pickup to drop-off. These containers can carry frozen foods, meat and fresh produce, but also many other products like electronic equipment, flowers, medicine, cosmetics and fine art are also hauled in reefers. Refrigerated

Overlapping Felixstowe and Liverpool port strikes

Dock workers at Felixstowe, Britain’s biggest container port, started their second walkout this morning, with an eight-day strike over pay, that overlaps a similar walkout over pay by Unite Union members at the Port of Liverpool from the 19th September

September Freight Market Report

As global economies take a battering, with purchase manager indices and consumer sentiment plunging, the inevitable slowing in demand is leading carriers to blank sailings, with 8.8% of capacity due to be pulled from Asia to Europe and a pronounced

export-import

Which is the best country to export your goods into Europe

Owing to the international regulations of the European Union, trade between EU countries is not considered an import/export. For products from outside the EU, importers are subject to different rules and requirements for products entering the EU market, which often

nearsourcing

Three benefits of near sourcing your supply chain

Near-Sourcing is a term used to describe a business placing some of its operations close to where its end-products are going to be sold. This is the direct opposite of outsourcing, which has been the leading trend for manufacturers in

Felixstowe strike to start on Sunday 21st August

Unite Union negotiators have walked away from ‘last-ditch’ talks with Felixstowe Port, after rejecting a 7% wage increase and £500 lump sum as an effective pay cut, confirming its intention to call its 1,900 members out from Sunday until 28

August Freight Market Report

Tensions across the Taiwan Strait are not good news for global supply chains, but after a difficult 18 months recent data suggest supply chains may be returning to relative calm. The global supply chain pressure index, is down 57% from its

The future of freight

At this point, we all can agree that making predictions on the current state of the market can be very tricky. After the many disruptions in transportation and logistics over the past couple of years, we are better prepared to