More box ships skip UK hub ports and forwarders urge EC to intervene

As carriers continue to leave import containers stranded at North European ports and charge exporters more than $5,000 to ship a box to Asia, the pressure is growing for regulatory intervention. Ocean Alliance members have decided to divert five vessels from Felixstowe to Zeebrugge. Cosco Shipping Azalea, Ever Goods, Ever Globe, CSCL Jupiter and CSCL Uranus will no longer call at Felixstowe and discharge their UK imports at Zeebrugge as well. The 2M and THE alliance partners are also diverting ships away from the heavily congested UK ports to Bremerhaven.

Squeeze on US truck capacity and lack of drivers keeps rates high

With tender rejections at record highs, shippers are seeing contract rates follow the upward momentum of spot pricing in the US trucking market. For their part, operators have been spending more on driver recruitment and retention, as the shortage is keeping a lid on capacity expansion.

France's lockdown will be lifted on Dec 15 - but bars and restaurants will stay closed

France's coronavirus lockdown will be lifted on December 15 - but bars and restaurants will stay closed over the Christmas period, Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday evening in a televised address. It was part of a three-stage easing of restrictions over the next two months.

Multinational forwarders losing 'abandoned' clients to more agile smaller rivals

Mid-sized forwarders have reported they are gaining customers at the expense of multinationals as Covid-19 forces companies to be more agile and responsive.

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