Insight – Page 16
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NewsINO Summit cancelled
The INO Summit – a joint conference that brings together the Freight Forwarders Family Worldwide Agents Network (3F), Freight Midpoint International Forwarders Network (FM) and Overseas Project Cargo Association (OPCA) – has been cancelled.
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NewsCMA CGM optimistic about Caribbean project logistics prospects
David Kershaw discusses the Caribbean’s prospects, and pitfalls, with CMA CGM – a container shipping giant that is increasingly targeting heavy and oversize cargoes.
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NewsCarriage ban enters force
To support the implementation of the 2020 sulphur cap, the International Maritime Organization’s (IMO) ban on the carriage on non-compliant fuel oil entered force on March 1.
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NewsCLA suspends services
UK freighter operator CargoLogicAir (CLA) has confirmed to HLPFI’s sister publication Air Cargo News that it has suspended operations.
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NewsHow proposed changes will clarify lashing rules
Paul Hoogenhout, senior project engineer at RollDock, discusses some of the proposed changes to Annex 13 of the IMO Code of Safe Practice for Cargo Stowage and Securing (CSS-Code), which provides guidance for the lashing and securing of project cargo.
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NewsEMS APO partners with University of Durrës
EMS Albanian Port Operator (EMS APO) has signed a cooperation agreement with the University of Durrës, Faculty of Professional Sciences that will see the company provide internship opportunities for students.
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NewsDSV Panalpina opens China link
DSV Panalpina has started operating a Boeing 747-8 freighter three times per week, east and westbound, between Huntsville, Alabama in the USA (HSV) and Shanghai (PVG) to cope with capacity constraints caused by the coronavirus outbreak in China.
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NewsBreakbulk Asia rescheduled to August
The Breakbulk Asia conference and exhibition has been rescheduled for August 3-4, 2020.
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NewsWest P&I to acquire NMI stake
West of England P&I Club has signed an agreement to acquire a significant stake in Nordic Marine Insurance (NMI).
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NewsBuckner boosts training programme
Buckner Heavylift Cranes has added ITI Online's library of courses to supplement its monthly safety training curriculum.
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NewsAirfreight industry responds to coronavirus outbreak
Russia’s Volga-Dnepr Group has operated sterilised charter flights to China to deliver masks, sanitiser gels, pharmaceuticals and medical equipment in response to the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsCharter rates remain steady
Time charter rates in the multipurpose shipping sector have remained steady over the last month, according to shipbroker Toepfer Transport.
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NewsHTA adds training courses
The UK’s Heavy Transport Association (HTA) has launched two abnormal load escort training programmes.
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NewsBreakbulk Asia postponed
Breakbulk Asia, which was originally scheduled to take place from March 18-19 in Shanghai, has been postponed as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
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NewsLogistics industry braces for a global slowdown
The majority of logistics executives surveyed in Agility’s 2020 Emerging Markets Index expect a recession in the next 12 months, amid concerns about downward pressure on global trade volumes.
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NewsUK launches consultation of free ports
The UK is moving ahead with plans to establish up to ten free ports (also known as free-trade zones) in a bid to unlock post-Brexit opportunities and support logistics supply chains.
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NewsNorth P&I updates platform to reflect coronavirus risk
North P&I Club has developed its MyGlobeView platform so that it can provide live updates as to the number of confirmed cases of the coronavirus, countries at risk and what to look out for.
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NewsUTC’s Poisler joins College of Technology
UTC Overseas’ chief operating officer global energy and capital projects, Marco Poisler, has joined the College of Technology at the University of Houston as an adjunct professor.
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NewsWinds of change in the USA
Research from various industry analysts suggest that both the onshore and offshore wind energy sectors in the USA are on the cusp of receiving huge surges of investments.
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NewsShipping should prepare for the spread of coronavirus
Maritime law firm Hill Dickinson has warned that the shipping industry needs to be prepared for potential restrictions in order to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, which has originated in China.