Articles tagged 'Industry and service'

Customer advisory regarding the Brown Marmorated Stink Bug (BMSB) risk season for 2024-25.

Please be advised that from this Saturday, 10 February Chinese New Year celebrations will take place and many factories and offices will not return to work until the last week of February.

Low water levels in Panama Canal, recent attacks on merchant shipping approaching the Suez Canal, the recent escalating security crisis in the Red Sea region, BMSB and Chinese Lunar Year.

A new Emission Trading System surcharge for shipments from the EU will be implemented from January 2024.

July updates, including news on China - Australia ocean services, the European summer holidays, and softening air cargo rates.

Global Beef Trade is beefing up, Oceania export and import volumes grow, Australian trade with the EU is forecast to grow in 2023, and ocean carriers begin to introduce LNG-fueled container vessels. Book Systems International aims to establish EU hub in the Netherlands, and is adding a third weekly service from London.

'Golden Week' in China and cancelled sailings, North American West Coast congestion has eased with operations in some ports back to normal, smaller cargo vessels continue to be removed from the world fleet, and FedEx is increasing rates!

Wharf and tugboat strikes in Australian ports, naval and military drills in Taiwan Strait, Brown Marmorated Stick Bug season, and Amazon US peak season fees on all fulfillment services...

Port strikes in Italy, Germany, USA, South Korea as well as Black Sea trade lane interruptions continue to affect sailing schedules; increases in ocean freight rates by over 400% since 2019; the Australian Border Force will increase surveillance of all licensed depots.