Service quality not technology will determine which carrier wins the business
Despite being a founding member of a group of leading shipping lines that have formed an association to develop digital standards for the industry, the chief information officer of MSC has claimed that...
View ArticleShippers must share the financial impact on carriers of IMO 2020 compliance
The implications for carriers and BCOs of the IMO low-sulphur regulations that come into force in less than 10 months have dominated this week’s JOC TPM Conference in Long Beach Normally the annual...
View ArticleHapag-Lloyd chief stays bullish on growth and clawing back extra fuel costs
Hapag-Lloyd’s chief executive, Ralph Habben Jansen, is more optimistic about the outlook for container shipping than his counterpart at Maersk. During a breakfast press briefing at the JOC TPM...
View ArticleWalmart online volume forecaster brings 10% improvement in on-time delivery
A new portal, developed by US retailer Walmart with freight forwarder Expeditors to deliver forecasted shipping volumes on a rolling basis to its container carriers, has brought a 10% improvement in...
View ArticleFury at carrier demurrage and detention fees – ‘profiting from port congestion’
Shippers and BCOs at the JOC TPM Conference in Long Beach this week are almost unanimously furious that carriers are “profiting at their expense” from port congestion at the San Pedro Bay ports. They...
View ArticleForwarders need not fear Maersk’s ‘one-stop shop’ ambitions, says CEO
Freight forwarders offering supply chain solutions to shippers should have nothing to fear from Maersk’s ambition to be the “UPS of container shipping”. So said Maersk Line chief executive Soren Skou,...
View Article‘Leaving Chinese factories to source elsewhere will hit your speed to market’
Apparel manufacturers and brands looking to diversify their sourcing from China are likely to be faced with lower productivity, slower speed to market and greater risk, delegates at last week’s...
View ArticleMore interoperability needed as smart containers begin to make their mark
More shipper engagement with carriers offering smart containers is required. This would bring down the cost of the technology and push it towards ubiquity – although developing interoperability...
View ArticleMarket Insight: Recession’s in abeyance, but risks to world trade continue to...
Each year, the annual Transpacific Maritime (TPM) conference opens with a keynote speech from IHS Markit chief economist Nariman Behravesh (pictured above). It acts as a an economic backdrop to the...
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