Airports in the Shanghai region have cancelled all flights, container terminal operations have been suspended, as have trains and many businesses are closed after Typhoon In-Fa lashed eastern China with high winds and heavy rains. (more…)
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The record take-up of warehousing space in the UK during 2021 has seen the market for available space contracting at its fastest ever rate, as supply chain focus moves from operating “just in time” to “just in case”. Global supply chain pressures, congestion and disruption,…
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Union Pacific Railroad will halt all international intermodal service from the West Coast to its Global IV terminal in Joliet, Illinois, for up to seven days beginning today, 19th July, in an emergency measure designed to get thousands of containers out of stacks and to…
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Air, ocean and rail supply chains from Asia continue to be impacted by high demand levels, increasing rates and falling service reliability. (more…)
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As we reported last week Yantian (YICT) fully reopened on the 24th June, permitting inbound collections and export drop offs, although high yard density will continue for sone weeks, due to the significant backlog of container movements to process. Yantian’s low productivity continues to recover,…
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Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT) has fully reopened and resumed normal operations after an outbreak of COVID-19 caused it to shutdown in May, resulting in congestion and vessel diversions. (more…)
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On 1st July 2021, the European Union is introducing sweeping reforms to the VAT obligations for B2C e-commerce sales and marketplaces, which will have a profound impact on UK eCommerce sellers. (more…)
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The partial closure of Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT), a single port that handles roughly 13 million TEU annually, is already having a greater impact than the Suez blockage, with vessel diversions creating congestion at nearby ports. (more…)
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Despite last week’s temporary closure to container deliveries, congestion continues at Yantian International Container Terminal (YICT), as the port struggles to restore operational efficiency after suffering a COVD-19 outbreak. Container gate-in times have now been reduced, from four to three days of a vessel’s estimated…
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