Logistics visibility specialist project44 has highlighted that container ships faced cumulative delays of more than 1,000 days following the Suez Canal incident late last month and that there is now more than 1.9 million TEU of capacity making their way to ports – “threatening to swamp ports with bottlenecked cargo for weeks to come”. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Ports-brace-for-1.9m-TEU-post-Suez-spike/78863.htm1#.YHhyruhKiUk 

 

Ocean freight rates look set to stay elevated for another two years, as disruption continues to restrict capacity and with new vessel orders remaining relatively low until at least 2023, according to container shipping analyst Drewry. But it believes things may not be so easy for carriers after 2022, as a flurry of new orders in the last few months is set to change container shipping’s supply-demand dynamic. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Ocean-freight-rates-set-to-stay-elevated-until-2023/78855.htm?cl=article_2&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=7847e42a84&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YHhxOehKiUk 

 

The global e-commerce logistics market grew by more than a quarter in 2020 – an estimated 27.3% – to around $368 billion and is forecast to expand to €557 billion by 2025, according to new research by Transport Intelligence (Ti). 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/E-commerce-logistics-market-grew-27-in-2020/78838.htm#.YHXGPOhKiUk 

 

Almost two weeks since the Ever Given was re-floated, box traffic through the Suez Canal has more or less returned to normal, but the knock-on effects will last well into May, Maersk has warned. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Maersk-says-post-Suez-disruptions-will-last-well-into-May/78853.htm?cl=article_1&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=3f9e20ff8a&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YHXD3ehKiUk 

 

 

 

 

The service will start on the 1st of June and will offer one daily sailing in each direction between the two ports. 

 

The service will be operated by the Gothia Seaways, which can carry up to 165 unaccompanied freight units (trailers or containers without drivers). 

 

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As part of MSC’s comprehensive range of cargo services between Europe and the UK, they are now offering the Omerli-Tekirdağ rail service. 

 

Once the cargo departs Turkey via Asyaport (Port of Tekirdağ), it’s just eight days until it reaches the Port of Felixstowe in the UK (or 12 days to the Port of Liverpool). 

 

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Following the refloating of the 20,000 teu Evergreen containership ‘Ever Given’ that has been blocking the Suez Canal for the best part of a week, attention is now turning to the surge of imports that are due to arrive at Europe’s shores as a backlog of vessels begin to transit the canal. 

 

Among those ships that have been waiting to transit the canal are 100 containerships with an aggregated capacity of 1m teu, according to figures from Lloyd’s List Intelligence. While some of that cargo is outbound or empties, on average 52% of canal capacity each week is northbound to Europe. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Ports-prepare-for-Suez-surge/78767.htm?cl=article_1&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=17598ef5d6&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YGNV_69KiUk 

 

Hauliers arriving in England from outside the UK from 6 April onwards will need to take a COVID-19 test if they are staying for more than two days, the UK government has announced, as the country bids to limit the numbers of infections of potentially vaccine-resistant variations of the virus. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/UK-announces-Covid-tests-for-inbound-hauliers/78759.htm#.YGLc5q9KiUk 

 

After a week of disruption, the Suez Canal is preparing to reopen after Ever Given finally gets under way 

 

The ship that has been blocking Suez Canal transits appears to have finally been pulled clear of the bank side and is now in mid channel, according to automatic identification system data from Lloyd’s List Intelligence. 

 

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https://www.lloydsloadinglist.com/freight-directory/news/Ever-Given-under-way-after-being-floated-off/78755.htm?cl=article_1&elqTrack=true&mc_cid=171569fde3&mc_eid=bb81110dd5#.YGLbE69KiUk