The Dispatch - Issue #9

Mark Woolnough -

Hard-pressed shippers run for the safety of entrepreneurial ad-hoc carriers - The Loadstar

“We are pulling our hair out, as having paid a fortune and waited months to get the boxes to the UK, we now can’t get them out of the port. And to rub salt into the wound, they won’t waive the demurrage,” he said.

Hard-pressed shippers run for the safety of entrepreneurial ad-hoc carriers - The Loadstar
As the major container lines struggle to maintain direct calls at the UK’s southern container hubs, another full load of imports from China has arrived at the port of Liverpool. The 2,034 teu Aisopos 11 arrived at Liverpool at Saturday morning, completing its third voyage from China for Allseas Glob…
The LoadstarMike Wackett

DP World Chair Tells CNN: Fixing Supply Chain Will Take Years | Al Bawaba

Sulayem said that even if the pandemic ended today, “It will take another two years for the supply chain to adjust, to be able to remove the backlog of cargo."

DP World Chair Tells CNN: Fixing Supply Chain Will Take Years | Al Bawaba
In an exclusive interview with CNN’s Richard Quest, DP World Group Chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem discussed supply chain disruption and the r
Al Bawaba

New report puts a dollar figure on carbon price needed to decarbonise shipping - Splash247

For international shipping to decarbonise, zero-emission fuels need to become the dominant fuel source by the 2040s, the report points out.

New report puts a dollar figure on carbon price needed to decarbonise shipping - Splash247
Closing the Gap is the title of a new report launched this week by the Getting to Zero Coalition, outlining policy measures that could close the competitiveness gap between fossil fuels and zero-emission alternatives in shipping as well as enable an equitable transition. The report has been prepared…
Splash247Sam Chambers

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