Nearly two weeks of heavy rains and unprecedented flooding have crippled supply chains and industrial activities in and around India’s southern port city of Chennai. Sources in Chennai said though marine terminals at Chennai Port remain partially operational, shippers are unable to move their cargo to and from the harbor...
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Panama Canal Wait Times ‘Back To Normal’
“The current wait times experienced by ships transiting the Panama Canal have returned to “normal operating levels,” according to a statement from the Panama Canal Authority (ACP). The ACP said wait time for transiting ships is now two days or less. Last month delays for ships without reservations to transit...
Chennai Airport Closed Due to Severe Weather
Chennai International airport in India has been forced to close and cancel all aircraft movements as a result of severe weather conditions since December 1. The airport has been hit by severe storms and flooding caused by a major depression over the southwest Bay of Bengal. The airport is closed...
Strikes Planned At Rotterdam Port In December And January
Container workers at the Port of Rotterdam have voted to hold a series of 24-hour strikes in December and January in protest at possible job cuts, threatening to freeze the movement of goods through Europe’s largest port. The leader of the FNV Havens union, said in a statement members of...
Panama Canal Vessel Backlog Eases
The vessel backlog that’s plagued the Panama Canal since mid-October remains above normal levels, but canal authority officials say wait times are now diminishing since they started taking steps to expedite traffic through the waterway. The number of vessels awaiting transit has been reduced significantly over the past month. On...
Aviation Security Set To Tighten Following Sharm El Sheikh And Paris Incidents
Aviation security is set to tighten around the world as Russia Tuesday confirmed that Metrojet Flight 9268 from Sharm el Sheikh had been brought down by an explosive device. Russia said that traces of explosives had been found on debris from the Airbus A321 aircraft that was brought down in...
China’s crackdown on surcharges squeezes container lines
China’s crackdown on ocean carrier surcharges, seen by government officials as hurting exporters, is forcing container lines to lower certain charges at a time when their own profits are declining because ofovercapacity and rate competition. The crackdown on surcharges is understood by carriers as an effort to reduce the costs of exporting at...
New port on India’s east coast gives shippers another option
Kakinada Container Terminal, a joint venture between Singapore’s PSA International and two local groups, Kakinada Infrastructure Holdings and Bothra Shipping Services, last week began operations, offering Indiaeast coast shippers another port option. KCT begins operations as terminals on India’s east coast struggle to grow volumes in the wake of a growing capacity glut...
St-Lawrence Seaway Closing of the 2015 Navigation Season
Mariners are reminded that there is always a possibility that severe climatic conditions may occur during the closing period. Should this happen, there is a chance that the dates outlined below, for the Montreal-Lake Ontario Section or the Welland Canal, may change. Closing Dates: Montreal-Lake Ontario Section The Corporations have...
Airfreight Backlogs At Key China Airports, Including Hong Kong
Key cargo airports in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Guangzhou, are facing airfreight backlogs which could drag on for a while as manufacturers rush to get their products to Europe and the US. In addition, the Chinese Civil Aviation Administration has imposed on airports in Shanghai, Tianjin and...