In the early morning of April 20, the new Mediterranean route ZMP exclusively operated by ZIM officially docked at Dachanwan Port, a subsidiary of Yantian Port Group. This is the maiden voyage of the ZMP route and has been a great success.

According to German media reports on the 22nd local time, due to the impact of the CCVID-19 and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, many ports in Germany have accumulated cargo.

According to the weekly report of China's export container transportation market released by Shanghai Shipping Exchange on April 22, from April 18 to April 22, China's export container transportation market generally declined slightly, and the freight rates of most ocean routes fell to varying degrees.

In international cargo transportation, many people always confuse the difference between shipping agent and freight forwarder, and cannot tell the relationship between them! Today, STU Supply Chain will talk with you about the difference between shipping agent and freight forwarder.

CY, CFS, FCL and LCL are terms commonly used in international business import/export trade for ocean freight. Knowing the basics of container services types are beneficial to any shipper when choosing the right type of sea shipping.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would ban Russian-linked ships from U.S. ports. He said it was "another critical step" the United States had taken with its allies.

According to data from maritime data consultancy Windward, 20% of all container ships in global trade are currently in congestion due to a sharp increase in the number of container ships waiting outside ports due to congestion in recent months. That means one-fifth of the world's container ships are stuck in port congestion, and its data shows that a quarter of the ships are stuck in Chinese ports.

On April 19, according to media reports, Mikhail Mizantsev, director of the Defense Control Center of the Russian Federation, said on the 18th that 76 ships from 18 countries were trapped in Ukraine ports.

Recently, a number of shipping companies announced that from May 1, the "General Rate Surcharge" (GRI) on the Asia-US trans-Pacific route will be increased.

According to Ship & Bunker, ships carrying contaminated fuel in Singapore are trying to offload the product and transfer it to Fujairah players.