Maritime transport
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News
Suardíaz adds car carrier to fleet for Africa-Europe vehicle trade
Suardíaz Shipping Lines has added a ninth vessel to its fleet of car carriers operating in Europe in the shape of the M/V Asturias, which can carry 4,200 vehicles
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Article
Data snapshot: North American ports in review
This infographic provides a data-driven snapshot of key ports across the continent, highlighting their volumes across years
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Chinese vehicle exports above 1.3m in first quarter, reports ECG
China has exported 1.3m in the first quarter of this year, up 33% on the same quarter last year, with leading markets being Russia, Mexico, Belgium and the UK
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Article
North American vehicle ports review: cooperation and agile contingencies
The recent vehicle distruptions have tested the resilience and adaptability of regional port operations, highlighting their crucial role in maintaining the flow of goods under crisis conditions.
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Partner Content
Time to get serious about cars in containers
As light vehicle production hits pre-pandemic levels, regional disparities and new shipping capacities are reshaping how vehicles are transported worldwide
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Stellantis reduces inventory ahead of new product launches
In its latest financial results released today, the carmaker revealed that it took in lower than expected revenues in Q1 due to an unfavourable product mix and lower volumes.
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Partner Content
Transforming automotive supply chains by navigating complexities
The ever-changing automotive supply chain requires flexibility, resilience and the adoption of new strategies in order to continue to flourish
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Containerised car deliveries soar on the US east coast
Tight ro-ro capacity is leading some carmakers to ship vehicles in containers and there has been a tenfold rise in volumes at the port of New York and New Jersey
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Tensions in Middle East trigger war risk premiums in freight rates
The capture of the MSC vessel is the latest in the crisis affecting shipping routes on the Red Sea and could cause even more problems for global shipping.
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Analysis
Global and European vehicle production and the impacts on logistics
Following years of deep disruption in the automotive production and logistics supply chain, S&P Global Mobility’s head of global vehicle forecasting outlines what the next months and years will look like for the industry.
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News
Wallenius Wilhelmsen secures sustainable capacity with PCTC orders
Wallenius Wilhelmsen has ordered four more methanol dual-fuel vessels that can run on alternative fuel sources and will be ammonia-ready
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UECC working on maritime biofuel trials for cleaner vessel services
UECC is working with Act Group, Lloyd’s Register and Wartsila on a project assessing the suitability of a new biofuel for use on vessels providing vehicle forwarding services
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Baltimore FVL vessels re-route to New York, Norfolk and Philadelphia
Finished vehicle logistics shipping firms are looking to divert vessels to nearby ports as the Baltimore port will be closed for the foreseeable future
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Baltimore port likely to be closed until May after bridge collapse
A Maersk-chartered container ship crashed into a pillar of the bridge on the Patapsco River
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BMW navigates the new ‘never normal’ in logistics
BMW has adapted to disruputiion by bringing production, finance, sales and purchasing, and supply chain logistics under one umbrella
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Video
Red Sofa Interview: BMW’s Dr Michael Nikolaides on cross-functional decisions in the supply chain
Nikolaides discusses cross-functional decision making in logistics, and the balance between bringing costs down but keeping resiliency high.
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Video
Red Sofa Interview: Why Toyota Motor Europe isn’t looking for flexibility
”I don’t think we’re after flexibility. Flexibility means last minute change, shifting from one model to another one…”
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News
NYK to capture vessel emissions in California with Stax technology
NYK Line will use technology from Stax Engineering to capture exhaust emissions from the vessels its operates while they are at berth in Californian ports from 2025
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Latest research reveals impact of disruption on global trade and supply chains
Economist Impact has released its fourth Trade in Transition research paper with support from DP World, looking at globalisation and supply chain disruption
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News
Georgia state invests in harbour improvements for ro-ro calls at Brunswick port
The state of Georgia has marked out $6m to expand harbour capacity for ro-ro deliveries to the port of Brunswick’s Colonel’s Island terminal