Are you a Cash and Carry looking for a logistics partner to help you extend your reach? For all your UK haulage needs from road haulage of full loads, to one off pallet deliveries we can help provide a cost solution for you. We also provide expertise...
In July 2016 the Convention for Safesty of Life at Sea legislation set out by the International Maritime Organisation's safety committee will make it mandatory for containers to be weighed or have their stated weight verified prior to movement. Supplychain21 is able to help its customers...
Research has shown that for the first time in the last two decades, there has been fewer container ships transporting goods, with demolitions of ships running at around 55 ships per quarter. However despite the reduction in ships there is still about 6% growth in the...
Some of our customers export into Asian markets and will be interested in a new development in Vietnam. The government has implemented a new law which limits the total weight for 20' and 40' containers to 20 tonnes including the tare weight of the container. The...
The larger operators continue to add capacity with around 80% of the orders for container ships currently for larger vessels, estimated to be up to 25% more cost efficient. Demand growth in the routes from Europe to Asia has been less than expected in 2013 The big players...
Research on the reliability of container ships in sticking to their published schedules has shown that fewer lanes ran to time in 2013 than in the previous year, with a 1.1% decrease in timeliness. Overall more than 1 in 5 ships are now missing their...
Alphaline has reported that the percentage of the global containership fleet larger than 500 teu that is currently idle has reached its lowest level since Q4 2011. Only 2.3% of vessels are not in use, mostly the smallest ones. This suggests that there could be some upward...
Over the past 12 months a significant amount of newly built container ship capacity has come on stream but without an equivalent increase in demand. In response to this shipping lines have looked at their existing fleets and taken the decision to take some of...
The Chinese Ministry of Finance and State Administration of Tax has issued some new rules regarding VAT for ocean transport services. As a result, the majority of carriers have confirmed that they will start to debit 6 % VAT on all charges payable in China. For this...
The new London Gateway container port gets ever nearer to completion and is set to transform port options for businesses exporting from the South East who had previously shipped out of Felixstowe. The port will have the best tidal window access for deep-drafted vessels and...