Singapore crowned world’s No 1 container port: report
This is driven by the country’s world-class infrastructure and transparent governance The Republic has been crowned the world’s leading container port in the inaugural edition of the…
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U.S. ocean container imports from China fell in May as tariffs took hold
U.S. seaborne imports of goods from China dropped 28.5% year-over-year in May, the sharpest decline since the pandemic, as President Donald Trump’s 145% tariffs took hold, supply chain…
Container shipping rates soar, impact on shippers outside China felt
Sea cargo rates have surged, with those for the voyage from Shanghai to the US particularly steep, fuelled by pent-up demand and front-loading as shippers rush to beat the US-China trade…
DHS holds migrants in shipping container after judge halts their deportation
Homeland Security said it's holding eight illegal immigrants in a shipping container at an American military base in the African country of Djibouti after a federal judge last month halted…
Maersk cuts global container market outlook on tariff war
Maersk sees global container volume market in the range of 1% decline to growth of 4% this year Moller-Maersk, the Danish container giant, lowered its forecast for the global…
Spain seizes 13 tonnes of cocaine hidden behind bananas on a container from Ecuador
MADRID (AP) — Authorities in Spain seized 13 tonnes (13,000 kilograms) of cocaine in a cargo container apparently filled with bananas, in what they called the biggest anti-narcotics…
Four guilty of smuggling £4.3m of drugs in container
A group of men have been found guilty of smuggling £4.3m worth of cannabis from Africa to the UK hidden in sacks of gari powder. A container load of the flour arrived at Tilbury Docks in…
China port explosion snarls trans-Pacific container trade
The closure of Ningbo Beilun’s Phase III Terminal is expected to have cascading effects on the main trans-Pacific trade lanes out of Asia, and the supply chain at large, in the midst of…