Rail freight volumes at Ningbo-Zhoushan port up 15% in H1
In the first half of this year, Ningbo-Zhoushan port posted 444,000 teu sea-rail transportation volume, an increase of 15% year-on-year.
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UK freight association ties up with maritime consultancy to enable its members to benchmark oceanfreight rates
The British International Freight Association (BIFA) has entered into a collaborative agreement with Drewry to help bring the maritime research
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Xeneta: Grim Economic Outlook Spurs Slight Fall In Long-Term Ocean Freight Rates
Long-term contracted ocean freights fell for the second consecutive month, and are now 1.3% down year-on-year, as the ramifications of
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Higher naphtha demand in Europe shuts arbitrage window to Asia despite lower freight
Strength in the European naphtha complex has crunched the East-West spread even as freight costs tumble to a near 10-month
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Freight association offers free bitesize training for youngsters
The British International Freight Association’s (BIFA) next event following the relaunch of its Young Forwarder Network (YFN) online will feature
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India: Shipping Ministry says it has ‘no control or supervision’ over freight stations
The Shipping Ministry has said it has “no control or supervision” over privately-run container freight stations (CFS) located outside the
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Floating storage volumes start to descend, dragging down VLCC freight
The amount of crude stored on tankers is showing signs of a slight descent in response to the waning economics
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USGC distillate arbitrage to Europe shows promise with lower freight
As Europe and the US come out of coronavirus stay-home orders and petroleum product demand ramps up again, the ULSD
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Despite unprecedented shock to world trade, shipping lines maintain high freight rates
The shipping industry’s woes started before the current pandemic. Trade tensions between the U.S. and China had depressed demand throughout
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China iron ore demand powers Baltic sea freight index to record weekly gain
The Baltic Exchange’s main sea freight index, which tracks rates for ships ferrying dry commodities around the world, posted its
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