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• The single day confirmed cases in the United States reached a new high, and the positive rate of dock workers in LA / LB port is rising rapidly

  Time: 2022-01-06 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  With the Omicron strain, we usher in a new 2022. However, on the occasion of this new year, amazing news came from the United States - more than one million cases were diagnosed in a single day.According to the latest data from Johns Hopkins University, on January 3 local time, the United States reported more than 1 million ne...
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• The port of Los Angeles officially announced that it would charge an empty container detention fee

  Time: 2022-01-05 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  At the end of December 2021, facing the risk of empty container accumulation, retailers began to worry that LA / lb port authority would charge for these empty containers. However, this fear has become a reality.(Related reading: the number of empty containers in LA / lb port is increasing. Will additional charges be considered)T...
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• Maersk increased investment in ships and MSC upgraded Asian routes

  Time: 2021-12-31 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  2021 is coming to an end, but the supply chain disruption that plagues shippers and freight forwarders continues. Port congestion, shipping delays and other problems have not been well solved.Many shipping companies have made judgments on the shipping situation next year. MSc said that they would make a series of adjustments to Asian...
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• Not only LA / LB port, but also Singapore port has ushered in a congestion crisis, with freight rate soaring.

  Time: 2021-12-30 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Recently, with the spread of the mutant virus Omicron, many countries have rebounded in varying degrees. This also further increases the degree of port congestion.At present, the most congested port is LA / lb port in the United States. Of course, port congestion in other countries is also very serious. For example, Singapore p...
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• The global supply chain is in crisis again, and experts expect it to last about three years

  Time: 2021-12-28 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  The shipping supply chain, which had been slowly stabilized, returned to a tense state because of the "Omicron" virus. Now approaching the end of the year, this has made the supply chain in many countries worse. One authoritative data shows novel coronavirus pneumonia cases up to 280194739 in December 27th. The Unite...
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• Disasters pile up on one another! The container ship is in trouble again. The cargo owner needs to pay attention

  Time: 2021-12-27 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  In the second half of this year, the bad weather at Sea continued, and many container ships were affected to varying degrees. Among them, "Zim Kington" under Zim is one of them.In October, the container lost 109 containers in a strong storm. To make matters worse, a serious fire broke out on the ship the next day and la...
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• After Thailand, a country announced that it would form a state-owned container fleet

  Time: 2021-12-24 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  2021 is coming to an end, and the world is still shrouded in the epidemic. Affected by this, many countries have fallen into a supply chain crisis.In order to alleviate the pressure caused by supply chain disruption, importers in many countries have come up with countermeasures to deal with it. American retailer Wal-Mart uses charter...
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• The number of empty containers in LA / LB port is increasing. Will additional charges be considered

  Time: 2021-12-23 | Publisher: Kevin

  

  Since the announcement of charges for long-term accumulation of imported containers, shippers have actively handled these boxes. Seeing that the incentive could reduce the backlog of containers, the port authority postponed the charge.The following is the timeline for postponing the charge.(Related reading: latest news: LA / LB po...
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