15th February 2015

 

Port News

 

Hamburg

 

The port declared a 9% decling in container trade during 2015 blaminmg this on trade with China, Russia and Poland

Beached Vessels

 

M.V. Zhang Hong No 2

M.V. Quiet Lady

M.V. Toledo

M.V. Elite

M.V Front Driver

M.V. Columba

 

Related problems at sea 

 

Barge Marlesri touced the bottom of the stones and sufferd leaks in the bow as thie ships pumps were unable to cope with the flooding.

 

M.V.  APL Vanda

It took eight tugs to pull this vessel of the bar which was stuck on a sandbar between Cowes, the Isle of White and Southampton

M.V. Herbilan Success

The vessel was found adrift in the Bay of Bengal  during its journey from Colombo to Yangon.

Trade News

 

EU hits China with new steel anti-dumping probes

 

The EU launched new probes on Friday into imports of Chinese steel, warning it would not allow "unfair competition" to threaten Europe's industry already crumbling under a flood of cheap imports.

Georgia to build $2.5bn Black Sea Port on China's Silk Road

 

Georgia on Monday announced plans to build a new deep-water Black Sea port in a $2.5-billion project that aims to boost trade between China and Europe along the historic Silk Road route

Transport News

Transport Exchange Group is seeing the emergence of a new generation of road transport professional that is embracing collaboration and technological innovation to drive growth. In fact, almost 300 hauliers, couriers, freight forwarders and logistics operators have joined the company’s leading freight trading

Over 4,000 active road transport members are now using Haulage Edchange and Courier Exchange to fill available capacity and improve workload. It is helping them to get connected and engage with other operators to develop proven networks and access a virtual fleet of more than 31,000 vehicles. This interactive collaboration, often utilising integrated telematics, is enabling them to make best use of available resources as well as increase capacity during peak trading periods.