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 SouthamptonM.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.
