The requirement for annual inspections has been abolished, but the Swiss are accused of acting in contravention of European safety regulations and causing a potential crisis in the supply chain. Switzerland’s Federal Office of Transport (FOT) has amended its controversial new rules governing the operation of wagons, removing the deadline for annual inspection requirements in…
© Priest007 The ships are redirecting ship calls from Tanzanian ports to Mombasa, in neighboring Kenya, following the unrest following Tanzania’s recent general elections, which the opposition criticized as “sham”. Today, the President of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan, was sworn in amid tight security measures in… To read this article you need to subscribe. Help…
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Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) has partnered with the private German Railway Development Corporation (RDC) to operate a night service between Basel in northwestern Switzerland and Malmö in southern Sweden, via Germany and Denmark. The new EuroNight-branded service is set to begin operating three times a week from April 15, with tickets expected to go on…
French container line CMA CGM has reported a series of schedule disruptions/vessel delays on its Indian networks, impacting customers’ expectations of service reliability. The Medex service, which covers trade between India and the Mediterranean, has seen a long string of empty sailings in recent months, and the carrier has just announced the cancellation of its…
A newly announced 12-month trade truce between the United States and China may ease tensions, but it will not halt the decline in global ocean freight rates, according to a new analysis from Xeneta, a sea and air freight rate measurement platform. Read also: Global Shipping Report: US container imports hold for September amid tariff…