Newsletter – October 4, 2018

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

747F operator loses business and calls for US to ease restriction on bigger cargo

theloadstar.co.uk

A US restriction on carrying tall, rigid cargo on 747 freighters is costing US operators millions of dollars in lost business to foreign competitors. Read more here.

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES

Shippers are being ‘left in the dark’ as carriers look to recover IMO 2020 costs

theloadstar.co.uk

There has been insufficient mainstream publicity on the IMO’s 2020 global emissions regulation for shipping, and a lack of transparency by container lines on their recovery strategies. Read more here (login required).

Drewry downgrades five-year ocean freight forecast

source: lloydsloadinglist.com

A gloomier world economic outlook and rising trade tensions have forced container shipping analyst Drewry to downgrade its forecast for container demand over the next five years, according to the global shipping consultancy’s latest edition of the Container Forecaster. Read more here.

Port planning faces increasing challenges

lloydsloadinglist.com

The most competitive box ports of the future will be those that accommodate developments in container shipping effectively, while successfully adapting to developments in the hinterland, according to a new report. Read more here.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS GOVERNMENT UPDATES

France to recruit 700 extra customs officers in ‘hard Brexit’ preparations

lloydsloadinglist.com

France is to recruit 700 additional customs officers over the next three years as part of its post-Brexit preparations, the vast majority being deployed at French Channel ports such as Calais, Dunkirk and Le Havre. Read more here.