ZIM announces its updated Asia-Pacific North West product to commence April 2020

On top of our already announced blank sailings in relation to the Chinese New Year, we have seen a further reduction in demand due to the extended holiday period announced in China. Maersk endeavours to balance our network to match reduced demand.

U.S. and Canada Market: Peak Season Surcharge (PSS) for Reefer Exports

Singapore’s shipping company Pacific International Lines (PIL) has decided to withdraw its services from the Transpacific market in an effort “to optimize the company’s network efficiency”.

Several containers have fallen off a Handy containership in stormy seas 43 kilometers north of Ameland, one of the Dutch West Frisian Islands, the Netherlands Coastguard said.

Danish container shipping giant Maersk Line is partnering with Portrix Logistic Software GmbH (PLS), part of Hamburg-based IT solutions provider Portrix Group, to integrate spot pricing into PLS’ Global Price Management (GPM) software solution.

DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has expanded its instant online quotation and booking service to DHL Ocean Direct FCL (full-container-load). The service myDHLi Quote + Book makes instant bookings for air and ocean freight as well as door-to-door shipments available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The scale generated by DSV’s takeover of Panalpina in August is already attracting attention from larger customers interested in using the combined entity’s greatly expanded global footprint, according to CEO Jens Bjorn Andersen.

As the Coronavirus spreads rapidly in China, attention is turning to what could be a significant international supply chain impact, especially if the Chinese New Year is effectively extended, with factories remaining closed beyond the traditional end to the annual national holiday.