Shipping Lines serving the Asia to Europe routes have started the Chinese New Year breathing fire and brimstone. Having imposed some modest increases to freight rates prior to the CNY holiday, they’re trying to keep the momentum going post CNY with some red-hot increases already announced for March and beyond. [Read more...]
We’ve smartened-up our act!
January 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
New Year – New Uniform. The start of the year has brought about a new look for our dedicated warehouse team some of whom can be seen here sporting the new Seaspace 2012 range.
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UK’s First Airport City Unveiled…
January 13, 2012 By 1 Comment
UK Chancellor George Osborne yesterday unveiled plans for a £659 million (US$1 billion) Airport City – the first of its kind in the UK – at Manchester Airport.
The detailed masterplan, created by Manchester Airports Group (MAG), sets out the vision to create, over the next 12-15 years, an international business hub to attract global companies [Read more...]
The Shipping Lines’ New Year Resolution
December 1, 2011 By Leave a Comment
The Shipping Lines serving the Asia to Europe routes have already decided on their New Years Resolution; to reduce capacity, improve their margins and increase rates.
Like the resolutions that we all make every January 1st, only time will tell if they actually stick
to them! [Read more...]
Suppliers on high alert as shipping fee fraudsters target giftware industry
October 19, 2011 By
Suppliers are being advised to remain vigilant following attempts by bogus overseas traders to cheat the giftware industry out of thousands of pounds.
The GA recently alerted its members about a fraudulent ordering company that is using a fake shipping business to lure gift suppliers into despatching products and paying for the items with a stolen credit card. [Read more...]
There’s no such thing as a free lunch!
October 12, 2011 By
Very little in life is free – except this advice.
Don’t be fooled by offers and inducements from suppliers to ship your order for free. If they don’t simply hide freight costs in the value of the product you’re buying from them, there’s an even craftier trick. [Read more...]
Felixstowe opens its doors to the new generation of giants
September 29, 2011 By
Britain’s pre-eminent port will open a new deepwater terminal today capable of receiving the world’s biggest vessels and increasing trade through Felixstowe by 50 per cent.
“The opening of these berths is essential,” said David Gledhill, the chief executive of Hutchinson Ports UK, the new owner of the Suffolk gateway. “The new deepwater terminal is essential to Britain so we are not reduced to a second division of ports in Europe.” [Read more...]
Maersk announces ‘ocean conveyor belt’ for world’s busiest trade lane
September 23, 2011 By
Last week, Maersk Line CEO Eivind Kolding unveiled the Daily Maersk service that offers a cut-off at the same time every day, seven days a week, and always with the same transport duration. This daily service will operate with 70 vessels sailing between Ningbo, Shanghai and Yantian to Felixstowe, Rotterdam and Bremerhaven. Effectively this will form an ocean conveyor belt. [Read more...]
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