Import/Export Industry Notifications
31 December 2020
MAERSK | Transport Document Amendment Fee (AME) and Switch Transport Document Service (SWC)
31 December 2020
Maersk is revising the Transport Document Amendment Fee (AME) and Switch Transport Document Service Fee (SWC) for all cargo containers in India effective 01st January 2021 for all corridors.
31 December 2020
CONTAINER NEWS | Urgent Dover review needed as new freight rules are applied
31 December 2020
Logistics UK, the former Freight Transport Association, has branded the UK Government’s reaction to the closure of the border between the UK and France for two days as disconcerting.
31 December 2020
THE HINDU | Container shortage hits textile exporters
31 December 2020
Clothing and textile exports suffer due to container shortage. If the situation continues, they can lose up to 20% business, as per the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council.
31 December 2020
FINANCIAL EXPRESS | Indian Railways’ Dedicated Freight Corridor project
31 December 2020
The total 2,843-km DFC is known to be the largest Indian Railways' infrastructure project, being built in independent India. The goods trains running on this section will help decongest the existing Main line of Indian Railways, connecting Kanpur and Delhi, which currently handles trains at 150 per cent of its line capacity.
31 December 2020
FINANCIAL EXPRESS | Maharashtra to give an extra push for raisin and jaggery exports
31 December 2020
Maharashtra government plans to give an extra push to raisin and jaggery exports from the state. Raisin exports, on the other hand, remained subdued at 24,668 tonnes in 2019-20.
31 December 2020
FREIGHT WAVES | Container lines question claims of unreasonable rates, poor service
31 December 2020
The World Shipping Council (WSC) has stood up against allegations by two Federal Maritime Commissioners (FMC) that the container lines are not meeting service commitments — especially to U.S. agricultural exporters — referring to an absence of proof.
31 December 2020
CONTAINER NEWS | After engine fire Maersk ship delayed
31 December 2020
Maersk Line has affirmed that its 13,600TEU ship, the Maersk Elba endured an engine room fire on 26 December while the vessel was in transit from Suez in Egypt to Felixstowe in the UK.
31 December 2020
THE HINDU | Spices’ exports cross 7 lakh tonnes in first half of current fiscal
31 December 2020
Export of spices from India increased during the pandemic with the country crossing the seven lakh tonnes mark in the period between April and September 2020.
31 December 2020
ET | Non-Basmati rice exports up 123%
31 December 2020
Non-basmati rice exports have increased by 123% year-on-year in April-November industry bodies said.
31 December 2020
CONTAINER NEWS | Rates soar again as equipment shortages take hold
31 December 2020
Spot freight rates out of Asia saw steep and apparently unconstrained increases slamming through the US$4,000/FEU mark on the Pacific and soaring to more than US$5,600/FEU to North Europe.