by UniOcean Marketing | Mar 26, 2019 | News
From the end of March, considerable changes to carriers and alliance schedules on the Asia-North Europe route will be implemented, resulting in longer average transit times as vessel sailing speeds continue to be reduced further.The new schedules will mean that the...
by UniOcean Marketing | Mar 12, 2019 | News
A new service connecting northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Australia and South-east Asia, is being collectively launched by Ocean Alliance member CMA CGM and the 2M’s MSC.Set to launch in September, the partnership will see the carriers upgrade their respective Nemo...
by UniOcean Marketing | Feb 26, 2019 | News
On March 2nd 2019, tariffs across $200 billion worth of goods from China to the US are set to rise from 10% to 25%, unless a deal can be reached between the countries. According to President Donald Trump, there is a possibility that the US will extend the March 2nd...
by UniOcean Marketing | Feb 19, 2019 | News
According to the loadstar, a number of blank sailings are being introduced by carriers over the next few weeks, as early indications suggest that post Chinese New Year volumes will be lower than originally expected.The 2M Alliance have announced that the Feb/Mar loops...
by UniOcean Marketing | Feb 11, 2019 | News
The arrival of more 20,000 teu-plus megaships has seen a change of market share from Germany’s hub gateway container port of Hamburg to neighbours Rotterdam and Antwerp.A recent report is projecting a 5.1% downturn in container imports for Hamburg in the first quarter...
by UniOcean | Dec 21, 2018 | News
The steamship alliances have called for an extension on their block exemption agreement with the European Union this week, as they seek approval to continue their arrangements for another 5 years.The EU commission approved the current exemption in 2014, which allows...