Suez canal shipping was always a crisis waiting to happen – Tim Culpan
In the face of Houthi attacks, maritime rerouting, and calls for a 40-nation military alliance to protect vital trade routes, the Suez Canal is once again a focal point…
In the face of Houthi attacks, maritime rerouting, and calls for a 40-nation military alliance to protect vital trade routes, the Suez Canal is once again a focal point…
In a troubling week, Houthi militia targeted merchant ships in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden, creating chaos…
South Africa’s crucial rail line, connecting the country’s wealthiest province to the largest container port on the continent, has been severely crippled by an epidemic of power-cable theft.
Intense US-led diplomatic wrangling to soften aggressive European Union sanctions has been going on for months but time is ticking.Â
Maersk CEO told the Financial Times that he saw little evidence of US or European manufacturers bringing production back home.
A key shipping index has returned to the middle of the past decade’s range. It tells us global trade is returning to pre-pandemic normality.
The South African wine industry, already reeling from a halt in exports in the early stage of the lockdown, has been badly affected by shipping delays.
Branson’s latest bet is to attract millennials onto luxury sea cruise liners, a sector long been regarded as the preserve of the purple rinse brigade.
Scrap yards are preparing for record numbers of freighters as shipping rates tumble to all-time lows. Read why (and how Grindrod is being affected) here.