The Swissterminal informed us that due to an urgent overhaul of the crane of 30.11. as of 08.12.2018, only one crane instead of two will be available for handling in Frenkendorf (road and rail). Please note that during the inspection period, track capacity is greatly reduced, that is, we need to reduce single wagon traffic [...]
According to the 2018 CNUDED (Conference on Trade and Development) report, growth in shipping traffic is not expected until 2023. Trade increased strongly in 2017 to 4%, based on the recovery of the global economy. Statistically speaking, this is the highest in the last five years. Global transshipment volumes reached $ 10.7 billion and [...]
From next week, it will no longer be possible to use the Rhine for container traffic. There is no other choice than to use rail or truck. We suggest that you reserve your containers a few weeks in advance, especially for export, because we can book inbound containers much earlier, compared to outbound ones.
For many years, it is possible to travel with the largest container ships of the world. This transportation is not well known to the general public, but does delight sea lovers who can enjoy a long and slow journey, discovering the largest ports in the world and satisfy their thirst for freedom when the ship [...]
During the last weeks/months they had about twice as many empty gate in than empty gate out. Due to this situation, they have reached their capacity limits in Frenkendorf and they need to stop acceptance of all empty equipment as from 03.09.2018. As the rhine terminals are also short of space they can only offer [...]
This beautiful summer also has its disadvantages. In fact, the low rainfall makes the Rhine level drop sharply. We will soon arrive at level 7, which means your containers cannot be moved smoothly anymore to/from the ports of sailing. The solution is to reserve your export containers by rail, but we must make reservations well [...]
For several months, the price of oil has steadily increased, reaching its highest level since 2014. In light of this increase, which is much higher than expected (more than 20% compared to the beginning of the year), since June 1st shipping companies have applied an "Emergency Bunker Surchage", which increases overall transport costs. For the [...]
The problem of pollution caused by maritime transport is still prevalent. Indeed, although being one of the most used means of transport (more than 90% of goods throughout the world is shipped by sea), it unfortunately remains the most polluting. The main reason for this pollution is heavy fuel oil, the fuel used by large [...]
Following a series of shipping company mergers, by April 2018, the 7 largest shipping companies will control more than 65% of global capacity. The most recent mergers have become vital to a number of medium-sized companies. Indeed, economies of scale due to low marginal costs have allowed the "big three" (Maersk Line, MSC and CMA [...]