Felixstowe strike update

Hutchison Ports’ Port of Felixstowe has kick started its autonomous truck project featuring Westwell’s Q-Trucks.

The impact of elections in India, Mexico, the European Parliament, and the United States, could introduce further uncertainty to supply chain risks in 2025.

The new cranes were manufactured by ZPMC at its Nantong facility in China. They will join eight other ARTGs ZPMC previously delivered to YICT.

“The management of the Red Sea crisis has alleviated concerns of sudden container price rises, providing a more predictable environment”

Hamburg-headquartered Container xChange is the latest organisation to publish a report on the impact of the Red Sea crisis on the container market. The study mainly focuses on container prices and lease rates, both of which have increased rapidly since the start of the Israel/Gaza war in October and attacks on ships in November.

Plans to develop a 25-ha depot to store empty containers and a barge/feeder terminal on the Rotterdam Maasvlakte are likely to be abandoned in favour of a facility for Medrepair, a subsidiary of Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC).