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Vancouver Fraser Port Authority Notice of Update for GIF2022

The Vancouver Fraser Port Authority has issued an update regarding the implementation of the Gateway Infrastructure Fee 2022 (GIF2022).

Shipping Operations Severely Disrupted In Malaysian Floods

Torrential rains in Malaysia have caused flooding that has driven more than 11,000 people from their homes, closed dozens of roads and disrupted shipping, authorities said on Saturday.

Authorities at Port Klang, the country’s largest harbour, said shipping operations were severely disrupted by the floods. Dozens of highways and roads were also closed.

Read more in an article from gCaptain.

CLECAT Cites European Competition Law as Major Shipping Lines Seek to Sideline Forwarders

There is some real concern that forwarders will no longer find space for their cargo in the new Maersk structure unless they venture into the less-favourable spot market, according to CLECAT, the organization representing European forwarders.

Maersk and Hamburg Sud are not only refusing contracts from forwarders; on top of this they are approaching the very customers of those forwarders whose business they are now rejecting, CLECAT explained.

The two lines have announced that they will cease to provide services to certain freight forwarders from January 1, 2022 through named account contracts.