This is a question that has arisen on the back of demurrage and detention charges levied by the port, terminal and shipping lines to the shippers especially in the key USA gateways of Los-Angeles/Long Beach on the West Coast and New York-New Jersey on the East Coast.. Ok, for those of you that are not aware, here’s the background.. There has been some serious congestion in the main USA gateway ports such as Los-Angeles/Long Beach on the West Coast and New York-New Jersey on t

Headhaul demand growth in the Asia-North Europe trade remains muted and this year’s third quarter peak season is proving uninspiring for the carriers, according to shipping consultancy Drewry. Westbound volumes rose year-on-year by 1.8% in the second quarter, following a 1.2% rise in the first three months of 2016. April’s uplift of 7.7% followed on from strong gains in March but results for both May and June showed a slight negative tendency and the 12-month rolling growth a