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GENERAL RATE INCREASE ON ALL ORIGINS TO CANADA DESTINATIONS
Effective May 1, 2010 all Far East S/S Lines will implement a GRI on all origins to all Canadian Destinations. The increase will be at the following levels:
20’ – US$ 800.00,
40’ – US$ 1000.00 and
40’HC – US$ 1125.00
OPTION FOR DELAYS ON RAIL FOR FREIGHT IMPORTING VIA VANCOUVER
We're aware that port of Vancouver and rail will be very busy these coming months and delays for containers could be up to two weeks before they go on rail.
Deltaport Terminal and S/S Lines offer ERS service, which guarantee that container will be loaded on rail with 48 hrs - the surcharge is CAD 250.00/ctr. They do require 3 day notice prior vessel docking in Vancouver.
Please advise if you are interested in this express service and if yes, please indicate which containers are extremely urgent for you.
CIFFA SPECIAL ALERT eBULLETIN - ICELAND VOLCANO ASH HALTS FLIGHTS AND SHUTS AIRPORTS ACROSS EUROPE
The National Air Traffic Service (NATS) has introduced restrictions to UK airspace due to volcanic ash from Iceland drifting across the UK. Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Belfast airports were closed earlier this morning, followed by the suspension of flights to and from all UK airports until further notice, the earliest re-opening could be Friday morning.
The closures have seriously impacted major hub operations like Heathrow and at airports in Northern Europe. An estimated 4000 flights will be cancelled today. The ash, which can damage a plane's engine, has blown as far south as London, officials said, forcing airlines to close airspace and cancel hundreds of flights in the United Kingdom. Airspace has also been closed to non-emergency flights in Denmark, Norway, Finland and the Netherlands. Parts of Sweden's airspace have been closed and aviation authorities in Eastern Europe said they are monitoring the cloud of ash.
Cancellations are also spreading across the continent to airports in Brussels, Amsterdam, Geneva and Paris, where a number of northbound flights have been cancelled. The volcano was sending up smoke and ash that posed "a significant safety threat to aircraft," Britain's National Air Traffic Service said, as visibility is compromised and debris can get sucked into airplane engines. In Iceland, emergency officials moved hundreds of people away from the Eyjafjallajokull glacier Wednesday as a volcano buried under the glacier rumbled to life for the second time in less than a month.
Steam and ash from the volcano melted the glacier and sent floodwaters streaming down into the surrounding area. The ash cloud has not disrupted operations at Iceland's Keflavik airport or caused problems in the capital, Reykjavik, but has affected the southeastern part of the island. If the volcano keeps erupting, it could cause more flight disruptions. "When there is lava erupting close to very cold water, the lava chills quickly and turns essentially into small glass particles that get carried into the eruption plume," said Colin Macpherson, a geologist with the University of Durham.
"The risk to flights depends on a combination of factors - namely whether the volcano keeps behaving the way it has and the weather patterns." Air Canada has advised that due to the situation over UK airspace and the restrictions on LHR operations, at this time no arrivals or departures are planned to take place until further notice. Other areas of concern include mainland Europe and TLV. This is affecting all airlines operating to/thru the effected airspace. Flight schedules and capacity for both passenger and cargo will be heavy over the coming days once regular operations resume.
British Airways has also advised that due to the situation in Iceland all flights arriving and leaving the UK today have now been cancelled. This action has been taken on the direction of UK Air Traffic Control, who have closed UK airspace for all airlines.
JAPANESE INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO SOARS
International cargo climbed 24.3 percent for Japan Airlines and 66.5 percent for All Nippon Airways in February, according to figures released by the two biggest Japanese air carriers reports “JOC Online”.
After falling for 15 months in a row, JAL's international cargo volume grew for the fourth consecutive month in February on a year-on-year basis to 42,135 tons. The year-on-year pace of growth slowed from 32.9 percent in January. ANA's international cargo volume grew for the sixth consecutive month in February on a year-on-year basis to 30,658 tons. ANA's international cargo volume began its upturn in September after declining for 11 consecutive months.
The surge comes too late for JAL’s cargo business. The bankrupt airline will stop operating freighter flights at the end of October this year and use only the belly space of its passenger flights for air cargo.
K-LINE MODIFIES ASIA - NORTH AMERICA EAST COAST SERVICE
K Line, a member of CKYH Alliance, announced it will make modifications to one of its Asia - North America East Coast service loops, named AWE-4, on May 15 2010.
The new AWE-4 service will deploy nine 5500 TEU class vessels under cooperation with Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) and add direct calls at Savannah and Jacksonville on US East Coast.
The port rotation will be as follows:
Ho Chi Minh (Tue/Wed) - Shekou (Fri/Sat) - Hong Kong (Sat/Sun) - Yantian (Sun/Mon) - Singapore (Thu/Thu) - Halifax (Tue/Wed) - New York (Thu/Fri) - Norfolk (Fri/Sat) - Jacksonville (Sun/Mon) - Savannah (Mon/Tue) - Singapore (Sun/Mon) - Ho Chi Minh (Tue)
CKYH INCREASES CAPACITY ON CEN SERVICE
COSCO said earlier this week that is will restore capacity on the CKYH Alliance's CEN service by bringing back six 7,500-TEU vessels to replace the six current 5,500-TEU vessels, starting April 24.
The carrier said the re-introduction would be completed by the end of May. Along with restoring capacity on this service, the service will add Ningbo as a last call in Asia to meet customer demand. The service’s port rotation is Dalian, Xingang/Tianjin, Qingdao, Shanghai, Ningbo, Prince Rupert, Long Beach, Oakland, Yokohama and Dalian.
LAID UP BOX SHIP NUMBERS FALL IN THE PAST TWO WEEKS
The idle containership fleet has declined again over two weeks to one million TEU or 7.5 per cent of the global fleet, the lowest since February 2009, according to Alphaliner.
Only the week before, the Paris-based shipping consultancy reported that laid-up tonnage at the end of March totalled 1.18 million TEU, or 445 ships, after which it slipped again below the 1.2 million TEU mark, or 8.9 per cent of the global fleet.
Demand for tonnage is also expected to absorb large new ships coming out of shipyards during the first half of the year. But the report said with more than 100 ships topping 5,000-TEU expected for delivery this year, "idle capacity could rise again at the end of the peak season."
HU.S. BTS RELEASES FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES INDEX FOR FEBRUARY
The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.3 percent in February from its January level, rising for the second consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported Wednesday.
BTS reported that the Freight TSI index has risen 3.6 percent over the last nine months, starting in June, after declining 15.3 percent in the previous 10 months beginning in August 2008. The index has increased in seven of the last nine months. The index started 2010 with an increase of 0.7 percent in the first two months.
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