Carrier members of the Digital Container Shipping Association have committed to 100% implementation of electronic bills of lading by 2030, according to CEO Thomas Bagge.
BIMCO said that, so far in February, the number of ships transiting through the Gulf of Aden and the Suez Canal is 50% and 37% lower than last year respectively.
The approval is conditional upon full compliance with the commitments to divest some sea freight forwarding operations in Martinique, Guadeloupe, and French Guiana.
The supply chain problems are expected to be exacerbated next month as China begins shipping again in earnest after its annual pause for the two weeks of lunar new year celebrations.
In March 2023, an FMC judge ruled in favor of charges filed against OCEMA and 11 international ocean carriers claiming they violated the Shipping Act of 1984.
The Liberian-flagged KMAX Leader bulk carrier is being towed back to the Philippines after arriving at the Port of Gladstone in October 2023 and remaining there for five months.
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