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Containers could take six months to rebound


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Rotterdam welcomes rainbow alliance


The port of Rotterdam has welcomed Maersk’s vividly coloured rainbow containers, celebrating diversity and inclusion in the maritime and ports industry. They arrived aboard the Maastricht Maersk into the APM Maasvlakte II terminal as part of a world tour, set to end in Denmark in time for Copenhagen Pride 2021,


stopping at several locations across Asia and Europe on their way. Aſter their stay in Rotterdam, the containers were due to travel across the Netherlands, visiting some of the landmarks of the country, as well as participating customers and partners.


Liverpool wins first Far East liner service


DKT Allseas’ ‘congestion busting’ one-off container services from Shanghai and Ningbo to Liverpool are to be extended into a regular liner operation. CEX (China Express) will be the first such service from the Far East into the north of England port. Following the success of its individual chartered sailings


from Shanghai and Ningbo to Liverpool, Oldham-based DKT Allseas (part of Allseas Global Logistics) says it will operate further services “in response to overwhelming demand” on a regular basis. The first additional service has


been scheduled for early May 2021 and the plan is to continue


operating a regular call in the future. Allseas added that its first three sailings will be operated at full capacity, from the Far East direct to Liverpool. DKT Allseas launched its


initiative in early April to provide relief to customers facing increased ocean freight rates, as well as reduced reliability, as a


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result of knock-on effects relating to the global pandemic. Allseas Global Logistics managing director Wright said: “Our


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sailings were completely sold out in short order and we have now fixed an additional three sailings and looking to introduce further services over the next few months, working towards a longer term


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