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CENTRO INTERNAZIONALE STUDI CONTAINERSANNO XXXVIII - Numero LUGLIO 2020

RAIL TRANSPORT

CHINA-EUROPE RAIL FREIGHT HITS THE BUFFERS AS ROCKETING DEMAND

Record-breaking volumes have caused congestion and lengthy delays on China-Europe rail freight services.

According to Norman Global Logistics (NGL), June and July have been "extremely busy" for Silk Road rail services, putting pressure on infrastructure and increasing journey times.

Rob Foster, NGL's business development manager for central and north China, said: "Major congestion is taking place on most services at the China-Kazakhstan border [Alashankou and Khorgos] which has caused a huge bottleneck."

Indeed, delays at the Khorgos transhipment hub, where containers must be transloaded onto wide-gauge wagons for the journey through central Asia, have created a ripple effect, impacting terminals in China and Europe.

NGL said Xian, Wuhan, Ganzhou and Xiamen had stopped accepting any new orders to clear the backlogs, expected to last until the end of this week, while Yiwu and Chengdu have resorted to halving departures to twice a week. Zhengzhou diverted all trains bound for Liege, Munich, and Milan to Erenhot, causing an three-to-five-day delay.

"In some locations like Wuhan, for example, we have experienced delays in shipments not departing for up to two or three weeks later than expected due to the bottleneck at the border," Mr Foster told The Loadstar.

He added: "The carriers have been reluctant to release trains in order not to have them detained at the border. Once a container is delayed people are looking for some sort of refund on the cost of the freight, which the carriers really do not want to entertain.

"Another challenge is that tracking on Silk Road is a long way behind air and ocean, and requires a lot of manual work to track down information, unless you have loaded your GSP system into the container."

NGL noted the congestion has spread to the Malaszewicze border in Poland, with container transloading containers now taking around "two days longer than usual."

Congestion at Malaszewicze - another gauge-change hotspot - has been going on for years, with infrastructure upgrades failing to keep up with volumes, forwarders say.

Double-digit increases have not been uncommon for China-Europe rail services in recent years, but the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent capacity crunch in air and ocean have sent volumes through the roof since March, once China's lockdown was mostly over.

According to China Railway, there were 5,122 China-Europe freight trains in the first half, up 36% year on year. Last month alone there were 1,169 trains, another new record.

Khorgos was the busiest border-crossing of all the Silk Road routes from China, handling 2,000 trains in the first half, a 48% increase over 2019.

Eastbound services have also undergone significant expansion this year, with forwarders launching block train services from Germany to cope with demand. However, a continued imbalance between eastbound and westbound trains has been raised as a major cause of the current congestion, since the mismatch in trade flows creates a shortage of wagons in China.."

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In the port of Valletta the first supply to an electric power ship of the ground network
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Agreement of the Italian Academy of Mercantile-De Wave in the field of shipbuilding
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Collaboration for the training of technicians for the supervision and installation of facilities on ships
Anthony Veder-Accelleron agreement for assistance to turbochargers of 13 ships
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Agreement based on a fixed fee applied to effective hours of operation
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Confirmed the adjustment of 25.15% of maritime demanial canons for 2024
Revamped the North East Confectural Steering
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Paolo Salvaro confirmed to the presidency, while Manuel Scortegagna was appointed vice president.
GNV starts a new recruiting campaign
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The first date on Monday and Tuesday in Naples
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SAILING LIST
Visual Sailing List
Departure ports
Arrival ports by:
- alphabetical order
- country
- geographical areas
Ok the transfer of the concession of Terminal Ferry Barcelona to the Grimaldi Group
Barcelona / Naples
Deliberation by the Catalan Port Authority after the green light of the antitrust authority
The IMO assembly unanimously confirms the appointment of Velasco as secretary general
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Port of the Spezia, signed the contract for the realization of the new pier cruises
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d' Amico International Shipping will become part of the FTSE Italia Mid Cap Index
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Santi Casciano appointed CEO of the Going Gateway and Reefer Terminal
Go Ligure
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Rexi : signed the conventions with 12 interports for more than 11 million intended for completion of the network
Rome
The notice for an additional eight million euros will be published shortly.
Saipem has awarded two offshore contracts worth about 1.9 billion
Milan
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At the port of Spezia it has been facilitated access to LNG-powered merchant ships
The Spezia
The soak of these units is governed by an Ordinance of the Capitanery in Porto
Maersk Group comes out of the capital of Norway's Höegh Autoliners
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End the ferry disincite operations Lider Prestij
Rome
You will now proceed to check the safety standards of navigation
PORTS
Italian Ports:
Ancona Genoa Ravenna
Augusta Gioia Tauro Salerno
Bari La Spezia Savona
Brindisi Leghorn Taranto
Cagliari Naples Trapani
Carrara Palermo Trieste
Civitavecchia Piombino Venice
Italian Interports: list World Ports: map
DATABASE
ShipownersShipbuilding and Shiprepairing Yards
ForwardersShip Suppliers
Shipping AgentsTruckers
MEETINGS
Conference on changes in port logistics
Ravenna
It will be held in the first December in Ravenna
Conference of Uniport on the future of Italian portuality
Rome
It will be held on December 5 in Rome
››› Meetings File
PRESS REVIEW
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Economy Minister: Anaklia port project developing “according to plan”, “no delays” in deadlines
(Agenda.ge)
››› Press Review File
FORUM of Shipping
and Logistics
Relazione del presidente Mario Mattioli
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Marina di Carrara
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Delivery of deliveries to the summit of the Port System of the Straits of the Straits
Messina
Mega has recalled the obstacles encountered throughout his tenure
Concluded the authorizing process to build the drawers of the new foranea dam in Genoa to go to Ligure
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Ok of the City Council at the Regulatory Plan of the Marina Port of Carrara
Marina di Carrara
AdSP satisfaction for the green light to the new planning tool expected since 1981
Impala Terminals buy at auction the HES Hartel Tank Terminal in Rotterdam
Geneva
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A Implementing Regulation specifies the terms of management of the shipping companies for the EU ETS
Brussels
It was published today in the Official Journal of the European Union
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