Weekly Update – 19.08.2022
Industrial action by workers at the Port of Felixstowe to go ahead between Sunday 21st August - Monday 29th August. More blank sailings likely as [...]
Weekly Update – 05.08.2022
Talks between Port of Felixstowe bosses and union leaders reach deadlock in an attempt to avert strike action in August. Carriers not yet concerned about [...]
Weekly Update – 29.07.2022
Workers at the Port of Felixstowe vote to go on strike in August. Dropping demand means further blanks sailings from China as carriers manage capacity. [...]
Weekly Update – 22.07.2022
Blank sailings continue as shipping lines manage sea freight capacity from China. Industrial action at German ports comes to an end. The rail strikes planned [...]
In The Spotlight – Julia Harris
Julia Harris, our Freight Department Manager, is one of our longer serving team members having worked for PFE for over twenty five years. Julia tells [...]
Weekly Update – 15.07.2022
The number of blank sailings continue to rise as shipping lines manage sea freight capacity from China. Strikes by German port workers to aggravate congestion [...]
Weekly Update – 08.07.2022
Shipping lines continue to manage sea freight capacity from China and delays caused by congestion at North European ports persist but have eased slightly. Are [...]
Get Ready Before September 2022
The UK customs authority HMRC is closing its Customs Handling of Import and Export Freight (CHIEF) system on 30 September 2022. It is being replaced by [...]
Weekly Update – 01.07.2022
Carriers reduce sea freight capacity from China by further blank sailings. Serious congestion and recent industrial action leads to shipping lines omitting North European ports. [...]
Weekly Update – 24.06.2022
Shanghai factories continue to catch up on the lockdown backlog while air freight disruption eases. This week’s rail strikes create challenges to UK rail freight. [...]
