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April 6, 2021
BDP International (BDP), a leading privately owned global logistics and transportation solutions company has announced the acquisition of DJS International (DJS), a Dallas-based customs brokerage and freight forwarding company.
April 1, 2021
As the investigation into the grounding of the Ever Given in the Suez Canal begins, the vessel’s Japanese owner, Shoe Kisen, this morning declared General Average.
March 29, 2021
Moving the 1,300-foot Ever Given to anchor would relieve the growing strain on the global shipping industry.
March 29, 2021
The Ever Given has been freed from the bank of the Suez Canal, according to service company Leth Agencies and the Suez Canal Authority.
March 28, 2021
A giant container ship remains stuck in the Suez Canal on Sunday after authorities tried and failed to make use of the high tide to free the vessel and reopen the crucial waterway.
March 27, 2021
A new attempt to re-float the MV Ever Given which is blocking Egypt’s Suez Canal has failed, according to its technical manager. More tugs are being brought in to help on Sunday.
March 26, 2021
A number of ships appear to be changing course to avoid Egypt’s blocked Suez Canal and sail around the Cape of Good Hope instead.
March 25, 2021
Container ship continues to choke traffic in both directions along the Suez Canal, creating one of the worst shipping jams seen in years.
March 25, 2021
Some 150 ships are now queueing both behind and ahead of it to pass through the vital canal, which carries about one-tenth of the world’s trade.
March 24, 2021
An article in Quebec’s La Presse newspaper on March 23 suggests that the Trudeau government plans to react quickly to any strike action on the part of the longshoremen at the Port of Montreal.