date:Dec 08, 2020
rvice levels and soaring rate and profitability levels, carriers have been at pains to point out that the blame does not all rest at their feet.
Danny Smolders, managing director of global sales at Hapag-Lloyd, told the JOC Container Trade Europe webinar this week that the huge import demand from Europe had taken the industry by surprise. Even with every ship deployed, he said the carriers still battled to handle the volume.
Everything is slower, the warehouses, the depots, the truckers and ra