Charlotte Goldstone

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In this episode of The Loadstar’s News in Brief Podcast, host and news reporter Charlotte Goldstone recaps last week’s supply chain news, including highlights from IATA’s World Cargo Symposium. She is joined by The Loadstar publisher Alex Lennane, who discusses how shippers have reacted to the tariff exemption for electronics, which airports saw the most cargo in 2024, and Hongkong Post’s reaction to US “bullying”.

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Congestion levels are set to rise at ports across Northern Europe – expect schedule disruption, warned Maersk this week.  The Danish carrier warned its customers of “increasing congestion levels and operational disruptions,” highlighting Antwerp-Bruges and Bremerhaven as particular choke points.  According to maritime intelligence database eeSea, 41% of the vessels at Antwerp are waiting for a berth, with 52 more containerships on their way to the Belgian port.

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US exporters could face demurrage, detention, destruction of cargo, or return costs, after reports suggest some Chinese importers have stopped accepting cargo.  Pat Fosberry, director of export compliance at US forwarder John S James Co, told The Loadstar that, while the focus in the US had been on the effect of tariffs on importers, now “US exporters are beginning to feel consequences”.

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Today’s “absolutely nuts” container shipping market will spur contract renegotiations, as rates and minimum quantity commitments (MQCs) are questioned, according to Patrik Berglund, CEO of Xeneta. “Disruption has been constant for the past six years. It’s one thing after another,” said Mr Burgland. And as a recent Loadstar Premium report highlighted, “the colossal waves of uncertainty couldn’t come at a more unfortunate time”.

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News that Nvidia is to bring manufacturing of its AI infrastructure ’stateside’ is a “significant development” for US forwarders and carriers, according to stakeholders.  Yesterday, Nvidia announced its intention to produce AI ’supercomputers’ entirely in the US, building on its previous announcement that production for its Blackwell semiconductor chips had started at TSMC plants in Phoenix, Arizona.