Gavin van Marle

London

Editor at The Loadstar

Editor at The Loadstar; logistics journo; substandard village cricketer

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Articles

Transpac spot rates crash as pre-tariff demand for US imports from Asia fades

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Container spot freight rates on the transpacific eastbound routes from Asia to the US west and east coasts crashed this week, as demand appeared to fall off a cliff catching out carriers that had reintroduced capacity in the wake of the tariff pause. “For the first ... Email* Password*
Maersk suspends vessel calls at Haifa as regional tension rises

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Maersk Line has become the first container line to reorganise its services to Israel, announcing it is to cease calling at the port of Haifa in response to the country’s escalating conflict with Iran. “After carefully analysing threat risk reports regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel ... Email* Password*
GXO cleared to complete £960m Wincanton purchase

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Pure-play contract logistics operator GXO has finally won clearance from UK competition regulators for its £960m ($1bn) acquisition of Wincanton. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) today said the deal could move ahead after GXO agreed to sell Wincanton’s dedicated grocery warehousing operations – warehouses that ...
Secondary box trades take centre stage, with global volume growth set to wane

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Delegates at this week’s TOC Europe Container Supply Chain 2025 event in Rotterdam were told how China appears to have been looking to diversify its export markets long before President Trump announced so-called reciprocal tariffs. Nigel Pusey, CEO of liner data provider Container Trade Statistics (CTS), ...
Shippers wanting a return to Suez should be careful what they wish for

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

The Israel-Iran war may have effectively quashed hopes that the Suez Canal may soon be a viable routing for commercial ships – but that may be a good thing for European shippers gearing up for the peak season. Speaking at this week’s TOC Europe 2025 in ... Email* Password*
Asia-Europe container volumes up 17% in two years

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Despite the continuing sluggishness of most major European economies, the container trade between Asia and Europe has been showing remarkable strength for almost two years. Speaking at the TOC Europe Container Supply Chain conference in Rotterdam this week, Container Trades Statistics (CTS) chief executive Nigel Pusey ...
China pushes Cosco participation in consortium eyeing Hutchison buy

1 week ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

MSC’s continued pursuit to acquire the international port portfolio of Hutchison took a further twist at the weekend when it emerged that Chinese interests are in talks to join the TiL/BlackRock consortium. According to Bloomberg, the proposed $22bn acquisition of an 80% stake in Hutchison by ... Email* Password*
Return of downward pressure on container spot freight rates

2 weeks ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

Container spot freight rates on the main east-west trades were largely flat this week, after shippers and forwarders absorbed last week’s steep climbs, with both Asia-Europe and Asia-North America trades showing little pricing movement. Analysts at freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta said the flattening of rates ...
DVZ radar – DHL’s Tobias Meyer: 'Tariffs are delaying investments' - The Loadstar

2 weeks ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

(This post was originally published in German in Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung DVZ on 10 June; DVZ and Premium have agreed a partnership according to which selected corporate/supply chain content published by DVZ can be exclusively used by Premium.)Tobias Meyer is on the road a lot. As is well known, the CEO of DHL likes to pay a visit to the group’s own parcel centres to ensure all is in order. But his calendar is also densely filled with appointments. DVZ’s editor-in-chief ...
MSC to hold 15% global container terminal market share after Hutch buy

2 weeks ago | theloadstar.com | Gavin van Marle

MSC is set to operate a global terminal empire of just under 200m teu, if it manages to complete its acquisition of Hutchison’s non-Chinese port portfolio, giving the world’s largest shipping line a 15% market share of the global container port sector. Eirik Hooper, senior ports ... Email* Password*