#shipping

Cliquez sur une étiquette pour voir ses articles, vidéos et actus

Articles（8）

Warehouse Parcel Manifesting System: How One Daily Close Keeps Thousands of Small Parcels Straight
L’entrepôt en pratique · Comptes transporteurs colis

Warehouse Parcel Manifesting System: How One Daily Close Keeps Thousands of Small Parcels Straight

In a warehouse shipping thousands of small parcels a day, the end-of-day parcel manifesting close — weight, scan, and label in agreement, with a carrier receipt in hand — is what keeps labels and invoices clean.

2026-10-29
The Dock Is a Road, Not a Door: How to Share Receiving and Shipping Docks Without the Chaos
L’entrepôt en pratique · ops:layout

The Dock Is a Road, Not a Door: How to Share Receiving and Shipping Docks Without the Chaos

One small dock serving both receiving and shipping. Inbound trucks jamming the doors in the morning, forklifts with nowhere to turn in the afternoon. This is daily life at thousands of small warehouses. Shifu Zhao, 15 years behind the wheel of a semi, explains from a driver's seat: when docks are short, don't add doors — stagger the clock. Time-slot scheduling, traffic separation, and peak-season staggering can double what the same dock handles.

2026-10-14
'Inbound Rush at Dawn, Outbound Rush at Dusk: Running Your Dock Doors on a Tidal Schedule'
L’entrepôt en pratique · Aménagement d’entrepôt

'Inbound Rush at Dawn, Outbound Rush at Dusk: Running Your Dock Doors on a Tidal Schedule'

Receiving trucks queue up in the morning, outbound trucks queue up in the afternoon, and fixed "receiving doors vs. shipping doors" leave half your dock sitting idle. Here is how we run all 14 of our doors on a tidal schedule — morning wait times dropped from 40+ minutes to about 10, with zero construction.

2026-10-09
Omnichannel Fulfillment: How the OMS Unifies Online and Offline Into One Inventory
Choisir ses logiciels · OMS

Omnichannel Fulfillment: How the OMS Unifies Online and Offline Into One Inventory

Ship-from-store, buy-online-pickup-in-store, one inventory pool — behind omnichannel fulfillment, the OMS weaves online orders, store stock, and DC inventory into a single fabric. Three fulfillment models and what it takes to land them.

2026-10-02
WMS–ERP Integration: Eight Traps in Interface Design
Choisir ses logiciels · Intégration et mise en service

WMS–ERP Integration: Eight Traps in Interface Design

When WMS go-lives slip, 70% of the trouble sits in ERP interfaces. Master-data ownership, idempotency, sync timing — eight traps dissected, with a countermeasure table.

2026-10-02
The Five Principles of Warehouse Functional Zoning
L’entrepôt en pratique · Aménagement d’entrepôt

The Five Principles of Warehouse Functional Zoning

How should receiving, storage, picking, packing, and shipping be arranged for maximum efficiency? Five hard principles that put material flow logic behind every zone decision.

2026-10-02
SaaS WMS vs. On-Premise: A Five-Year TCO Showdown
Choisir ses logiciels · Choisir son WMS

SaaS WMS vs. On-Premise: A Five-Year TCO Showdown

Put SaaS subscription and on-premise WMS on the same five-year total-cost-of-ownership table: software, implementation, hardware, staffing, and upgrades, line by line — and learn which warehouse profile fits which path.

2026-10-02
OMS Core Functions Explained: Order Routing, Splitting, and Consolidation
Choisir ses logiciels · OMS

OMS Core Functions Explained: Order Routing, Splitting, and Consolidation

The OMS is the brain of order fulfillment: intelligent routing decides which warehouse ships each order, while split-and-consolidate logic decides the cheapest way to pack it. Here's what the OMS is really calculating.

2026-10-02

Actus（32）

EU Retreats From Arctic Oil Ban Language In Strategy Draft
Source：gCaptain

EU Retreats From Arctic Oil Ban Language In Strategy Draft

A draft of the EU's forthcoming Arctic strategy, seen by Bloomberg, drops references to a moratorium on new Arctic oil and gas drilling, shifting from the EU's 2021 stance. The change follows intense lobbying by Norway, which supplies almost a third of EU gas imports and opened 38 Barents Sea blocks for applications in 2026. Instead, the draft says the EU will prioritize renewables and non-Arctic hydrocarbons, while seeking an international commitment against Arctic development that threatens the ecosystem.

2026-11-01Europe#arctic#energy-policy#shipping
Lire l’original →
UAE Shuts All Beaches As Neighbors Grapple With Oil Spill
Source：gCaptain

UAE Shuts All Beaches As Neighbors Grapple With Oil Spill

Ras Al Khaimah has closed all its beaches until further notice after an offshore oil leak from a tanker, following closures in Umm Al Quwain and Sharjah. The UAE environment ministry is assessing the spill and has urged fishermen and other sea users to avoid affected areas, renewing concern over maritime safety and environmental risk in Gulf shipping lanes.

2026-10-24Asie#oil-spill#shipping#uae
Lire l’original →
Shipping community issues clear call for IMO regulation to turn first-mover action into a global transition
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Shipping community issues clear call for IMO regulation to turn first-mover action into a global transition

Leaders from across the maritime value chain met in Shanghai for the Global Maritime Forum Annual Summit 2026 and delivered a clear message: IMO regulation is essential to turn first-mover action into a global energy transition. With the IMO Net-Zero Framework at a pivotal point in December, Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez reaffirmed the 2050 decarbonisation goal and called for investment in infrastructure and new fuels. A new report also found China holds strategic advantages in three of the four building blocks for green shipping corridors.

2026-10-23#shipping#decarbonization#imo
Lire l’original →
6,000 seafarers trapped as attacks deepen Strait of Hormuz shipping crisis
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

6,000 seafarers trapped as attacks deepen Strait of Hormuz shipping crisis

Around 6,000 seafarers remain trapped near the Strait of Hormuz as attacks on commercial vessels intensify, raising serious concerns over crew safety. Continued instability at the world's most critical energy chokepoint threatens to lift tanker freight rates and insurance costs, with knock-on effects on fuel and capacity costs across supply chains — logistics practitioners should watch rerouting moves and surcharge changes.

2026-10-23#strait-of-hormuz#shipping#geopolitical-risk
Lire l’original →
Baltic Block Of Russian Grain May Open Black Sea, Latvia Says
Source：gCaptain

Baltic Block Of Russian Grain May Open Black Sea, Latvia Says

Latvia has proposed that Europe block the transit of Russian grain through Baltic ports, arguing it could force Moscow to seek ways to reopen the Black Sea corridor. If adopted, the move would reshape European grain trade flows and Black Sea shipping patterns, with implications for freight capacity and insurance costs.

2026-10-17Europe#grain#black-sea#shipping
Lire l’original →
Drewry: World Container Index Up 3% Last Week
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Drewry: World Container Index Up 3% Last Week

The Drewry World Container Index rose 3% to $4,485 per 40ft container, mainly driven by higher rates on the Asia-Europe trade. Shanghai-Rotterdam climbed 6% to $3,522 per FEU and Shanghai-Genoa grew 7% to $3,945. On the Transpacific, Shanghai-Los Angeles inched up 3% to $7,884, while Shanghai-New York fell 1% to $10,075.

2026-10-16#ocean-freight#container-rates#shipping
Lire l’original →
Ship Fuel Market Fragments as Middle East Conflict Hits Trade
Source：gCaptain

Ship Fuel Market Fragments as Middle East Conflict Hits Trade

Escalating Middle East conflict is disrupting shipping trade routes and fragmenting the marine fuel market, with widening gaps in fuel prices and supply reliability across regions. Carriers and shippers face higher bunker costs and route risk, and should reassess fuel procurement and port-call strategies.

2026-10-15#marine-fuel#shipping#middle-east
Lire l’original →
Cyber-crime group hits 38 shipping and port groups with data leak threat
Source：The Loadstar

Cyber-crime group hits 38 shipping and port groups with data leak threat

Cyber extortion group 'n0n' has named 38 shipping and port organisations across 18 countries on its dark-web leak site, suggesting data may have been stolen. SOCRadar believes the listings may point to a shared point of entry — such as an EDI or integration platform — rather than 38 separate intrusions. The group set a 19 October publication deadline, with ransom demands of $2.4m–$14m in bitcoin.

2026-10-14#cybersecurity#shipping#ports
Lire l’original →
Korean shipbuilders push wind-assisted propulsion to decarbonize LNG and container fleets
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Korean shipbuilders push wind-assisted propulsion to decarbonize LNG and container fleets

Korean shipbuilders are accelerating wind-assisted propulsion as IMO carbon rules tighten. HMM and Wooyang Shipping ordered 12 rotor-sail bulk carriers for Vale, cutting fuel use up to 10% per ship, while Maersk fitted rotor sails to an 8,700-TEU container ship, a first. Hanwha Ocean delivered an LNG carrier with two Wind Challenger sails to Chevron, cutting fuel consumption up to 12%.

2026-10-14#shipping#decarbonization#wind-propulsion
Lire l’original →
Soaring Tanker Rates Leave Americas Awash in Crude Oil
Source：gCaptain

Soaring Tanker Rates Leave Americas Awash in Crude Oil

Soaring freight rates are stifling exports of dense heavy crude from the Americas, leaving cheap barrels stranded even as Asian and European buyers face supply shortages and benchmark prices hold above $100 a barrel. With Venezuela, the U.S. and Canada producing more oil than they consume, the unusual glut has opened a rare split in the global oil market.

2026-10-12#tanker#freight-rates#crude-oil#shipping
Lire l’original →
Shipping's LNG Boom Faces a Methane Problem
Source：gCaptain

Shipping's LNG Boom Faces a Methane Problem

LNG-fuelled ships now number over 1,550 in service and on order, and LNG dual-fuel vessels made up around 90% of alternative-fuel orders in the first half of 2026. But methane slip — unburned fuel passing through the funnel — is now a line on the invoice: since January 2026 the EU Emissions Trading System covers methane from ships, and FuelEU Maritime counts methane slip in its greenhouse gas intensity. Independent measurements put real-world slip for the most common engine type at 6.4%, roughly double the EU's 3.1% default assumption.

2026-10-12#lng#shipping#emissions
Lire l’original →
Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Rotterdam's B30-VLSFO Premium Over VLSFO Narrows Sharply
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Biofuel Bunker Snapshot: Rotterdam's B30-VLSFO Premium Over VLSFO Narrows Sharply

Rotterdam's B30-VLSFO premium over conventional VLSFO narrowed by $64/mt to $191/mt last week, as the biofuel blend rose just $2/mt while conventional VLSFO jumped $66/mt. Dutch ZRE A ticket prices surged from EUR 172.5 to EUR 240 per mtCO2e and bio-feedstock costs slumped $146/mt, cushioning Rotterdam's biofuel prices - a mechanism Belgium lacks, leaving Antwerp B100 $747/mt pricier than Rotterdam's $1,185/mt. For carriers pricing fuel surcharges, the cost penalty of green fuel at Rotterdam is shrinking fast.

2026-10-11Europe#biofuel#bunker#rotterdam#shipping
Lire l’original →
Dry Bulk Shipping: Capesizes Under Pressure
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Dry Bulk Shipping: Capesizes Under Pressure

The Capesize market stayed under pressure through the week, with persistent Atlantic weakness outweighing a gradual Pacific recovery. The 5TC benchmark slipped from $43,833 on Monday to $39,363 by Friday. The Pacific showed greater resilience as fixing activity gathered pace, but brokers see little sign of a broad rebound. Weaker dry bulk rates would directly lower ocean transport costs for bulk commodities.

2026-10-11#dry-bulk#freight-rates#shipping
Lire l’original →
Dutch Propose Law To Crack Down On Russian Shadow Fleet
Source：gCaptain

Dutch Propose Law To Crack Down On Russian Shadow Fleet

The Dutch government has proposed legal changes that would make it easier to intercept Russia's "shadow fleet" tankers. If passed, vessels sailing under a false flag in the Netherlands' exclusive economic zone could be detained and ordered to an anchorage or port for inspection. Russia's embassy promptly threatened retaliation, warning Moscow is "free to mirror hostile actions."

2026-10-10Europe#shipping#sanctions#compliance
Lire l’original →
UAE Rescues 22 Crew Members After Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Gulf
Source：gCaptain

UAE Rescues 22 Crew Members After Oil Tanker Catches Fire In Gulf

The UAE National Guard said on Saturday it had rescued 22 Asian crew members after a fire broke out aboard an oil tanker in Gulf waters. The Coast Guard dispatched specialist teams after receiving a distress report and located the vessel; all those rescued were in stable condition. The statement did not identify the vessel or the cause of the fire.

2026-10-10#shipping#oil-tanker#maritime-safety
Lire l’original →
Is China learning to live without Iranian oil?
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Is China learning to live without Iranian oil?

China's independent 'teapot' refineries are replacing sanctioned Iranian crude with supplies from Iraq and Qatar, Reuters reported, citing three major trading houses that closed October-November deals for up to 20 million barrels. Roughly 90% of Iranian oil exports — about 1.4 million barrels a day in 2025 — went to China, but the US blockade has slowed the flow to about a third of that and nearly turned it off since. The shift is a lifeline for Iraq, which has struggled to export its oil, and more bad news for Iran under the US blockade.

2026-10-10#sanctions#crude-oil#shipping
Lire l’original →
UK and Japan crack down on Russia's largest shipping company
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

UK and Japan crack down on Russia's largest shipping company

The UK and Japan are tightening the net around vessels linked to Sovcomflot, Russia's largest shipping company: London is targeting new LNG carriers while Tokyo moves against oil tankers. Notably, the UK's October 1 sanctions package listed vessels before Kpler had even recorded any cargo from them — sanctions are now arriving earlier in a vessel's life. Logistics professionals handling energy and bulk cargoes should factor earlier compliance screening into their routing.

2026-10-09Europe#sanctions#shipping#compliance
Lire l’original →
Drewry: World Container Index Down 2% Last Week
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Drewry: World Container Index Down 2% Last Week

The Drewry World Container Index fell 2% to $4,351 per 40ft container, driven by weaker demand on Transpacific and Asia-Europe routes during China's Golden Week. Shanghai-Los Angeles rates dropped 3% to $7,624 and Shanghai-New York fell 2% to $10,220 per 40ft box. Drewry expects rates to hold steady next week, though a faster-than-expected return to the Suez route remains the biggest threat to carrier rate-support efforts.

2026-10-09#ocean-freight#container-rates#shipping
Lire l’original →
Rystad Energy and OceanScore bring FuelEU Maritime pooling prices into clean shipping research
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Rystad Energy and OceanScore bring FuelEU Maritime pooling prices into clean shipping research

Rystad Energy will integrate OceanScore's FuelEU Marketplace offer data and the volume-weighted OceanScore Pool Price Index (OPX) into its Clean Shipping Solution. The deal gives shipowners, charterers and fuel suppliers an observed-market benchmark for the cost of FuelEU compliance pooling, instead of estimates. Greater price transparency should help the industry compare conventional, transition and zero-emission fuels on a consistent basis.

2026-10-09Europe#shipping#compliance#carbon-pricing
Lire l’original →
Baltic dry bulk freight index hits six-week low on weaker rates
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Baltic dry bulk freight index hits six-week low on weaker rates

The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk index fell 21 points, or 0.7%, to 2,973 — its lowest since late August — as declining capesize rates outweighed gains in the panamax and supramax segments. Capesize daily earnings dropped to $37,420 while Dalian iron ore hit an 18-month low after China's holiday break, as weak steel margins dimmed demand; panamax earnings rose to $21,688.

2026-10-08#dry-bulk#freight-rates#shipping
Lire l’original →
Port call optimisation pilot projects reveal significant emissions savings potential, new report shows
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Port call optimisation pilot projects reveal significant emissions savings potential, new report shows

Commercial ships spend 4-6% of their operating year waiting outside ports. Cargill Ocean Transportation tested slower sailing speeds combined with port call optimisation across 16 voyages at two Australian ports and its grain export terminal in Santarém, Brazil, finding average savings of 22-51 tonnes of CO2 per voyage. A new Global Maritime Forum report details the pilots and the enablers and barriers to wider adoption.

2026-10-07#ports#emissions#port-call-optimisation#shipping
Lire l’original →
Sanctioned 22-Year-Old Tanker Makes Rare Late-Season Arctic Voyage
Source：gCaptain

Sanctioned 22-Year-Old Tanker Makes Rare Late-Season Arctic Voyage

A 22-year-old product tanker sanctioned by the European Union is making an unusual late-season voyage along Russia's Northern Sea Route. The transit highlights the growing use of older, lower-specification vessels to move petroleum products through the Arctic. Analysts say shadow-fleet vessels carrying Russian oil and LNG through the route surged this summer, raising concerns about accident response in one of the world's most remote shipping lanes.

2026-10-07#sanctions#arctic-route#shipping
Lire l’original →
Baltic dry bulk freight index hits six-week low
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Baltic dry bulk freight index hits six-week low

The Baltic Exchange's dry bulk freight index fell 68 points, or 2.2%, to 3,002 on Tuesday — its lowest since August 25 — pulled down by declining capesize rates. The capesize index dropped 195 points, or 4%, to 4,638, its weakest since August 21, with average daily earnings for vessels typically carrying 150,000-ton cargoes of iron ore and coal down $1,769 to $38,561. Softening bulk rates give commodity shippers short-term relief, though a rebound could come quickly.

2026-10-06#freight-rates#dry-bulk#shipping
Lire l’original →
Clarksons' ClarkSea Index At All-Time High, Surpassing 2008 Record
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Clarksons' ClarkSea Index At All-Time High, Surpassing 2008 Record

Clarksons Research reports that its cross-market shipping barometer, the ClarkSea Index, hit an all-time high, averaging $46,384/day in Q3 — above the $44,222/day record set in Q2 2008 and roughly twice the 10-year trend, with the strongest week reaching $66,000/day. Exceptional, disruption-driven rates in crude and LPG led the surge, with VLCCs averaging $671,000/day and some routes touching $1.6m/day in early October, while containers, bulkers and car carriers stayed strong.

2026-10-06#shipping#freight-rates#middle-east
Lire l’original →
Second Greek-linked ship hit in Hormuz within days
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Second Greek-linked ship hit in Hormuz within days

The Greek-flagged LNG carrier Maran Gas Mystras, controlled by the Angelicoussis Shipping Group and operated by Maran Gas Maritime, was struck near the waterline by an unidentified projectile while leaving the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday — the second such attack on a Greek-linked vessel within days. The incident adds fresh risk to one of the world's most critical energy routes and could push LNG and tanker rates and insurance costs higher.

2026-10-06#shipping#hormuz#geopolitics
Lire l’original →
Iran’s Offshore Oil Stockpile Nears Exhaustion as Blockade Chokes New Supply
Source：gCaptain

Iran’s Offshore Oil Stockpile Nears Exhaustion as Blockade Chokes New Supply

Iran’s offshore crude stockpile in Southeast Asia is being rapidly depleted as the U.S. maritime blockade prevents fresh barrels from leaving the Persian Gulf, according to new tracking data from United Against Nuclear Iran. The development points to escalating pressure on regional oil shipping lanes, with freight forwarders and shippers likely to face volatility in bunker costs and Middle East route capacity.

2026-10-06#shipping#oil#geopolitics
Lire l’original →
War in Ukraine Escalates With Drone Strikes on Cargo Ships
Source：gCaptain

War in Ukraine Escalates With Drone Strikes on Cargo Ships

Attacks on commercial vessels off the Black Sea's western coast are rising: two general cargo ships were hit overnight by air and naval drones in Bulgaria's exclusive economic zone, while a vessel carrying rapeseed oil was damaged by a Russian drone strike that killed one person. The incidents threaten already-strained regional trade flows, drive up insurance costs, and put NATO's readiness to react to the test.

2026-10-06#black-sea#drone-attacks#shipping#grain-trade
Lire l’original →
Drone Sinks Ship in Bulgaria's Black Sea – Media Reports
Source：gCaptain

Drone Sinks Ship in Bulgaria's Black Sea – Media Reports

Drones sank one merchant ship and damaged another in the Black Sea off Bulgaria on Tuesday, local media reports cited by Reuters said. It was unclear whether anyone was injured or killed, and a rescue operation was underway. The attack adds to a string of Black Sea incidents pushing shipping companies to beef up drone defenses, with potential knock-on effects on regional freight and war-risk insurance costs.

2026-10-06#black-sea#drones#shipping
Lire l’original →
US Blockade Bottles Up Dozens of Iranian Tankers, Nonprofit Says
Source：gCaptain

US Blockade Bottles Up Dozens of Iranian Tankers, Nonprofit Says

The US blockade of Iran is keeping at least 50 laden tankers bottled up along Iran's coast, mostly carrying crude, petroleum products and LPG, nonprofit United Against Nuclear Iran said in an Oct. 5 shipping update. Empty vessels are loitering at anchorages across the Indo-Pacific rather than returning to Iranian ports, with 20 Iran-flagged vessels off Sri Lanka and one off Oman. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Iran would have no oil on the water this week "for the first time in history."

2026-10-06#shipping#sanctions#tankers
Lire l’original →
War-risk insurance costs rise as sanctions complicate casualty response
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

War-risk insurance costs rise as sanctions complicate casualty response

Marine insurers are imposing higher war-risk coverage requirements on vessels in contested waters as attacks spread across multiple conflicts and sanctions threaten to delay casualty response, said Neil Roberts of the Lloyd's Market Association. London's Joint War Committee has expanded its listed high-risk areas in the Black Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea this year, pushing additional war-risk premiums on Black Sea crude to $3.7 per barrel in late July. Shipowners must notify underwriters before entering listed areas, and the added premiums are lifting delivered costs for energy and commodity cargoes.

2026-10-05#war-risk#marine-insurance#shipping
Lire l’original →
VLCC Tanker Market Firming Once More
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

VLCC Tanker Market Firming Once More

The VLCC market firmed once more after an early-week dip, with the TD3C benchmark route (270,000mt Middle East Gulf/China) climbing to WS1,145. Clean product tanker markets strengthened across the board: the MEG/Japan LR2 route rose to WS927.78 with round-trip TCE near $268,877/day, while the U.S. Gulf TC14 surged 123.57 points to WS395.71. Suezmax and Aframax segments firmed in tandem, signaling a broadly strengthening tanker market.

2026-10-04#tankers#freight-rates#shipping
Lire l’original →
Iraq Shifts Oil Strategy By Arranging Tanker To Move Past Hormuz
Source：gCaptain

Iraq Shifts Oil Strategy By Arranging Tanker To Move Past Hormuz

Iraq's state tanker company arranged a VLCC carrying 2 million barrels to sail through the Strait of Hormuz — "the first time in decades" it has moved crude beyond the strait itself, rather than having buyers collect cargo at Basra. The shift aims to reach refiners reluctant to send vessels through Hormuz and win better pricing. Baghdad is also seeking funds to buy its own tankers, amid a regional rush to rebuild tanker capacity after Iran-war disruptions.

2026-10-04#shipping#oil#hormuz
Lire l’original →

Salons（3）

Breakbulk Middle East 2027
Feb 2, 2027 – Feb 3, 2027 · Dubai, United Arab Emirates
📍 Dubai World Trade Centre · Sheikh Zayed Rd, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Breakbulk Middle East 2027

Project cargo and breakbulk logistics

#project cargo#breakbulk#shipping
Site officiel →
TPM27
Feb 28, 2027 – Mar 3, 2027 · Long Beach, United States
📍 Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center · 300 E Ocean Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA

TPM27

Container shipping and global supply chains

#ocean freight#containers#shipping#supply chain
Site officiel →
National Postal Forum 2027
May 16, 2027 – May 19, 2027 · Orlando, United States
📍 Orlando World Center Marriott · 8701 World Center Drive, Orlando, FL 32821, United States

National Postal Forum 2027

Mailing and shipping supply chain

#postal#parcel#shipping
Site officiel →
Question