<span style="font-weight: 400;">The first-ever direct container shipping link between China and Scotland is going to be launched next month by KC Group Shipping.  The express freight route will reduce transit times by almost half.</span>

First ever direct China-Scotland container charter service halves transit times

June has been an eventful month for Dover as business booms within the cargo terminal and the cruise season continues with enormous success, claims the port.

Cargo traffic boom at Dover port’s Western Docks, says new report

The International Maritime Organization has finalized draft guidelines to support the implementation of ship carbon intensity measures coming into effect in 2023. Consensus has been reached <a href="https://trans.info/en/ics-sets-out-plan-for-world-first-global-levy-on-carbon-emissions-from-ships-253306" target="_blank" rel="noopener">after a decade of talks</a>.

International Maritime Organization calls for urgent CO2 levy introduction

Spain has launched a 60-million-euro scheme for hauliers to support the switch from road freight to other modes, writes the country's freight association, Fenadismer. There is no limit to the number of subsidies that a company can apply for, but there are some requirements they must meet.

Spain supports hauliers that help switch freight transport to ocean

Lidl will launch four container shipping vessels under its own company called Tailwind Shipping Lines from the middle of the year, reports Alphaliner. The German supermarket chain has signed a 48-month-long contract with the owners.

Lidl’s sea freight company to sail 4 container ships from the middle of 2022

Maritime Transport has this week started to take delivery of 355 new Volvo FH with I-Save tractor units, joining the 170 already being utilised across the company’s national network. The company says the investment means it has become the largest UK operator of Volvo’s turbo compound engine trucks.

Maritime Transport adds 355 Volvo tractors to its fleet

Global liner shipping companies' schedules reliability reached a new low at the end of last year, according to market researcher Sea-Intelligence, who analysed the performance of 14 carriers in December. The results show the schedule reliability of 32.0% was 1.2% lower in December 2021 than the previous month; 12.5% lower than in 2020, and the lowest since measurements began in 2011.

Container shipping liners’ schedule reliability hits new low

Due to an increasing push by clients, companies and businesses will increase their investments in carbon-neutral vessels in 2022, Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc said in a recent <a href="https://time.com/6133340/shipping-carbon-emissions-net-zero/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Times</a> magazine piece. Even so, Clerc is purshing for faster and more solid steps towards an emission-free shipping industry, and has outlined a 3-step plan that includes a global carbon emissions price set at $150 per ton.