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Atlantic Pacific Group Director, Christine Nichols, visited DP World at London Gateway Port this week, as part of her ongoing commitment to raise awareness of breast cancer.

The Port strike at US East and Gulf coasts ports has come to an end for now, and workers will seemingly be returning to work from Friday 4th October.

Lines of container ships are forming outside of major US ports as we enter the third day of the International Longshoremen’s Association strike along the US East and Gulf Coast ports.

Atlantic Pacific are delighted to confirm that Group Director – Christine Nichols – was awarded with the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2024 Enterprise Vision Awards (EVA’S).

Fears of a strike at US east and gulf coast ports from October 1st are increasing, as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) seem no nearer reaching an agreement over new contracts.

China National Day is fast approaching, which is officially the National Day of the People’s Republic of China.

The ocean freight alliance structure continues to be shaken up for 2025, with the world’s largest carrier recently announcing a surprise new vessel sharing agreement on Asia-European services.

Fears of a strike at US east and gulf coast ports from October 1st are increasing, as the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) seem no nearer reaching an agreement over new contracts.

Billericay Town Women’s football team donned the Atlantic Pacific shirts for the first time this weekend as they played their second home game of the season.

Originally planned for September 2024, the Vehicle Booking System (VBS) fee for collections and deliveries through Southampton and London Gateway has been delayed until January at the last minute.

Atlantic Pacific Group are one of the sponsors for Billericay Town Women’s football team this year and are very much hopeful of a successful season.

Group Director – Christine Nichols – was recently nominated for Business Woman Of The Year at the 2024 EVA Awards and your vote could help decide the winner.

A major IT outage, which is currently affecting many banks, media outlets, airlines, and even hospitals, is leading to some disruption in logistics today.

Directors Christine and Ashley Nichols were delighted and honoured to represent Atlantic Pacific Global Logistics during this past week at two special King’s Award for Enterprise receptions.

Atlantic Pacific Group directors – Chrissy and Ashley Nichols – had their first opportunity to meet a ‘Waddle-on-Sea’ Penguin this week on the seafront in Southend.

After more than a year of restrictions caused by severe drought, the Panama Canal will be returning to near normal operations by the middle of July, while the same cannot be said about the Suez Canal.

The increasing threat of labour strikes in North America and Europe is being seen as a potential hurdle for ocean freight services during the next few weeks.

With the threat of an imminent rail strike in Canada, carriers have already been blanking and diverting sailings on services from Asia to the Canadian West Coast.

This year’s Multimodal gets underway this week and we’re looking forward to showcasing Atlantic Pacific from our own stand from tomorrow.

The Chinese foreign minister is reported to have met with his Yemeni counterpart in Beijing this week and subsequently called for Houthi Rebels to end their attacks on commercial shipping.

Asian ports are now suffering from a wave of port congestion, which is disrupting ocean freight schedules throughout Southeast Asia and the Far East.

A recent study by the National Audit Office (NAO) concluded that the UK’s target of having “the most effective border in the world” is still a long way from coming to fruition.

We recently reported that widespread capacity issues have returned for ocean freight services from Asia, which has now escalated further in some Chinese origin ports due to severe container shortages.

The current market conditions for ocean freight services from Asia are starting to feel like the days of the pandemic, as widespread capacity issues have returned.

Atlantic Pacific Global Logistics are absolutely thrilled to have received the much coveted King’s Award For Enterprise in the International Trade category this year.

Atlantic Pacific Group have made the 2024 version of the Growth Index list, which highlights the top 100 fastest growing companies for the year.

Atlantic Pacific Group Director – Christine Nichols – judges the 2024 ‘Everywoman Transport & Logistics Awards’ for the second year in a row.

Atlantic Pacific have received several notifications that ocean freight carriers are implementing a General Rate Increase (GRI) on Asia imports from 1st May 2024.

Following Iran’s missile attack on Israel at the weekend, air cargo services to and from the region, and the whole of Asia, have  immediately been impacted.

Middle East shipping took a turn for the worst at the weekend, when Iranian troops boarded the ‘MSC Aries’ and seized it shortly after it had left Dubai.

Christine Nichols is joined by guest speaker Graeme Souness, former Liverpool and Scottish international footballer, at the London Freight club April lunch.

After an eight day attack-free period in the Red Sea region, Houthi targeting of commercial shipping has gathered pace again in the past week.

Atlantic Pacific Director Christine Nichols finally caught up with one of the winners of Basildon Council’s Volunteer Awards last week, when she met Emma Bunce at the Billericay Food Bank.

UK government has confirmed plans to introduce a new fee for the import of animal and plant based products arriving at the port of Dover, and through the Eurotunnel at Folkestone, which applies from 30th April 2024.

Billericay Town FC Women & Girls (sponsored by Atlantic Pacific Global Logistics) beat Ashford United FC 5-0 in the Reposs Isthmian Women’s Cup Final last night.

A Baltimore bridge has been destroyed in the early hours of this morning after a containership struck one of its columns, leading to several vehicles plunging into the river.

Easter 2024 is fast approaching, which means it’s time for us to share our business hours for our global office locations.

Airlines are currently dealing with sizeable air cargo backlogs at several major airports in the Indian subcontinent, as both volumes and rates spike.

Due to continued growth and success, Atlantic Pacific Felixstowe office has now relocated to a larger suite at Orwell House.

Atlantic Pacific have just attended the second annual meeting of the Latam Partnership in Sao Paulo, Brazil, with representation from our UK and US offices.

The Red Sea crisis has continued this week with another attack on a commercial ship, resulting in the first loss of life of merchant crew members.

Atlantic Pacific Group Director – Christine Nichols – helped kickoff the BIFA Young Forwarder Network (YFN) event in Felixstowe this week, being the guest speaker at the first Anglia Region gathering for 2024.

Atlantic Pacific Group proudly continued our support of the Basildon Borough Volunteer Awards by sponsoring the 2024 Young Volunteer of the Year category at this year’s awards.

Atlantic Pacific will be attending the 2024 Latam Partnership Meeting in Sao Paulo, Brazil, next week.

It’s just over a month until the start of this year’s International Food & Drink Event (IFE2023), and we’re looking forward to showcasing Atlantic Pacific.

Houthi targeting of commercial ships in the Red Sea has continued this week, with the latest being a missile attack on a British registered cargo vessel, resulting in the crew abandoning ship.

Some steamship lines have been on the move during recent weeks, as the carrier alliance pack starts to get reshuffled ahead of next year.

Following the attacks on cargo ships in the Red Sea, and the subsequent routing of ocean freight vessels around Africa, air freight has started to feel the knock-on effects.

There seems to be no immediate signs of respite for global supply chains, as attacks on container ships in the Red Sea have continued this week.