The VIVE Programme announced that the Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has joined the VIVE Sustainable Supply Programme and will be completing the shipping module in 2022. MSC is a container… read more →

Your Monday morning coffee briefing from TFG: How sustainability linked financing can empower circular water projects in MENA

The Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), Guy Platten, admits there’s still work to be done to decarbonise the commercial shipping sector.

Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA), a neutral, non-profit group established to further digitalisation of container shipping technology standards, in conjunction with its nine-member carriers, published today beta releases of DCSA… read more →

Delivery of the goods is “unloaded” by the seller at the destination place, in this case the port of discharge.

Assuming we are looking at the normal type of Letters of Credit with the latest shipment date, port/airport of loading, port or airport of destination and requirement to present an onboard B/L or an AWB, then the answer is “NO”.

In our latest podcast, TFG’s Deepesh Patel spoke with John Miller, chief economic analyst at Trade Data Monitor (TDM), about the surprising resilience of global trade over the last two years

Among our top stories: Going nuclear – SWIFT ban to hamper Russian trade

The UK and New Zealand have signed a new free trade deal that will remove trade barriers on a huge range of UK goods and services. The deal is expected… read more →

The US and its Western allies have ramped up harsh economic sanctions against Russia, as it continues to attack Ukraine