As a result of a new directive issued by the International Maritime Organization, a fundamental and drastic change regarding the regulation of low sulphur emission will take effect January 1st 2020.

Looking back at 2018, we saw an increasing pressure on FCL trucking capacity as well as increasing rates. This is a result of a lack of truck drivers combined with increased focus on enforcement of cabotage rules across the EU.

In connection with Chinese New Year, which runs from February 4 to February 19, please expect some disruptions on your transport coming and going to China.

Winter is here, and it is impacting the transportation schedules due to operational challenges at ports, yards and terminals.

As we have expanded further in Kansai and our staff number has increased, we are pleased to announce that effective March 1, 2019 our office in Osaka will move to a new office location.