Boeing resuming widebody airplane deliveries to China

Boeing opens new tab is resuming widebody jet deliveries to China which were halted in recent weeks due to a Chinese regulatory review, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Orders of widebody 777 and 787 planes are expected to be delivered in the coming days, the source said. Deliveries of Boeing's 737 MAX are set to resume as early as next month, the source said.

The development is a boost to Boeing, which had flagged the delay to investors after Reuters first reported in May that the company's plane deliveries to China had been temporarily halted. The halt was due to a review by the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) of batteries contained in the 25-hour cockpit voice recorder.

Peruvian president to visit China

President Dina Ercilia Boluarte Zegarra of the Republic of Peru will pay a state visit to China from June 25 to 29 at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying announced on Monday.

"This is President Boluarte's first state visit to China, and President Xi will hold talks with President Boluarte," Mao Ning, another spokesperson of the ministry, told a press briefing on the same day.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, will meet with Boluarte respectively, Mao said.

Noting that Peru is an important country in Latin America, Mao said China has established a comprehensive strategic partnership with Peru.

Since the two countries established diplomatic ties more than half a century ago, bilateral relations have made steady progress and fruitful results of cooperation have been achieved in various fields, bringing tangible benefits to the two peoples, Mao said.

Through this visit, China hopes to solidify political mutual trust with Peru, enhance mutually beneficial and pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and deliver more outcomes of China-Peru comprehensive strategic partnership to benefit the two peoples more, Mao added

In May, a record was set on international rail freight transportation routes China-Europe in terms of freight volume

A record was set on the international rail freight transportation routes of China-Europe in May this year in terms of monthly volume of freight transported, according to the data of China Railways Corporation.

Last month, the number of freight trains traveling along these routes increased by 14% year-on-year to 1,724. At the same time, they transported a total of 186,000 TEU /20-foot container equivalent/, which was 13 percent more than a year earlier, which is a monthly record of freight rail routes China-Europe, said the "China Railways".

Since the beginning of this year, China Railways has been accelerating the construction of a modern railway logistics system, carefully organizing freight transportation, and constantly improving the transportation capacity of the railway system and the quality of its services.

Port of Tanjung Pelepas surpasses 1 million TEUs in a single month

The Port of Tanjung Pelepas achieved a significant milestone by handling 1,077,747 TEUs in one month.

This achievement, achieved without any congestion, strengthens Tanjung Pelepas Port's position as Malaysia's busiest and largest transshipment hub.

In 2022, the Port of Tanjung Pelepas made history as the first container terminal in Malaysia to cross the 1 million TEUs in a month, setting a record of 1,001,819 TEUs at that time.

“This achievement is the result of outstanding dedication and commitment from everyone to set up the right and sustainable business conditions, especially in applying advanced technological strategies in our day-to-day operations and focusing on delivering integrated customer services to our stakeholders.”

Singapore reopens disused container terminals to alleviate bottlenecks

The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) said on 30 May that operations at shuttered container terminals in the city-state’s downtown have been temporarily resumed to ease the backlog of ships queueing to dock in the world’s second busiest port.

MPA said, “We’ve seen large increases in container volumes and the ‘bunching’ of container vessel arrivals over the previous months due to supply chain disruptions in upstream locations.”

Singapore processed 13.36 million TEU between January and April, up nearly 9% over the same period last year.

More off-schedule boxship arrivals and the increased container volumes have resulted in longer vessels’ wait time for a container berth. While most container vessels are berthed on arrival, port operator PSA has worked with liners to adjust arrival schedules where feasible, and where this is not feasible, MPA said that the average waiting time for container vessels is about two to three days. However, other industry estimates are that ships have had to wait up to five days to berth.

The increased demand for container handling in Singapore is a result of several container lines discharging more containers in Singapore as they forgo subsequent voyages to catch up on their next schedules. The number of containers handled per vessel has also increased.

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