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As 2024 comes to an end how did China-UK trade fare?   The year started off well with shipping rates rising sharply before […]

At the time of the Chinese Spring Festival it’s a good time to reflect on what has happened over the past year […]

As Chinese Spring festival reaches its peak another year comes to an end we look forward to the Year of the Rabbit […]

Shipping prices reached historic highs during the peak of the pandemic with prices as high as 16,000 USD per 40ft HQ container […]

We have just visited Hong Kong for the first time in 3 years.  I have to say it’s good to be back […]

From the outset China has adopted a zero tolerance approach to Covid-19 infections imposing severe lockdowns of areas where cases are detected.  […]

Last night our director Mike spent an interesting half hour in discussion with Professor Hong Bo, professor of financial economics SOAS London […]

Hopefully the year of the Tiger will be a good one for China-UK relations.   After a period of decidedly frosty trade relations […]

As another year comes to an end we look forward to the Year of the Tiger 老虎.   The last year has been […]

Many things have changed in the sphere of trade over the past few months.  Trading has certainly got more difficult and costs […]

We would like to wish all our customers a very happy moon festival. 我们祝所有客户中秋节快乐 As we pass the equinox and move into […]

The UK supply industry is facing unprecedented challenges over the coming months.  This is not new and has been developing steadily over […]

The UK, once a proud maritime nation faces being left out in the cold by the major shipping lines as they struggle […]

As if the situation couldn’t get any worse it actually has.  Shipping has become a very hazardous and expensive operation for all […]

Supplies of a wide range of goods to the UK has been challenging over the past few months.   This has been caused […]

As the UK comes out of lockdown and trade resumes demand for products from around the world and China in particular has […]

As the year of the Rat comes to an end and we celebrate the start of a new year, the Ox is […]

Last month we reported on this site about the difficulties and delays occurring in the supply of goods by container to the […]

As the year draws to a close we are still unsure whether the UK will manage to secure a trade deal with […]

We have seen increasing problems over recent weeks with congestion at our major container ports in the UK.  In short they are […]