New Year and new me, one year on !

and belated happy 2025 to you !

So, this post is posted exactly 1 year after my change in direction. What a difference a year makes.

very excited at the prospects for 2025 and also hope its an excellent year for you.

this month, business cards arrived and very pleased with those, attended my first trade show as reeves logistics, Lamma at the NEC in Birmingham uk, some pictures are available on our Instagram account.

booked my flights to holland in may with plan to visit breakbulk 2025, catch up with friends, meet some of my new contacts, make some new contacts, as I did not go last year so already looking forward to it although have to say, just for 2 nights stay is more than a cheap weeks holiday, but hey, so be it only once a year.

If you are going message me and hope we can meet up?

on the shipping and transport side, well, for Roro rates at last have stopped going up, and we will see in the coming months if they start to go down !!

my main trade at present, the usa, is ok, think people are waiting to see what president trump will be doing however based on what he has already done this week, don't think he is going to be wasting any time thats for sure !

Stena glovis now offer monthly service to usec so we now have a number of players on that trade, either 1 or 2 carriers will withdraw from the trade or rates will start to go down or both but we will see soon enough.

as for containers, well, 40ft ot rates seem rather high currently, must be due to high demand however flat rack rates to asia have fallen off a cliff so always worth looking at this as an option for your cargo.

currently working on a small 1 page cheat sheet as a small guide to marine insurance, for me, worth every penny. Will put on the gallery page or may add an extra tab for useful stuff so its easy to find.

Don't forget on the free inco terms cheat sheet.

Thank you for reading and keep well and happy

Scott and the team.