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News / HMM's newbuild box ships set to boost capacity on Asia-Europe FE4

HMM is strengthening its status within THE Alliance with the earlier-then-expected deployment of its eight ...

Free trade now! International Chamber of Shipping The protection racket Trade tariffs

News / Trade protectionism a barrier to the recovery of global economies, warns ICS

Increasing trade barriers by governments around the world are hampering the global economy as it ...

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News / Australia lifts ban on cargo flights from Bangladesh after security revamp

Satisfied with the improvement of security standards, Australia has lifted its five-year ban on direct cargo flights ...

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Saica Paper signs five-year contract renewal with Menzies Distribution Services

XPO Logistics expands partnership with Getinge in the Netherlands

MSC debuts dedicated blocktrain from Jinhua to Ningbo

DHL eCommerce Solutions and Colis Privé establish partnership for home deliveries in France

CEVA links with Hope Consortium for global vaccine distribution

Transporeon launches Real Time Yard Management, partners with Peripass for Yard Management Solutions

Lufthansa Cargo renews airfreight centre in Frankfurt

dnata inaugurates state-of-the-art cargo complex at Manchester Airport

Virgin Atlantic increases cargo-only flying by 60% in January

Japan Airlines implements CHAMP API Gateway

Iceland extends distribution partnership with XPO Logistics

Bolloré Logistics strengthens its commitments in the fight against climate change

Kerry Logistics Network opens chemical logistics centre in Cangzhou, China

DSV builds integrated logistics centre in Stockholm, Sweden

Geodis expands and renames its specialist Project Logistics business

Brexit News / UK fashion houses hit out at post-Brexit 'hidden costs' for EU customers

UK fashion labels are increasingly concerned at the complexities of operating in the post-Brexit world, ...

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Premium / EXCLUSIVE M&A radar: Mondiale + Visa Global Logistics merger deal

Comment: And just when you may have thought Europe had regained its M&A pride…

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Premium / On the wires: The pointless Maersk vs MSC race

Comment: It is perhaps more commonly known as appreciating the laws of diminishing returns.

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News / US import spike set to run into summer as west coast ports struggle

Container freight and charter markets are continuing to boom post-Chinese New Year, and analysts expect ...

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News / Air cargo market developing a push-based model, driven by airline customers

The air cargo market looks today to be more of a push-based model than ever ...

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News / Amazon Air close to building a freighter network to carry third-party volumes

With more cargo planes about to join its dedicated fleet, Amazon’s freighter operation is on ...

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News / Maersk and DFDS back development of Power-to-X ammonia project for green fuel

Efforts to decarbonise the shipping industry accelerated today as Maersk and DFDS announced their backing ...

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News / Cautious Volga-Dnepr saves AN-124s for oversized cargo only

Volga-Dnepr is playing the long game when it comes to its precious AN-124s – and ...

Containers overboard! Maersk Eindhoven Transpacific Trade Worse things happen at sea

News / Surveyors and salvors on board as Maersk Eindhoven arrives at Yokohama

Maersk has confirmed that the 13,200 Maersk Eindhoven, which last week lost 260 containers overboard, ...

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News / India’s 'lone freighter operator' takes off for Singapore twice a week

Indian airline SpiceJet has launched a scheduled freighter service to Singapore, cementing its place as ...

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Brexit News / Brexit 'an exercise in damage limitation' for UK automotive supply chains

Britain’s automotive sector has been “paddling furiously beneath the water line” to keep supply chains ...

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Premium / Market Insight: Kuehne + Nagel – why Apex (and not Kerry) makes perfect sense

Comment: Making sense of the non-sense makes sense, occasionally.

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News / Freighters escape B777 suspensions after United Airlines engine failure

Boeing 777 freighters will remain in the skies despite the recommendation to ground some B777 ...

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News / Shippers could avoid costly D&D fees and shortages by using their own boxes

Shippers could ease their supply chain logjams, overcome box shortages and insulate themselves from huge ...

Apex Logistics Kuehne + Nagel Takeover Talk

News / Kuehne + Nagel set to buy Asian forwarder Apex – its largest takeover yet

Kuehne + Nagel is set to expand its presence in Asia with the purchase of ...

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News / New Montreal port strike would 'really stick a knife in the Canadian economy'

Shippers are beginning to make alternative routing arrangements in the event of a renewed strike ...

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News / Melbourne port strike suspended, while DP World ends lengthy dispute with union

The industrial action at Melbourne’s Victoria International Container Terminal (VICT) has been suspended. And, in a ...

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News / Blockchain advances amid predictions of buoyant future in perishables supply chain

Blockchain is on the threshold of a bright future in perishables logistics, according to MarketsandMarkets. A ...

Emissions & Omissions Going green Maersk

Recommends / Maersk: 'Consumers can foot shipping's climate change bill'

And Maersk chief executive Soren Skou means that literally, as well as figuratively. In an ...

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People / Lorenzo Stoll to take the reins at Swiss WorldCargo as Ashwin Bhat moves on

Nestlé veteran Lorenzo Stoll (pictured) is set to become head of Swiss WorldCargo after Ashwin Bhat ...

People / Caroline Green steps up as founder Nigel Parkes retires as MD of Pallet-Track

UK pallet network Pallet-Track has announced the appointment of Caroline Green MBE (pictured above) as ...

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