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News / UK hauliers get together to offer storage for uncollected imports to save D&D

As the coronavirus pandemic and social lockdowns continue to hobble global supply chains, fears are ...

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British Ports Association launches coronavirus information hub and examines job implications

Russian Railways to help move coronavirus protective supplies from Wuhan to Europe

Sanlucar and its growers distribute free food to the truck drivers

TT Club continues guidance to the freight industry amid Covid-19 crisis

Transporeon makes comprehensive information on Europe freight transport freely accessible

CEVA Logistics is mobilised to help fight COVID-19 pandemic around the world

Get Connected – Ligentia launches customer hub

International Forwarding provides vital support to NHS during Covid-19 crisis

Airbus, Bolloré Logistics and WFS race two million face masks to help protect Covid-19 health workers in France and Spain

Kontainers offers forwarders digital assistance during global pandemic

Quito: Cargo operations are key to keep sector running and to import medicines and medical supplies

Maestro International Cargo handles 16 COVID-19 charters including three pharma-only charters totalling 200 metric tons

AMI launches weekly chartered cargo flight from LAX - SYD

SEKO Logistics MedTec deploys Rapid Response infrastructure to ensure deliveries of urgent medical equipment and supplies

Geodis establishes an air bridge from China to transport millions of masks

News / Online grocers' tills ring as orders rocket amid pandemic panic, but will it last?

The largest restaurant delivery app in the US is changing direction. On 1 April, DoorDash ...

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News / DHL 'flaunting' virus guidelines for the wellbeing of its workers, claims union

A UK truckers’ union has criticised DHL for failing to ensure the safety of its ...

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News / Hero of the Week: Kerry Logistics and Trtl sock it to footsore NHS nurses

Kerry Logistics and customer Trtl, a travel retailer, have won the inaugural The Loadstar Hero ...

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News / Port of Tilbury boxes clever to salute the NHS

In the UK, every Thursday at 8pm there is applause, nationwide, for the country’s NHS ...

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Recommends / Driver intentionally derailed speeding train to destroy US hospital ship

An extraordinary story from the Associated Press that really has to be read to be ...

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Recommends / CMA CGM sends Asia-Europe box ships via the Cape

According to this report in Splash247, shipping lines are pulling out a tactic last used ...

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Premium / M&A radar: Yang Ming – the moral hazard conundrum

Comment: You may well have read the latest release concerning Taiwan’s Yang Ming. In a nutshell, here ...

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Premium / On the wires: Swissport – Here comes the very expensive weapon of last resort

Comment: “Swissport International AG, the airport ground services firm owned by beleaguered Chinese conglomerate HNA Group, hired ...

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Premium / On the wires: WiseTech buyers – supporters or speculators?

Comment: “Between February 28 and March 27 Hyperion picked up a total of 3.33m shares for ...

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News / Carriers unveil more blanked voyages, but the gaps won't match demand slump

Ocean carriers serving the transpacific tradelane have announced a wave of blank sailings to match ...

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News / Asia-Europe airfreight traffic could be permanently lost to rail or sea

Major supply chains out of Asia could see a sustained modal shift in the aftermath ...

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News / Coronavirus lockdowns across Asia breaking links in supply chains

Lockdowns in Asia are impeding cargo flows across the region. According to Rickard Ingvarsson, Asia CEO ...

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News / Warehouse operators asked to share the load as imports stack up

Forwarders and warehouse operators are seeking to maximise space to accommodate imported, but not-yet-required stock. Davies ...

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News / Covid-19 pushes traditional airfreight training into the virtual classroom

Last week, the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association (CIFFA) notified members that measures deployed against ...

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News / Air freight volumes shrinking fast – but there may be a glimmer of hope

Air freight volumes are declining at an increased pace – last week, figures were down, ...

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News / MSC offers storage in terminal yards to help prevent import congestion at ports

As consumer demand in Europe and North America drops off a cliff, fears have grown ...

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News / Manila terminal chief pleads with owners to collect cargo as reefers pile up

The Philippines gateway of Manila has emerged as a new hot spot of reefer container ...

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News / Australian dockers' union in quarantine dispute over Chinese box ship

Citing coronavirus concerns, dockworkers in Melbourne have refused to unload a containership carrying “critical medical ...

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News / 2019 a better year for container lines as rates rose and fuel prices fell

Some good news: the ebit margins of ocean carriers improved in 2019, according to an ...

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Comment / Comment: how to keep your customers calm in the coronavirus crisis

Every business is vulnerable in this coronavirus crisis. The days of burying your head in ...

Apr 1, 2020• 1 Comments•

Recommends / Four phases of the coronavirus pandemic – or just snakes and ladders

Interesting article from Forrester on the four phases of coronavirus strategy – but it makes ...

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Premium / EXCLUSIVE Market Insight: Agility by name and strategy in China

Comment: Only very recently Kuwait’s Agility reshuffled its leadership team in logistics, somewhat unexpectedly, as GIL ...