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India Inland logistics Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) mutlimodal

News / Shippers set to benefit from Nhava Sheva dedicated freight corridors

Shippers and supply chain stakeholders at India’s Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA)/Nhava Sheva Port could ...

Kintetsu World Express M&A radar private equity Ryder Takeover Talk

Premium / M&A radar: All of a sudden, a deal spike – Japan leads

Comment: Run baby run

Allianz Fire lithium batteries ship fires

News / Misdeclared Li-Ion battery shipments a rising threat to shipping

The increasing prevalence of lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries being carried on containerships amid rising misdeclarations is ...

Bloomberg Contargo Waterway Logistics Port of Shanghai Shanghai lockdown Windward

News / Pent-up Shanghai cargo exports will swamp Europe's inland services

Europe’s inland barge terminals may find themselves overrun by an “avalanche” of containers as Shanghai’s ...

Saudia operates world's longest net-positive flight with CarbonClick

Company news

Menzies Aviation secures new airlines at Los Angeles airport

Alliance Ground International acquires Total Airport Services

Maersk's Performance Team plans new Toronto distribution centre

XPO Logistics expands partnership with Wavin to include transport operations in France

Kales Group signs global partnership with Cainiao

Ostend-Bruges futureproofs cargo operations with Nallian-powered Cargo Cloud

Menzies Aviation and Agunsa form partnership in Chile

OnePort 365 secures $5m seed fund to digitise freight management in Africa

Record results for Cargolux in 2021

Scan Global Logistics offers customers airfreight emission cut of up to 80% by using SAF

Air Canada orders two new Boeing 767-300F factory-built freighters

CHAMP Cargosystems launches API Partner Program for Cargospot

Kestrel Liner Agencies scoops third Queen's Award for international trade

Cool Chain Association calls for digital collaboration to reduce waste

UPS Healthcare expands cold chain capabilities in Hungary

CMA CGM offers cash incentive for returning containers early

Inditex lobbies for Maersk to win contract to run new Bangladesh terminal

ONE and Evergreen launch cross-alliance slot-charter transpac deal

Port of Colombo resumes operations after 20-hour labour strike

One-third of foreign workers look set to leave China this summer

Lockdowns driving multinational soul-searching on staying in China

Cargolux highs and lows: running a freight airline not for the faint-hearted

Congestion and rates drove huge modal shift to air freight last year

Del Monte says 'yes' to opening vessel capacity to third-party shippers

Carriers continue to report big returns, but the horizon looks murky

Shopify's Deliverr acquisition sparks 'arms race' in the fulfilment space

Misdeclared Li-Ion battery shipments a rising threat to shipping

Indonesia arrests RCL box ship said to be carrying banned palm oil

US container imports up 7% in April as coastal shift continues

Cargolux resumes some Shanghai flights amid lockdown uncertainty

News / Market update shows US truckload sector having a bumpy ride

The US truckload market is giving operators and clients a bumpy ride – and they ...

American Truckers Keep on trucking Transplace Uber Freight US Driver shortages

Detik Regional Container Lines (RCL)

News / Arrested palm oil cargo was booked before export ban, says RCL

Regional Container Lines (RCL) says the containers carrying palm oil on its ship Mathu Bhum ...

On the merry-go-round SASI

People / SASI appoints Transport Canada veteran to boost consultancy team

Air cargo consultancy SASI has made a “tremendous” appointment to strengthen its air logistics and ...

AP Moller - Maersk Hapag-Lloyd OceanX radar Puma

Premium / OceanX radar: Hapag's war chest; stylish shoes; and er... um... uncertainty

Comment: Learn to love the storm

Bloomberg Caixin Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index FourKites Massachusetts Institute of Technology McKinsey’s Shanghai Securities Tradeshift

News / Lockdowns driving multinational soul-searching on staying in China

The Shanghai lockdown could prove a more powerful driver of migration for China-sourced goods than ...

AmCham China Covid-19 epicentre German Chamber of Commerce Shanghai lockdown sourcing staff retention

News / One-third of foreign workers look set to leave China this summer

Foreign firms in China are bracing for a “mass exodus” of staff this summer, due ...

Hapag Lloyd HMM National Retail Federation (NRF) Yang Ming Marine Transport

News / Carriers continue to report big returns, but the horizon looks murky

As container spot rates continue to wane and close in on contract rates two more ...

AP Moller - Maersk Bangladesh Inditex Patenga Container Terminal

News / Inditex lobbies for Maersk to win contract to run new Bangladesh terminal

As the construction of Patenga Container Terminal nears completion, to start handling cargo in July, ...

C-suite radar Keep on trucking Takeover Talk TFI International

Premium / C-suite radar: The genius of TFI's Alain Bedard

Comment: Total delight

747F 777XF A350F Airbus Boeing Cargolux fleet changes Going green Low emissions logistics sustainable aviation fuel The Cargolux chronicles

News / Cargolux chief's big decision: how to replenish an ageing fleet

Cargolux is at a crossroads. It has a big decision to make, and fairly fast. ...

drones Last-mile deliveries Royal Mail Windracers

News / Royal Mail opts for Windracers drones for Scottish island deliveries

Royal Mail is entering into a partnership with Windracers Group, a maker of twin-engined flying-wing ...

CMA CGM Consolidated Chassis Management Inc Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference of the American Trucking Associations (IMCC) Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association

News / CMA CGM offers cash incentive for returning containers early

CMA CGM is to launch a ‘cash for early container return’ scheme in an effort ...

CK Line Hansung Line Korea Marine Transport Company (KMTC Line) Sinokor Merchant Marine

News / Korean feeder lines wallow in profits as KMTC records 91% revenue boost

Korea Marine Transport Co (KMTC Line) remains the top-earning South Korean feeder operator, recording a ...

financial results Hapag-Lloyd

News / Hapag books $4.7bn Q1 profit, but the outlook is uncertain as costs rise

“We have to accept that demand is going down,” said Hapag-Lloyd CFO Mark Frese, after ...

Cargolux The Cargolux chronicles The freighter game

News / Cargolux highs and lows: running a freight airline not for the faint-hearted

The shipping lines, with their multi-billion dollar profits (and almost no taxes), are the ones ...

Against the odds Fresh Del Monte Network Shipping Vertical consolidation

Premium / Against the odds: Days at sea with Fresh Del Monte

Comment: Cool threats

Customer returns & reverse logistics ecommerce Happy Returns Reverse logistics the ecommerce equation

News / Carriers lose out on e-commerce returns by failing to find solutions

Carriers are losing out to technology firms when it comes to capturing the traffic of ...

Allianz Evergreen safety ULCVs

News / Safety management among carriers yet to catch up with ship sizes, say insurers

Whether or not the increasing size of ships is reaching a point of diminishing returns, ...