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News / Cogoport expands online container booking platform to cover Chinese imports

Mumbai-based online freight marketplace Cogoport has launched inbound container bookings, following “huge demand” for Chinese ...

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News / Russian Railways steams ahead with new trans-Siberian service from Japan

Transit corridors across Europe and Asia continue to expand, with Russian Railways boosting links to ...

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News / More logistics operators gear up for greener deliveries

Logistics operators are making further pushes into electrification, with Dachser announcing tests of newly acquired ...

DHL opens state-of-the-art logistics hub at the Vienna Airport

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DHL Parcel invests in fleet to increase capacity, reduce carbon emissions and improve safety

Synergy adds third train between port of Barcelona and Miranda de Ebro

Europa gives green light to Birmingham site re-fit

PIL enhances transpacific services

OOCL introduces new Asia–South America East Coast and Caribbean direct services

CMA CGM launches Adriatic Sea-Algeria direct service ADRINAF

VOC Port and Tuticorin Customs achieve fast IGST tax refunds to exporters with Kale Logistics Solutions’ CODEX

DSV opens new facility in the logistics centre of Turkey

Bolloré opens aerospace warehouse in Hamburg

Dynamic International chooses ASM’s Sequoia Solution for customs clearance software

IAG Cargo announces 24/7 critical service in time for the Easter holiday

Be sulfur-smart: Get behind the real issues in the debate over scrubbers

Atran Airlines optimizes connection between Chinese retailers and Russian consumers with new route from Xi'an to Moscow

Unilode's digital ULD solution now available for Nordisk pallets

Oman Air chooses AVS GSA in Malaysia

Comment / What's in a name? A spark of optimism in what's looking like a grim market

The row between ACE Belgium Freighters and Alaska Central Express (Ace Air Cargo) over its name is ...

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Comment / The macro view: Time may be on Trump's side, but technology isn't – for now

Do not bet on a speedy resolution to the US-China trade dispute. Financial markets might be ...

Recommends / Mama, just killed a song, creating the Supply Chain Rhapsody

We thought we’d leave you with this little number on this fine bank holiday weekend. Make of it ...

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AP Moller - Maersk financial results On the wires trading update

Comment / On the wires: AP Møller-Maersk's bullish Q1 remarks? There is no place to hide

“We had a good start to 2019. In Q1, revenue grew by 2.5%, operating earnings ...

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News / Atlas Air says union claim of pilots being 'overworked and underpaid' is a 'myth'

Amazon has found itself in the middle of growing tension between its supplier, Atlas Air, ...

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News / An already soft air freight market now finds itself at the mercy of politics

The air freight market may be depressingly soft at the moment and the future looking bleak, ...

CMA CGM MSC Smart containers track and trace Traxens

News / CMA CGM set to equip 50,000 containers with digital tracking

CMA CGM is increasing its digital solutions with the purchase of 50,000 container trackers from ...

Digitisation DP World Smart containers Vertical consolidation

News / Sensors, 'grey boxes' and opportunities in an age where 'data is the new container'

With free trade under threat and globalisation slowing, terminal operator DP World plans to give ...

Amazon Air DHL EU FedEx UPS

Recommends / Amazon’s Prime Air looks set to expand European operations

Having monopolised the internet, Amazon, it seems, is well and truly focused on controlling the ...

Ceva Logistics financial results Supply chain radar trading update Zim

Comment / Supply chain radar: The Ceva of container shipping – ZIM's balance sheet is blowing up

You probably remember when I wrote this recently: Israel’s ZIM is (again) on a wing ...

Recommends / Alarm over millions in backpay owed to the world’s seafarers

In shocking disrespect to the world’s seafarers there are claims unscrupulous shipowners are continuing to ...

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Canada cherries Commodity Forwarders Free trade now! pork soybean US-China trade wars

US farmers demand an end to tariff war with China as their export markets fade

US farmers are losing patience with their administration’s trade conflict with China. They want a ...

AP Moller - Maersk Copenhagen DSV Jens Bjorn Andersen Soren Skou Supply chain radar

Comment / Supply chain radar: With AP Møller-Maersk, trust has gone out of the window

“It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed ...

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News / Gloomier picture for global container port throughput as tariff wars begin to bite

Alphaliner has slashed its global container throughput growth estimate for this year to just 2.5% ...

Air India Bankruptcy Blues China-US trade war India Jet Airways Virgin Atlantic Cargo

News / Rival carriers eye key routes as India's Jet Airways is declared bankrupt

A Dutch court has declared Jet Airways bankrupt as rival carriers pick over the bones ...

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News / Zim sails into calmer waters as it reports a return to profit in the first quarter

Zim today reported 6% year-on-year growth in Q1 revenue and a near doubling in adjusted ...

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Batangas DP World Laem Chabang Thailand the Philippines Va va voom... Vietnam

News / DP World gearing up for automotive boom in South-east Asia

DP World is developing its automotive logistics capabilities in South-east Asia, as the region’s preference ...

China-US trade war Flexport SF Airlines SF Holding

News / Flexport confirms access to SF Airlines' services between Hangzhou and New York

Flexport has confirmed that it will have access to the SF Airlines services between Hangzhou ...

Digital revolution In the dock platform The Netherlands Uber Freight

News / Digital logistics platforms need to take care when classifying their services

Digital logistics platforms must pay greater attention to classifying their business offering, so as to ...

BNSF Canadian National CSX

People / Bob Reilly and Michael Foster set to replace Mike Cory at CN

North American rail operators Canadian National and CSX have announced several new senior appointments. CN has ...