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News / Returning chartered ships makes a dent in Yang Ming results

Taiwanese container shipping line Yang Ming yesterday reported consolidated third-quarter revenues of NTD37.78bn (US$1.22bn) on ...

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News / Avianca Cargo freighter turbo-charges DFW's global ambitions

An A330-200 freighter can make a huge difference, well beyond its payload, and for Dallas/Fort Worth ...

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People / Lifetime achievement award for BIFA's Robert Keen

Robert Keen (pictured above, middle), director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), has ...

Bidvest Panalpina Logistics unveils a fresh, new look

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XPO Logistics opens multimodal hub in Vigo to support last mile services

21 Air incorporates first B767-300ERF aircraft

Geodis Airdirect Mexico service from Asia takes off

XPO Logistics opens new Vigo multimodal hub to support last mile services

Saudia Cargo receives EU GDP certificate from SGS

Kuehne + Nagel expands its pharma hub in Belgium

Hermes to deliver cargo management solutions for Menzies Aviation

Globe Air Cargo UK launches PetCare by ECS Group

DHL relocates Pittsburgh operations to larger, centrally located facility

Air cargo experts set for Clear View event in Cape Town

Dachser’s new logistics centre in the North of England is now operational

XPO Logistics expands fleet of alternative fuel vehicles

Samskip to connect Portugal and the UK direct

MSC enhances its Oceania-US network

CMA CGM to launch Guinea Gulf Express service

News / Eric Brandt is Crane Worldwide's new vice president of sales for US east

Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed Eric Brandt (pictured above) as its new vice president of ...

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Comment / Analysis: DHL GFF – how to approach a sleeping bear

I was in Hamburg this week, where my contacts, rather surprisingly, barely mentioned DHL Global ...

AP Moller - Maersk MSC On the wires Scrubbers Soren Skou Soren Toft Vertical consolidation

Comment / On the wires: Søren Toft, MSC steal Maersk's thunder in November rain

“While the global container demand, as expected, was lower in Q3 due to weaker growth ...

CASS courting judgment Exclusive Fedagsa Financial woes GSSAs IATA

News / Exclusive: IATA faces legal backlash over 'dangerous' CASS irregularities

IATA could face a serious backlash from CASS payments system participants – as well as financial supervisory ...

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News / Supply chain chaos as political conflict paralyses Bolivia

The political crisis engulfing Bolivia is beginning to have a major impact on supply chains ...

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News / Hapag-Lloyd 'profit before market share' strategy pays dividends

Hapag-Lloyd succeeded in putting “profits over market share” in its third quarter, according to container shipping ...

Alphaliner China-US trade war financial results HMM

News / HMM reports more losses in Q3, but cost-cutting efforts prove valuable

South Korean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine today reported a third-quarter operating loss of KRW46.6bn (US$39.8m), ...

Agility Digital freight forwarder Digital revolution financial results Shipa Freight

News / Profits rise as Agility continues to forge ahead with digital development

Agility, which is aligning itself in the ‘digital’ forwarder category, has announced a mixed set ...

Digital revolution India Road tech start-ups Trucking

News / GST and tech start-ups are driving huge change in India's road freight sector

Technology start-ups in India are successfully disrupting the country’s highly inefficient and fragmented road freight ...

Free trade now! Port of Los Angeles Trade tariffs

Recommends / Port of LA tariff study sends stern warnings on real impact of trade war

President Trump said last month: “China is getting killed. The tariffs are killing China.” But in fact, ...

CMA CGM Cosco Evergreen Line Hapag-Lloyd Maersk Line MSC SM Lines Transpacific Trade Whither the peak season?

News / Trade war ripples rock transpacific: first eastbound volume decline in ten years

The lack of developments on negotiations between China and the US on tariffs is expected ...

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News / UPS launch of flat-rate parcel service puts the squeeze on FedEx

UPS has intensified its play for intra-US parcel traffic with a new offering that offers ...

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News / Wincanton reports successful H1 and will press on with probe into Stobart

UK 3pl and haulier Wincanton today said it was continuing due diligence on the possible ...

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News / Ratifying UK-EU deal will be 'just the start of Brexit, not the end', says UKWA

The turgid state of UK politics is characterised by what appears to be ceaseless lying by all ...

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News / Slowly, but surely, 'digital' and 'traditional' forwarders are getting closer

Incumbent forwarders with an interest in obscuring transparency have played a role in slowing efforts ...

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News / Ambitious Sri Lanka wants to become a global maritime and logistics centre

Sri Lanka has ambitions to move up from being a south Asia transhipment hub to ...

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People / Mark Frese to replace Nicolás Burr as CFO of Hapag-Lloyd

Hapag-Lloyd has appointed Mark Frese (pictured above) to replace Nicolás Burr as its chief financial ...

Amazon Nike the ecommerce equation

Recommends / Nike to end pilot project selling on Amazon

There is bad news for Amazon: Nike is ending its relationship with the giant etailer, and ...

Europa Worldwide On the merry-go-round Xpediator

People / Xpediator poaches new CFO, Rob Ross, from Europa Worldwide

Rob Ross is to leave Europa Worldwide, where he is finance director, to join Xpediator ...