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News / DSV links with Panalpina for 'a unique solution' flying in and out of China

DSV is to take advantage of Panalpina’s aircraft capacity to operate to China as supply ...

Emissions and omissions IAPH IMO just-in-time MarineTraffic Schedule reliability

News / Better communication and data sharing key to establishing JIT shipping

The maritime industry is ramping-up efforts to optimise port calls and introduce just-in-time (JIT) shipping. If ...

FedEx Strike inaction UPS

Comment / Separate networks 'could do for' FedEx in its 'last-mile' battle with UPS

As the battle for last-mile supremacy rages on, the question over differences between US government ...

AP Moller - Maersk CMA CGM Hapag-Lloyd Vertical consolidation

Comment / Analysis: APMM & Hapag-Lloyd versus CMA CGM – apples and oranges...

2019 container shipping results were good, judging by the fourth-quarter (Q4) and annual numbers released ...

Virgin Cargo to launch daily Heathrow-Cape Town flights and expand capacity to Cuba

Company News

Saudi Arabian Logistics launches its newly expanded facility at Dammam airport

Dachser expands its contract logistics capacities for Maas-Rhein logistics centre

Yusen Logistics opens new cross dock facility in Northampton

CMA CGM launches Piacenza Rail Shuttle connecting Genoa with Piacenza logistics hub

XPO Logistics wins Waitrose contract for multiservice regional and national distribution

Janel Group taps Chain.io to power digital innovation

BluJay partners with project44 to provide advanced transportation data, visibility and technology for shippers and LSPs

Davies Turner launches AEO consultancy services

FreightBro the first Indian company to integrate Maersk Spot on its digital platform

Vestas and DSV Panalpina form strategic partnership on project transport and general freight

The Little Birdy Group partners with Import Services as distribution portfolio grows

Maritime Transport launches new rail destination from the port of Felixstowe

SeaCube Containers adds 5,000 Carrier Transicold reefers to its fleet

Kale Logistics Solutions partners with Trade-Van for eCoOs

Supply Chain Academy works with Airbus on supply chain degree apprenticeship

Premium / Supply chain radar: JB Hunt – spending to accumulate on the computer thingy

Comment: American continental freight all-rounder JB Hunt has had better years, but it’s also had worse. Full-year ...

Conference call redux Intermodal JB Hunt Supply chain radar

AP Moller - Maersk coronavirus DSV Panalpina Kuehne + Nagel On the wires

Premium / On the wires: Billions wiped off supply chain values – DSV, APMM, K+N et al...

Comment: “U.S. stock market futures sank late Sunday as the spread of coronavirus raised worries that ...

airlines coronavirus IATA

News / Impact from coronavirus could cost airlines $30bn this year

Asian airlines are expected to see an 8.2% contraction in demand during 2020, according to ...

News / Spot rates hold fairly steady as carriers get ready to surcharge

Container spot rates from China fell slightly this week, as carriers decided it was futile ...

News / Food exports to China have 'gone from overdrive to near standstill'

For many perishables exporters and their logistics providers in the Americas, China has turned from ...

News / Canadian rail blockade holds steady and prompts first vessel diversion

The ongoing blockade of tracks of Canadian National Rail (CN) has caused the first diversion ...

Bunkers IMO low-sulphur regulations Scrubbers

News / Carriers that invested in scrubbers may find the cost higher than expected

Shipping lines that have invested in scrubber technology to comply with the IMO 2020 low-sulphur ...

News / Charters may 'insulate' shipowners from the effect of coronavirus

Containership owner Seaspan had a good year in 2019, as its fleet of 112 vessels ...

coronavirus Expeditors financial results trading update

Premium / Supply chain radar: Expeditors – the good, the bad and the ugly

Comment: The annual results of Expeditors, if anything, reinforce the view that what it’s doing is ...

Atlas Air coronavirus financial results pilots The burdens of Atlas The freighter game US labour relations

News / Atlas Air trims fleet and implements cost cuts in bid to stem losses

Atlas Air is reducing its fleet owing to the soft market, as well as cutting ...

Against the odds AP Moller - Maersk DSV DSV Panalpina hide and seek Kuehne + Nagel Viking Ironclad Age

Premium / Against the odds: DSV hits new high as K+N goes back to the future

Comment: February 20, 2020: Here comes another milestone for Denmark’s DSV Panalpina (DSV PAN) as its ...

Capacity Concerns China coronavirus Norman Global Logistics

News / China starts getting its logistics back on the move – but in a low gear

Supply chain disruption in China is easing alongside an apparent slowdown in the spread of ...

AP Moller - Maersk coronavirus financial results Maersk

News / Maersk group sails into the red and warns that Q1 20 will be 'really weak'

A $61m loss in Q4 dragged Maersk to an overall net loss of $44m last ...

Cargo handling Handle with care HNA Group IPO M&A Swissport WFS

News / HNA Group bankrupt? Swissport sale may be back on the agenda

The Chinese government looks set to take over HNA Group, according to various media reports, ...

Maersk Performance Team Freight Systems Takeover Talk

News / Maersk doubles US warehouse footprint with Performance Team takeover

Maersk will double its North American warehousing and distribution capacity with the acquisition of US ...

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News / Road freight still the mode most vulnerable to crime – parking must be safer

Most cargo theft around the world occurs in the trucking sector, according to new research ...

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AF-KLM Cargo financial results

Recommends / AF-KLM blames overcapacity for poor cargo results – and warns of 2020 costs

Air France KLM expects a hit from coronavirus of up to €200m, it said as ...

People / Gefco appoints Alan Fawzy as its new finance director for the UK

Gefco has appointed Alan Fawzy (pictured above) as its new finance director for the UK. Mr ...

Gefco Rebuilding the UK