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News / Shippers shocked by sudden FedEx and UPS hike in domestic US parcel rates

US parcel shippers are getting hit with more price hikes, this time on the domestic ...

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Company News

Milšped Group relies on the Shippeo platform to meet the growing real-time transportation visibility needs of its customers

CEVA Logistics and Emmelibri embark on new ground-breaking book distribution project

Ontruck’s new national service helps overcome COVID challenges

New driver-free freight ferry terminal open for business in Tilbury

Hellmann Worldwide Logistics implements CargoWise to further drive digitisation

FEFPEB calls for ongoing essential European status for wooden pallets and packaging after Covid-19

Geodis delivers 13m masks to the US with an AN-124

Tigers' new Rotterdam Hub opens

Air France KLM Martinair Cargo's cargo network continues to recover, now serving 67 long-haul destinations

Europa is plain sailing with LeoSea IT investment

Damco delivers parcels of cheer to Antarctica

Bleckmann expands its operations in UK and opens a new fulfilment center

Scandit raises $80M led by G2VP to digitally transform traditional industries through computer vision and augmented reality

Thales and Skyports partner to conduct drone delivery trial for the NHS in Scotland

Quito Airport is ready to resume operations

The ‘New Normal’ in shipping, “K” LINE signals the way forward for decarbonisation

News / Rail services between China and Europe building a new head of steam

Rail services between China and Europe are growing fast, with the reliability, speed and cost ...

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Comment / In air cargo, everyone is angry with everyone else: time to take a step back

“God, I’m bored of this.” “What are you writing?” says a colleague. “That PR on PayCargo ...

Recommends / Inside the early warning system of global trade, according to Alan Murphy

If you see Sea Intelligence’s Alan Murphy named on a conference programme, you inwardly cheer ...

Sea Intelligence

C-19 radar On the wires The near-shoring shift

Premium / On the wires: Existential threats – supply chain near-shoring & geopolitical risk

Comment: The post Covid-19 world could be a very uncomfortable place for a raft of transport ...

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News / Amazon Air boosted by 12 more aircraft and new regional air freight hubs

Amazon is to lease another 12 converted 767-300s from ATSG, bringing its fleet to 82 ...

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News / Maersk opts for rail freight to compensate for India's 'lost' truck capacity

Maersk has seen a 30% uptick in rail freight volumes in India during the country’s ...

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News / US 3PL Transplace builds-in parcel capabilities with ScanData acquisition

Texas-based Transplace, a 3PL provider, has acquired parcel transport optmisation platform ScanData for an undisclosed ...

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News / Idle tonnage weighs heavy on HMM as global inactive box fleet hits new high

One-third of HMM’s container fleet is currently idled, by far the highest percentage of inactive ...

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News / Air cargo players must have trust and 'jump off the cliff' together, says Tiaca

Trust is the key to ensuring a joined-up air cargo industry; an integrated supply chain ...

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News / Opponents rally at news that EC consortia BER could be re-evaluated next year

Opponents of the EC’s recent decision to allow the liner shipping industry to continue to ...

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People / Marco Sauer appointed Priority Freight's general manager at Frankfurt

Leading time-critical logistics specialist Priority Freight has continued its expansion in continental Europe with the ...

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People / Karen Reddington new Europe president of FedEx Express and CEO of TNT

FedEx Express has appointed Karen Reddington (pictured above) as regional president of FedEx Express Europe ...

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Comment / Comment: firms need to prepare for a post-coronavirus recruitment drive

With 6.3m employees on furlough and 2m having joined the ranks of the unemployed, it ...

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Premium / M&A radar: Hermes won’t be FedEx’s next TNT Express (hopefully)

Comment: In Jewish humour there’s an old joke that takes various forms but basically runs along ...

Klaus-Michael Kuehne' Kuehne + Nagel On the wires Restructuring

Premium / On the wires: The Kuehne + Nagel shrinkage continues – where to now?

Comment: “Kuehne + Nagel (K+N) has announced that it has signed over four of its distribution ...

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Premium / Supply chain radar: Global Ports – From Russia with love

Comment: There are few port operators around the world that specialise in a particular geographic niche ...

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News / Alliances schedule 75 blankings for Q3, as hopes of peak season demand fade

2M partners Maersk and MSC are to extend the suspension of their AE2/Swan Asia-North Europe ...

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Comment / Volga-Dnepr loses legal battle with Boeing over freighters – and may face questions

Boeing has won its case against Volga-Dnepr, and is allowed to sell the four freighters ...

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News / Air freight rates start their descent as more capacity arrives amid demand slump

The air freight market is starting to see rates fall as capacity comes in – ...

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News / Could Hermes pave the way to a B2C network in Europe for FedEx?

FedEx needs a B2C channel for the European market, while Hermes’ owner has been looking ...

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News / Gloomy picture of next few years at container ports as volumes recover slowly

Container ports “will take years” to recover from the coronavirus pandemic, but accelerating trade regionalisation ...

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News / Abu Dhabi Ports and Bengal Tiger Line launch Safeen Feeders

Abu Dhabi Ports and Singapore-headquartered feeder operator Bengal Tiger Line have come together to form ...

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Recommends / Economic recovery for carriers could be faster than expected

So the US may be on fire right now, but it doesn’t appear to have ...

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Premium / Against the odds: The Spirit decision makes DSV sexy? Hardly

Comment: The spirit of Panalpina is gone. Both the aircraft, and the spirit. But, to paraphrase ...