Airfreight rates level out, but looming turbulence could see prices rise again
Airfreight rates on transpacific routes have flattened as an overshot of capacity eclipses demand, but ...
It’s that time of year when looking backwards can turn out to be extremely painful in transport and logistics (T&L).
Case in point: in mere capital appreciation terms, we have witnessed the mighty stock market fall of Kuehne + Nagel (K+N: -28%) this year (YTD), while Danish rival DSV has outperformed the Swiss forwarder by about +55% over the period – thanks, mostly, to the €14.3bn Schenker purchase.
It’s worse than its rival in forwarding on a slew of Q2/Q3 financial metrics ...
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