Blanked sailings in response to falling demand 'just a stop-gap solution'
Blanked sailings are only a “stop-gap solution” for carriers amid critical tonnage oversupply, according to ...
Airfreight rates benefited from false bargaining powers rather than any significant modal shift in the wake of the Hanjin crisis, with fewer shippers jumping modes than expected, according to Drewry.
While Drewry acknowledged a temporary modal shift, it said shippers’ flight to safety was to bigger container lines – one consultant estimated that Maersk alone took 19% of Hanjin’s Q4 volumes.
IHS Markit’s Global Trade Atlas database claims the volume of cargo carried by airfreight into the US was actually down marginally on 2015 ...
Asia-USEC shippers to lose 42% capacity in a surge of blanked sailings
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Transpac container service closures mount
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Flexport lawsuit an 'undifferentiated mass of gibberish', claims Freightmate
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