New Moerdijk-Duisburg barge service 'an important alternative to trucking'
German retailer Lidl’s in-house shipping and logistics arm, Tailwind Shipping, has joined a consortium of ...
By Sam Whelan
Sky-high airfreight rates and the global container shortage are driving demand for less-than-container load (LCL) shipping services.
Jan Philipp Harnisch, global COO and Far East Asia CEO at Rhenus Logistics, says the Covid-crisis has also accelerated some logistics trends, including the need for more flexible shipping options.
“With air travel far less frequent and reaching record-high prices, as well as stock quantities fluctuating, LCL gives our clients the flexibility to fill up only the space they need in a container, rather than ...
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gary Sawyer
January 08, 2021 at 7:46 pmSo .. Large shipments now going lcl… So how are the consolidation companies (such as mine) going to be able to get the additional equipment, vessel space or haulage to accommodate this sudden influx of cargo..answer we can’t….!