Finding domestic buyer for Asiana air cargo arm 'won't be easy'
Asiana Airlines directors may have agreed to sell the embattled airline’s air freight business, to ...
The salaries of truck drivers across the EU continues to vary enormously – a Bulgarian or Romanian trucker pockets around €1,400 a month, while a Danish counterpart can expect to earn three times that. As a result, so-called letterbox companies, that take advantage of that variation and end up driving down salaries, will soon find themselves in the crosshairs of EC transport commissioner Violeta Bulc. He has vowed to close the loopholes and “beef up enforcement measures to prevent employers from breaking the law”. But it is difficult getting everyone to agree – last year Germany and France both introduced national laws to force firms to pay drivers the national minimum wage while trucks are passing through their countries, and the EC has subsequently opened infringement cases against both.
Shock as new Asia-N Europe FAK rate dwarfs weak spot market
Fleet-heavy ocean carriers also stuck with too many containers
More box ships diverting to Suez Canal routes as Panama restrictions tighten
A SAF future could be being built on an uncertain foundation
Carriers try for more GRIs on Asia-Europe, eyeing Thanksgiving positives
MSC slaps bumper surcharge on boxes through restricted Panama Canal
Diageo goes green with appointment of sustainable freight innovator Zeus for new HVO trial
Maersk diverts two vessels from Middle East region over attack fears
Alex Lennane
email: [email protected]
mobile: +44 7879 334 389
During August 2023, please contact
Alex Whiteman
email: [email protected]
Alessandro Pasetti
email: [email protected]
mobile: +44 7402 255 512
Comment on this article