News / High fashion: Red Sea disruption sees apparel shippers switch to air

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It has begun. Forwarders are finally seeing air cargo demand rise as shippers look to avoid the disruption in the Red Sea – with garment makers leading the way.

Xeneta said today shippers in retail and apparel were beginning to switch to airfreight. Volumes from Vietnam to Europe spiked 62% in the week to 14 January, it said, some 6% higher than the October peak and 16% up on a year earlier.

Niall van de Wouw, Xeneta chief airfreight officer, said: “This ...