K+N, Primark and Bolloré all put a brave face on Q1 numbers
The difficulty of presenting year-on-year changes in financial results is becoming ever more apparent, with ...
As World Cup fever gets into full swing, we hear that TV imports into Brazil rose 57% in the first quarter, year on year. To put this into perspective, shipments of everything in the quarter rose just 0.4%. Oddly, however, this is not necessarily related to the competition being held in Brazil. World Cup sales spikes happen in South America – and not elsewhere – wherever these matches are played; TV shipments to the continent rose 30% in 2010, for example. However, warns one executive, such a large increase could be due to retailers overestimating the stock needed, and not actual demand.
MSC Aries now bound for Iran, and crisis will be 'a catalyst for higher rates'
Urgent call for breakdown of cargo onboard as General Average declared on Dali
Hong Kong drops out of world's top 10 busiest container ports
Iranian troops seize MSC box ship while Somali pirates net $5m ransom for bulker
Flexport is 'back on track' – now it needs to start growing again
Bottlenecks and price hikes as airlines now avoid Iran airspace
Iran may now pose a threat to multimodal supply chains via Dubai
Capture of MSC Aries will further drive up Indian export costs
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