A new trade war with US would threaten China’s 'historic' airfreight boom

China’s civil aviation authority may be talking-up its “historic highs” in airfreight volumes over the first nine months of 2024, but the looming inauguration of Donald Trump as US president ...

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News / Inmar deal sees DHL take top slot in N American reverse logistics

DHL Supply Chain has become North America’s largest reverse logistics provider following its acquisition of ...

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News / Air cargo shifts capacity to where the money is as holiday season begins

Airlines are shifting capacity to Asia Pacific-North America as disruption from China’s forthcoming Golden Week ...

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News / New warning as cargo crime surges across North America

Cargo crime continues to rise in North America: in the first half of this year, ...

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News / East coast port strike threat prompts shippers to consider heading west instead

Cargo owners have been advised to make contingency plans for a strike at US east ...

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News / Trucker anger at Washington’s independent contractor rule change

The American Trucking Associations (ATA), the largest haulage lobbying group in the US, is on ...

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News / Cyber Week e-commerce frenzy unexpected, but US fulfilment centres cope

Like a tired but diligent old battle horse, the US consumer shook off worries about ...

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News / Transpacific volumes bounce back as consumers carry on spending

US domestic and transpacific carrier Matson has reported “solid freight demand, despite the muted peak ...

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US container imports still on the decline, but the slope is easing

Containerised imports into the US are expected to break through the 2m teu mark this ...

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News / US rail strike threatens after latest union rejection of compromise deal

The Washington cavalry will have to saddle up again. Three months after a presidential emergency ...

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News / No end in sight for shippers' surging supply chain costs

Amidst a mixed demand picture on the world’s largest container shipping lanes, shippers are likely ...

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Jun 9, 2022• Comments•

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News / Shippers claim proposed carbon tax could be 'world's biggest BAF'

Shippers in the US and Europe have raised concerns about the shift of the carbon ...

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News / Carriers continue to report big returns, but the horizon looks murky

As container spot rates continue to wane and close in on contract rates two more ...

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News / Rising costs driving online shopping merchants to the point of no returns

Online shopping appears to be rapidly approaching a point of no return; steeply escalating costs ...

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