Carrier selection RTV throughout the life of a shipment is a top-three criteria for shippers when selecting a carrier, and more important than factors such as ‘customer service’, ‘safety record’, ’geographical coverage’ and ‘sustainability’. As such, RTV is considered a critical...

Last year, Schiphol outlined plans to increase charges to airlines by 9% this year, 12% next year and 12% in 2024. “The cumulative rise in charges is 37%,” said the airport at the time. “In the original proposal, this figure was 42%, but Schiphol made a downward adjustment after consultat...

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“It depends on the location and availability of [SAF],” CEO Svilen Rangelov told Logistic-News. “But our goal would be to use that whenever it is available – as you know, the supply chain for digging up dinosaurs still reaches everywhere – unlike biofuel.” Getting into the air requires co...

Yesterday, Accenture’s Seabury issued data showing that capacity out of Shanghai had fallen 40% from March – but new data from Clive Data Services shows load factors (LF) had fallen to the lowest levels ever recorded by the Xeneta-owned company. “Last week, Shanghai westbound load factors were...

Guests: Cathy Roberson, president of Logistics Trends & Insights Tom Enright, VP, retail supply chain, Gartner Peter Sand, chief analyst at Xeneta Lee Klaskow, senior analyst for transportation and logistics at Bloomberg Intelligence Neel Jones Shah, Flexport...

The proposals are to develop four inland logistics centres in California, stretching from Sacramento in the north to Bakersfield, north of Los Angeles, in California’s central valley area. No site has been selected yet, but the plan is to alleviate the pressure on the LA port complex while also of...

Start-up: Oloid (Only Look Once Identity) Device: facial recognition   Oloid is a physical identity platform, offering contactless facial recognition “for the deskless worker”. The hardware is not important – any device will do – it’s the software that makes the difference. Oloid has ...

Forwarders have singled out Zhengzhou Airport (CGO), in the central Henan province, as the hardest-hit, given the large amount of cargo diverted there from Shanghai. Adding to the difficulties, Zhengzhou was itself began a two-week lockdown over the weekend that including the economic zone, with res...

Before its arrival, ground handlers would have to wait for freight to arrive before combing through paper documents to nominate a forwarder to handle a shipment. Since October, Schiphol has been leveraging the new AI tool, developed by the Smart Cargo Mainport Program (SCMP) team, to nominate a forw...