It should, however, be seen in context – it is hardly the only forwarder out there scaling back. DSV Panalpina may have lost between 20% and 30% of Panalpina staff, although admittedly under different circumstances. Forwarders wax and wane constantly on staff numbers – according to Shipping Watc...

Fires onboard containerships continue to make the headlines, with costly and sometimes tragic consequences. Indeed, so bad has the problem become that carriers and forwarders have warned shippers of the potential consequences of hazardous or dangerous cargo being mis-declared. Dangerous goods, parti...

But for the others, the question that has dominated the market over the past few years continues to rings true: who will shoulder these increased costs and how will they be passed down the supply chain? A carrier source said it wasn’t able to charge even 50% of its expected increased bunker charge...

And partners ATSG and Atlas Air are, understandably, keen to clear up misunderstandings. It’s “a bit complicated”, in the words of one source, but the gist of the matter is that Amazon has never owned shares in either airline. It has never sold any either. Instead, Amazon owns (unexercised) wa...

Some six months on, here is an excerpt of a few key topics we discussed. Thanks for joining us this week, Steve. In one of your recent comments, you expanded on a fascinating concept: “The C’s”. Which summed up pretty well some of the dynamics and risks involved in the supply chain. Can you el...

Newsflash folks: FedEx is not for sale. OK, so it made a mistake buying TNT Express, and it’s taking forever to integrate this once-great European company. And please, don’t even bring up the MyPetya virus that cost FedEx some $300m to fix. Seriously, the due diligence on this acquisition s...

The news follows a period of continued growth in container volumes across the east coast deepwater ports, including Hull, Immingham and PD Ports-owned Teesport. ABP, which owns four Humber ports, is continuing to advance a series of investment projects worth more than £50m across their facilities i...

The agreement was hailed as “tremendous” by President Trump. However. based on the flow of trade, the US will face an uphill battle in taking back the market share it lost to its competitors because of the tariffs. The pipes of trade have been diverted away from the US and, no matter what is ple...

Global container growth has slowed dramatically, with some analysts predicting expansion for the year of just 1% to 2%, compared with the 4% of 2018. A lacklustre peak season, spooked by the US-China trade war and a softening European market, confirmed the worst-case scenario for carriers’ growth ...

The reason for this firming in rates is largely split between carriers’ ongoing employment of void sailings in the market, and a slight uptick in demand ahead of an early Chinese New Year, which is expected to significantly reduce export demand at the end of January from Asia. The big talking poin...