Yes, airlines order planes. And yes, there’s a fanfare. This one, however, was slightly different. For one, this is   the first in an order of nine. Five more are arriving before August, with the remaining three next year. Secondly, this was about more than just the airline – this was ...

The details can be found at the link above, but I’ll flag some of the key trends for its operating business lines and a few other financials metrics. I’ll also look at its capital allocation strategy in order to determine whether JB Hunt could do anything to deliver higher returns to its shareho...

And there is already a flavour of what to expect, courtesy of OOCL’s fourth-quarter operational performance release and China Shipping Container Line’s (CSCL) stock exchange profit warning last week. Maersk Group will announce its 2015 financial results on 10 February, and for its container...

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A 13% drop in fourth-quarter revenue came on the back of declining fuel surcharge recoveries and lower volumes, which jointly pushed down its top line by $400m, to $2.7bn from $3.1bn a year earlier. That fall was mitigated by cost efficiency measures – as a result, earnings per share (EPS) held up...

Yesterday’s decision appears to represent the first response of the terminal industry to the twin challenges of larger vessels and the concentration of liner volumes into four east-west alliances. Ports America said it intended instead to focus on its operations in Los Angeles and Long Beach, as w...

But while the date is well known, the methods of providing the verified gross mass (VGM), and who is to do it, are less clear. The shipping industry appears to be in some confusion – and in logistics, confusion can often lead to congestion. Port congestion can be a friend to the air cargo industry...

By way of explanation, just over a year ago I was commissioned by Logistic-News to write a series of opinion pieces on publicly traded logistics and transport stocks – the first being on Atlas Air Worldwide on 10 November 2014. Then I was not convinced Atlas Air would be able to deliver much value ...

Ninety-three container vessels were scrapped last year, removing 213,000 teu of old, uneconomic tonnage from the world’s cellular fleet – but this represented only half the deletions of the two previous years. More than 214 containerships, totalling 1.72m teu, hit the water last year, expanding ...

The six are UPS, FedEx, Deutsche Post-DHL, Maersk, DSV/UTi (assuming the tie-up goes through) and XPO Logistics. UPS, FedEx and Deutsche Post-DHL are faced with rapidly changing market dynamics and are challenged by shifting consumer behaviour and habits. Online shopping dictates corporate strategy ...