Sebastian Scholte, President of the Cool chain Association and CEO of Jan de Rijk Logistics, summarizes the scope of this sector. “Perishable products account for more than 10% of total shipments by air and are more seasonal than general cargo, making it difficult to optimize capacity all year lon...

Aviation is a vital component of the global economy involving some sixty million jobs and generating over $2.2 trillion of economic activity. The need to travel, whether for business or vacation, has expanded the capacity and scale of aircraft size. At the same time, aircraft manufacturers are worki...

A number of aircraft types were in use during the 1950s and 60s, but what was needed was a custom-built aircraft suitable for the task. The aircraft would require a strong floor with roller beds for sliding heavy pallets, a lifting front nose cone or retractable back ramp, and a high interior cabin ...

This week Cambodia jailed the last two surviving members of the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. In the latest extract from his new book, Around the World in Freighty Ways, Gavin van Marle recounts a visit to a country still recovering from its past, meeting the new breed of businessman rebuilding a ba...

This is the second in a series of excerpts from the recently published book, Around The World In Freighty Ways, which tells the story of the three years Logistic-News editor Gavin van Marle spent circumnavigating the world without flying, uncovering the previously unseen mechanics of globalisation. G...

This is the first of a series of excerpts from the recently published book, Around The World In Freighty Ways, which tells the story of the three years Logistic-News editor Gavin van Marle spent circumnavigating the world without flying, uncovering the previously unseen mechanics of globalisation. Ga...

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Modal choice is becoming critical to the airfreight market. With just 2-2.5% of all transported volumes carried by air (IATA figures state 0.5%, but that includes bulk which will never be carried by air) airfreight only needs to catch a tiny percentage of market share to make a tangible difference. ...

Writing a single book about shipping is always going to be an onerous task, mostly because the subject is so vast, encapsulating it in a single volume is largely impossible – there are simply too many facets to global shipping: tankers, bulk, containers, ferries, fishing, sailing ad (almost) infin...

It’s an open secret no more – they simply don’t give a damn; cost control is the main priority. According to this typically topical analysis from Drewry, even Maersk, the poster-boy of shipping reliability, has seen its previously high standards decline precipitously. However, this is now star...