They will resort to finding unique selling points, which could see them turn to track and trace solutions. Recently, Hapag-Lloyd began to fit tracking and telemetry to its containers, stealing a march on its competitors and starting “a train that will not stop” among carriers, according to some ...

From October, UK imports will run through the new Customs Declaration Service (CDS), as HMRC terminates support for the Customs Handling Imports and Exports Freight Platform (CHIEF). However, last month the government had to write to more than 200,000 traders urging them to make the switch before th...

However, the average is skewed by huge D&D fees imposed on shippers in the US. Demurrage & Detention Benchmark 2022, published today, compares D&D rates charged to shippers by the eight top-ranked shipping lines at 60 of the world’s biggest container ports. Container xChange collected ...

The strike began after the deaths of 13 docker workers and around 260 injuries when a container loaded with nearly 30 tonnes of chlorine fell from a quay crane during loading on 27 June. An investigation led by interior minister Mazen al-Faraya resulted in the director generals of ACPOM and the Jord...

At an Investor Day last week, when FedEx unveiled its ‘Deliver Today, Innovate for Tomorrow’ strategy, Karen Reddington, president, FedEx Express Europe, said 50% of global express trade revenue touched Europe and highlighted FedEx’s position in the region before its €4.4bn acquisi...

The latest setback came last weekend, when Gorillas closed its warehouses in Belgium and handed over part of its business to local player efarmz – this marked the latest step in the Berlin-based delivery company’s retrenchment. And, according to Spanish media, the company is planning to pull out...

It also claims biofuel needlessly increases costs for end users. The group’s surprise condemnation follows a T&E report this week, which appears to suggest a transition to biodiesel, among other next-generation fuels like e-methanol and e-ammonia, would be both affordable and sustainable, noti...

The new terminal is part of the Belt and Road initiative and integral to the New International Land Sea Trade Corridor, which connects landlocked Chongqing by rail with Qinzhou in the west from where cargo can be shipped worldwide. It is estimated that in the terminal’s first phase, annual capacit...

Its Fit For 55 package is aimed at reducing the EU’s emissions by 55% by 2030, and the latest round of discussions included measures to create a new emissions trading system (ETS) for commercial vehicles, known as ETS II, as well as agreeing the inclusion of maritime emissions in the ETS. In aviat...

While most of them view key performance indicators (KPIs) as an essential part of supply chain management, the majority are having trouble getting useful data to turn into actionable insights. These findings emerged from a study by Coyote Logistics in March and April, which surveyed nearly 1,000 shi...