Chittagong still has some 2,064 teu of dangerous goods (DG) in containers in its yards and CPA has issued 17 directives or recommendations to port users, which include taking delivery of DG containers/cargo within three days of its arrival. Last week, CPA, at a meeting with all stakeholders – expo...

Glen Cameron Group operates a fleet of 1,000 trucks and trailers, and has more than 820 employees around Australia, and DHL said the takeover would “strengthen DHL’s position in the evolving Australian road freight market and create one of the largest logistics companies in the country with comb...

Three days of rail disruption in the UK started today, with similar action on Thursday and Saturday to follow, causing havoc for commuters. RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said: “Railway workers have been treated appallingly and, despite our best efforts in negotiations, the rail industry, with t...

According to CN, the unresolved issues are primarily about wages and benefits. Management has implemented a contingency plan, saying this would allow it to operate at a level of safe operations across its network as long as required, but the union has challenged that view. The workers on strike main...

The company’s combative approach to its relationship with its workforce is one issue, as are structural labour shortages, but Amazon is also losing staff to rival retailers and logistics providers offering better terms. “Amazon’s attrition rates were 123% in 2019 before jumping to 159% in 2020...

Transport and logistics consultancy Informall BG said Varna’s port and terminals, some 150km south of Constanta, were not currently congested and  it had been told by some transport stakeholders Varna was a more reasonable option for Ukrainian exporters shipping cargo in ocean containers. Dan...

While Shanghai emerged from a two-month Covid-19 lockdown early this month, parts of the port city have had movement restrictions re-imposed after new outbreaks. Nippon Express has developed barge routes covering the Greater Bay Area by detouring by land to the east (Huizhou Port) and west (Zhuhai P...

Like most European forwarders, Netherlands-based Rail Bridge Cargo initially suspended its service through Russia when the war in Ukraine began. However, MD Igor Tambaca said some customers had requested Russian freight options again. He told Logistic-News: “We could not look away from compani...

And, shippers have cause to re-examine their trucking strategy again. This year, many US shippers changed course and signed freight contracts to secure truckload capacity in a tight market and hedge against further rate escalation. Spot rates had soared to new heights by January, after a year of fra...

Having surveyed some 1,500 commercial road transport operators in 25 countries in the Americas, Asia and Europe, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) found truck driver shortages had increased in all regions last year except Eurasia, with China’s more than doubling and Europe’s clim...