The e-commerce giant’s truckload brokerage division is partnering with transport management system (TMS) provider MercuryGate, in a move designed to funnel traffic from shippers using the TMS to Amazon Freight’s trailer fleet and its portfolio of third-party carriers. The partnership gives Mercu...

Peel Port’s chief operating officer David Huck told Logistic-News he was confident Sheerness would see new services operating from the Medway port within the next six months. “We will challenge Dover, with cargo increasingly moving to unaccompanied facilities,” said Mr Huck. Indeed, offici...

The electronic B/L, approved by the International Chamber of Commerce, uses blockchain to authenticate documents and provide an audit trail. FIATA said the solution was designed to “answer the needs of the industry for improved access and exchange of trade documents”. The document issuer can dec...

Hyundai Glovis will work closely with local food conglomerate Charoen Pokphand (CP) Group, agreeing to assign 150 electric trucks a year to transport goods to 7-Eleven stores throughout Bangkok. The Thai subsidiary’s opening yesterday was attended by Hyundai Glovis CEO Kim Jung-hoon and CP Group v...

A near-$1bn investment strategy for the development of sophisticated container transhipment infrastructure at Tuticorin Port (VOCPA) illustrates this, especially after previously unsuccessful attempts. Tuticorin is one of India’s 12 “major” ports and the second-busiest east coast containe...

This is according to a leading pan-European air freight road feeder services (RFS) operator, which has a number of major cargo-carrying airlines among its customers. “Air imports to Europe, especially from the Asia Pacific region, have been depressed as a result of Covid lockdowns and the knock-on...

This terminal, which began operations with one berth on 1 April, was the first to open in Busan New Port in 10 years, after Pier 5, and began operations handling extra loaders deployed by South Korean and foreign liner operators to meet demand for local shippers’ exports. The opening of the other ...

Following Russia’s invasion on 24 February, and the subsequent prolonged and increasingly bitter conflict, the Black Sea ports, particularly Odessa and Mariupol on the Azov Sea coast that handle some 90% of Ukrainian grain shipments, have been closed. According to Odessa-based logistics consultanc...

And it could turn into a rout if spot rates continue the steep decline of recent months. Since June 2020, trucking outfits mushroomed in the US as buoyant market conditions encouraged more and more drivers to quit their jobs and strike out on their own. As the number of owner-operators soared, in th...

At a “Reconnect” meeting yesterday, FIATA president Ivan Petrov alleged that some shipping lines were forcing customers to buy additional services – a claim raised by many shippers and forwarders in recent weeks. “Vertical integration is being done by the majority of the big 10 carriers, whi...