Christian Dufermont, freight commercial director, told Logistic-News the unaccompanied business had accelerated at pace since its launch last September, but significantly since March. “We have handled 1,000 trucks in the two months following March, about 500 unaccompanied trailers a month, and...

The company said the service, deploying two 3,000 teu vessels, would help avoid some of the congestion issues faced at Europe’s major container gateways. “In an increasingly unpredictable environment, our customers ask for more reliable and agile supply chains – and this is exactly what the ne...

The latest loop takes the carrier’s new services on the route to five since April – all independent of the 2M Alliance. According to Alphaliner, the carrier’s NWC to Mexico Express loop commenced with the sailing of the 4,253 teu Genova from Antwerp this week, calling at Bremerhaven, Freeport ...

At an Air & Ocean Freight Outlook webinar, organised by Danish forwarder Scan Global Logistics last week, the CEO and partner at Vespucci Maritime said there was a case for a very strong end to the year – but in another scenario, consumers stop spending. “We’re beginning to see Shanghai re...

Operated by Thailand’s Regional Container Lines the vessel was detained by the Indonesian Navy on 4 May after the discovery of 34 containers loaded with what was thought to be illegal palm oil, the export of which was banned at the time. RCL said the cargo had been booked prior to the export ban o...

Peeba launched its online B2B marketplace during the Covid-lockdowns in 2020, when retailers were unable to attend tradeshows and in-person meetings to source new products. Even without the pandemic, the company said, relying on face-to-face meetings was “slow and arduous” and it created its B2B...

The bids were opened this morning, according to port sources. They also said the winning consortium had offered a revenue share (royalty) of Rs4,520 ($57) per teu for the landlord authority. “[Qatar-backed] QTerminals became the second-highest bidder with an offer of Rs4,235 a teu.” A port offic...

The Dutch government ordered Schiphol to reduce the maximum number of flights at the airport from 500,000 to 440,000 – a more severe reduction than the airport anticipated. The cuts will be in force for the next five years – but the government has not said what will happen after that, making pla...

“Former attorney general of Louisiana Charles Foti and the law firm Kahn Swick & Foti (KSF) are investigating the proposed sale of USA Truck to DB Schenker. Under the terms of the proposed transaction, shareholders of USA Truck will receive only $31.72 in cash for each share they own. “KSF i...

Therefore they are “incomplete” and “inaccurate”, claims consultant MDS Transmodal (MDST) As the EC gears up for its two-year container shipping Consortia Block Exemption Review (CBER), expected to be announced this week, a joint report by the Global shippers’ Forum (GSF) and MDST, publish...