“Over the past two years, the air charter cargo market has seen a rejuvenation,” said Glenn Hogben, CEO at The Air Charter Association (ACA). However, he noted that Covid had continued to impact the logistics industry, with major outbreaks in China, and its continuing zero tolerance policy, seei...

There is still a need – and money – for technology that can produce tangible results, but shiny futuristic projects are struggling to get funding. Chain.io, a cloud-based supply chain integration platform, secured $11m in funding from a group of venture capital firms a few days ago, which four o...

This month, Apple reportedly decided to shift some iPad production to Vietnam after having been more exposed to Beijing’s Covid lockdowns than some of its tech rivals. Two of them, Samsung and LG, already have large manufacturing footprints in Vietnam, and have upped their investment in the countr...

The carrier informed Korea Exchange on Monday it had agreed to charter a pair of 7,700 teu ships with an expected delivery in H2 24 until the end of 2038. An HMM spokesperson said the company had not decided where to assign the newbuildings and would not confirm the charterer. But on Wednesday, Ange...

The new terminal is expected to be operational by the early summer of next year, confirmed Cosumin Carstea CEO of DP World Romania. Mr Carstea admitted that the opportunity had arisen within the context of the Ukrainian war, which has resulted with Ukranian freight being diverted to other Black Sea ...

The vessels will operate autonomously between Oslo Fjord and Rotterdam, said the carrier. Are Gråthen, CEO, Samskip Norway, added: “Together, Samskip and Ocean Infinity will also accelerate plans to advance autonomous ship technologies and remote operation of ships and cargo handling equipment. T...

A survey of SME shippers by Freightos shows that more than half the respondents have placed peak season orders early in the hope of building inventory, while two-thirds said they were already experiencing a decrease in demand, which most of them attributed to inflation. This early booking seems to h...

Negotiations in Bremen between German trade union ver.di and the Central Association of German Seaport Companies (ZDS) broke down yesterday. Beginning at 6am, the strikes are affecting the ports of Bremerhaven, Hamburg and Wilhelmshaven – road, rail and sea cargo, Maersk said – and run until 6am...

This follows concerns over particularly heavy container losses from around the autumn of 2020 to spring 2021. According to the WSC’s latest figures, some 3,113 containers were lost in the 2020-2021 period, a 400% increase on the losses during the two previous years, prompting the increase in the r...

The dearth of capacity at the onset of Covid, and high demand for air cargo, saw aviation safety authorities tweak the rules to allow the carriage of cargo in passenger cabins – on seats, or with seats removed. In many cases, the exemptions provided the sole income for belly-only airlines after pa...