Group chairman and CEO Rodolphe Saadé said that the French logistics group would remain “mobilised” to meet the supply chain challenges faced by its customers. “We are also vigilant in the face of the risk of a deterioration in the global economic situation, linked to the pandemic, the rise i...

The new service expands DB Schenker’s groupage system freight network to include standardised B2C shipping, thereby increasing its delivery range from 22m companies to 195m private households in Europe. This enlargement is a response to the increasing demand for B2C delivery and the ongoing megatr...

Founded in 1997 by CEO Wong Tat Shing and chairman Ramthur Chim, the group has incorporated ENL Group Holdings in the Cayman Islands to apply for a listing in Hong Kong. The listing prospectus, filed on 30 May, did not give any timeframe and fund-raising target for the IPO. The group started out wit...

In addition, Kale is thought to be tendering for Kenya’s new airport development project, though Mr More was non-committal about this. Mr More, speaking to Logistic-News on the sidelines of Air Cargo India last week, said technology would transform “the way business operations and B2B transaction...

However, forwarders have warned that ‘business as usual’ remains a long way off for China’s biggest container port hub, given the ongoing restrictions and the inevitable supply chain hangover from two months of hard lockdown. Residents can now move freely about the city, but they must have a n...

The off dock depot, BM Container Depot Ltd, is a Netherlands-Bangladesh joint venture, located at Sitakunda, Chittagong. It had been housing 16 chemical-laden export containers, full of hydrogen peroxide, which may have caused the blasts after a fire erupted in a container at 9pm Saturday. Firefight...

We also look at the build-up to the peak shipping season, air cargo freight rate updates, a look at the preparedness of US surface transport, and the latest regulations covering the vast business that is the global illegal wildlife trade. Guests Dennis Grady, vic...

However, the problem extends further up the hierarchy: supply chain management is another segment hit by shortages, according to numbers released by LinkedIn. Widely used for forging connections between professionals, the business web platform uses member profiles to calculate how many people leave ...

Commissioner Rebecca Dye writes: “The commission lacks the regulatory tools to deal with the numerous new charges imposed on US shippers and truckers by ocean carriers and marine terminals through tariffs and with other supply chain dislocations.” According to the FF29 report, competition betwee...

The SPAC, Gesher 1 Acquisition Corp, was listed on Nasdaq in October. In addition to the merger with Gesher, which allows Freightos to list without going through the book-building stage, the combined entity has raised some $80m in capital commitments, with an additional $10m from Qatar Airways, $60m...