But for shippers that rely on the less-than-truckload (LTL) sector, there is little hope of lower rates – if anything, they are likely to climb further. Collective revenues of US LTL carriers rose 20.4% last year to $50.7bn, according to SJ Consulting Group. In addition to the manufacturing sector...

The weekly service, operated by Hapag-Lloyd in a consortium deal with Ocean Network Express (ONE), will intermittently void calls at Nhava Sheva (JNPT), Mundra, Rotterdam, London Gateway and Antwerp from July through September. In addition, Hazira, the service’s third Indian port of call, will be ...

Working with its shipping affiliate Transfar Shipping, the service will involve three weekly shipments, each carrying 2,000-4,000 teu from Shanghai, Ningbo, Qingdao and Yantian to Los Angeles and Long Beach. A Cainiao spokesperson told Logistic-News: “Cargo departing China for the US west coas...

“Growing companies need great people to scale at velocity and, with Steen and Paul, I am confident we have two very accomplished logistics professionals who will challenge us to grow better and faster,” president and CEO James Gagne said. “Steen’s role is a new position for us and one that r...

The banana business was, and to a lesser extent still is, dominated by a handful of household names and, while Lidl’s creation, Tailwind Shipping, may not be a deliberate imitation of the shipping traditions of firms such as Geest, Dole, Fyffes, Chiquita and Del Monte, it does come from the same d...

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...