While Shanghai emerged from a two-month Covid-19 lockdown early this month, parts of the port city have had movement restrictions re-imposed after new outbreaks. Nippon Express has developed barge routes covering the Greater Bay Area by detouring by land to the east (Huizhou Port) and west (Zhuhai P...

This is more than the world’s fifth GHG-emitting country; however, given the cross-border nature of the maritime sector, it is not addressed in the national determined contributions (NDCs). The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has challenged the shipping industry to cut annual GHG em...

I’m not talking about ethics advisor Lord Geidt’s resignation from the employ of the UK prime minister, although that is one of the many cases in point, but in particular I’m thinking of the UK government’s persistent refusal to discuss its plans with the media. In a top-down government stru...

In the past, Boeing would move planes down the assembly line and install the missing parts afterwards. This time it paused aircraft on the line. Boeing has a host of undelivered 737 MAXs and 787s on its hands, the latter owing to inspections and repairs after small cracks were found in structural jo...

The White House announced that Mr Biden’s signature meant the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) could issue new rules “related to certain fee assessments, prohibited practices”. In addition, OSRA will establish a shipping registry while also authorising the FMC, in certain circumstances, to is...

Supply chain stakeholders mitigate disruption through planning and operational measures. However, effective information exchange sits at the heart of smooth-running container shipping, and this is still hampered by manual, paper-based processes, and unstandardised data. Tackling supply chain disrupt...

The ability to move containers rapidly off the docks is seen as vital to cope with high traffic volumes and is fuelling several long-term projects. Rail expansion is a major element of the port of LA’s budget for the coming fiscal year, which was formally adopted last week. The $1.9bn budget inclu...

INSTC is a 7,200km multimodal, cross-border freight network that links Russia to Central Asia, Iran and India, involving sea, rail and road links. It was initiated by India, Russia and Iran in 2000, with an agreement signed in 2002, but was never used to its full potential. In the original concept, ...

Mr Wieringa said Maersk’s air cargo arm planned to triple in size in the next few years, and would widen its scope to more geographies and verticals. “We will do that by means of organic growth, but we will still keep an eye on the inorganic agenda.” He said: “We used to be very much focused...

Management has raised the quarterly dividend by more than 50%, tied executive compensation and investment to shareholder return performance and brought in two external directors to the board, with a third to follow. To the delight of shareholders, FedEx announced the quarterly dividend would be rais...