Maersk Mr Hausmann said the Danish group had always had subsidiaries playing in the air freight arena: forwarder Damco, now rebranded and re-integrated; and Star Air, basically an ACMI provider mostly to UPS and DHL. Over the past 18 months or so, driven by the cash amassed from the exceptional...

MSC will impose a $1,500 per container GRI for Indian shipments to the US and San Juan (Puerto Rico) from 4 July, as well as a peak season surcharge (PSS) of $500 per box on its India-US connections, sending current average rates further northwards as the supply side looks set to tighten in the week...

The source of the discontent was the Safe Trucking Freight Rates System, which is due to expire in December, but citing rising fuel costs, the truck drivers wanted it to be extended. After initial talks fell through Sunday, both sides resumed negotiations yesterday, and the Ministry of Land, Infrast...

Allseas Shipping Company (ASC), a joint-venture between Allseas Global and First Containers, was formally launched at the Multimodal show in Birmingham, because, says the forwarder, it wants to maintain its independence. “When we launched this, it came under the banner of the China Express, which ...

The groups met with President Joe Biden on Friday onboard the battleship USS Iowa in San Pedro, California, to discuss a range of issues, including congestion and their “shared commitment to reach a collective bargaining agreement that is fair to both parties”. The current agreement expires at 5...

As the strike reached its eighth day today, KITA urged truckers to consider the long-term economic effects of the strike and resume negotiations with the government. It said it had received 236 complaints from members, alleging financial damage from the strike that has resulted in delays to cargo de...

The move will allow exports of Ukrainian products through Poland, circumventing Russian-allied Belarus. Over the weekend, Ukraine’s deputy foreign minister, Dmytro Senik, told Reuters there were some 30 million tonnes of grain stored in silos in Ukraine since the blockade of its Black Se...

Both the federal government in Ottawa and the province of New Brunswick have dug up funds to support its expansion and are pumping C$37.8m (US$29.9m) into the project, which will add a second berth and rail track to more than double rail capacity. Transport Canada is allocating C$21m to increasing p...

He claims regulatory intervention is necessary for a more democratic logistics sector to emerge. Speaking on a platform with Maersk’s UK and Ireland representative, Samantha Brocklehurst, and Nick Winder, of WIN Logistics Group, at this year’s Multimodal show in Birmingham, the debate turned to ...

President Yoon Suk-yeol has made it clear there will be no government intervention as the truckers.  He said: “Only when the government sticks to the law and principles and remains neutral, do I believe labour and management will be able to build the capacity to freely resolve their issues on...