The weekend saw the number of recorded coronavirus cases globally soar to 78,000, with new clusters of the disease emerging in Iran, South Korea and Italy, putting further strains on global supply chains.
The ramifications of what is now on …

HMM has muscled its way into THE Alliance’s Asia-Middle East offering in the newly launched network.
However, the South Korean carrier has still not decided to participate in THEA’s transatlantic network, after it pulled out of its slot charter deal …

DSV is to take advantage of Panalpina’s aircraft capacity to operate to China as supply chains begin to work again.
Other operators, however, such as Cargologicair, appear to have suspended services globally.
DSV said that there was some 5,000 tons …

The maritime industry is ramping-up efforts to optimise port calls and introduce just-in-time (JIT) shipping.
If successful, the IMO and IAPH-led initiatives could tackle two of liner shipping’s biggest challenges: improving schedule reliability and meeting the industry’s ambitious decarbonisation targets.…

As the battle for last-mile supremacy rages on, the question over differences between US government status for FedEx and UPS may likely arise.
FedEx Express’s status is via the Railway Labor Act, while UPS falls within National Labor Relations Act …

2019 container shipping results were good, judging by the fourth-quarter (Q4) and annual numbers released by market leader AP Møller-Mærsk (APMM) and smaller rival Hapag-Lloyd last week.
Despite soft revenues and reported net losses, the Danes generated over $500m in …

American continental freight all-rounder JB Hunt has had better years, but it’s also had worse.
Full-year revenue in 2019, it said last month, was up 6% to $9.2bn, with operating income up 8% to $734m, albeit off a ropey 2018.…