Notwithstanding the start of the winter slack season the container charter market remains robust, buoyed by a shortage of tonnage caused by the substantial number of ships taken out of service for scrubber retrofitting.
According to Alphaliner data, there are …
Unlike some rivals, DHL eCommerce Solutions has no desire to get into the home delivery of bulky items like exercise equipment, white goods or furniture.
Craig Morris, vice-president product management, said his firm had no ambitions in that arena.
“We’re …
3PLs must invest in both people and technology – but experience in freight is no longer needed, delegates at the 3PL and Supply Chain Summit in Brussels, were told.
CH Robinson’s vice president Europe, Jeroen Eijsink, said people remained key …
Kuehne + Nagel up (+9.6%), DSV Panalpina down (-0.5%) on the stock market is the headline story at Wednesday’s close following the release of a respectable trading update by the Swiss company – in short, it’s momentarily 1-0 to yield …
The 2M, Maersk and MSC, are extending the suspension of their AE2/Swan Asia-North Europe loop by two weeks, until the end of November, suggesting that the traditional slack season could be softer than expected.
Ocean carriers plying the tradelane are …
Lufthansa Cargo is to expedite the phasing-out of its MD-11F fleet, no doubt owing to poor market conditions. CargoForwarder reports exclusively that the carrier will ground the aircraft by the end of next year, leaving it with a uniform 777 …
US freight forwarding group Rock-it Cargo, which specialises in providing logistics to the entertainment and live events industry, has increased its stake in Belgium’s Triple M Logistics.
In a statement Rock-It said it had made “a significant incremental investment” in …
