It’s not just the carriers happily filling their coffers, forwarders are also having a stellar year.
Airfreight in particular has pushed up Kuehne + Nagel’s returns.
K+N said this morning, as it released its first-half results, it had delivered an …
Ordering new ships has been an activity heavily freighted with peril over the last decade or so. Carriers have generally been highly wary of new tonnage since the fall-out from the global financial crisis, when an unprecedented decline in volumes …
In the fourth episode of The Loadstar Podcast, Mike King is joined by The Loadstar’s news editor Nick Savvides to examine the latest efforts of the Biden administration and the Federal Maritime Commission to tackle shipping costs,
They’re joined by …
The Chinese government has protested to its South Korean counterpart over the imposition of hefty fines on 23 liner operators allegedly involved in collective freight price-fixing.
The group comprises 12 Korean companies and a few foreign ones, including some Chinese …
One minute before midnight on Sunday, Class I rail operator Union Pacific (UP) slammed on the brakes and halted intermodal services from west coast ports to its Global IV terminal near Chicago.
The embargo affects the ports of Long Beach, …
Leicester-based logistics outfit Translink Express is to invest “tens of thousands” in retraining employees to address worsening driver shortages.
Commercial director at Translink Chris Hobbis told The Loadstar the company would allow staff to take the course during work hours …
Port congestion, sky high charters and booming import demand means little prospect of freight rate respite for shippers in Australia and New Zealand.
According to Shane Walden, MD of CMA CGM subsidiary ANL Container Line, port congestion in Auckland and …
