Hapag-Lloyd has adopted National Cargo Bureau’s Hazcheck Detect cargo screening tool, becoming the third top-ten carrier, after Maersk and ONE, to do so.
Like other systems of its type, Hazcheck scans bookings for suspicious key words – consignees misdeclaring hazardous …

Increased commercial power, diminished choice and competition, along with carrier exemption from competition regulations are distorting the container shipping market, according to the British International Freight Association (BIFA).
Its director general, Robert Keen, is the latest in a list of …

Forwarders are shifting volumes to congested-Shanghai to avoid landside delays, despite carrier schedules so far unaffected by the newest Covid-disruption at Ningbo.
Ningbo-Zhoushan Port has repeatedly fallen victim to China’s tough Covid restrictions over the past six months, with the …

Forwarders are threatening to stop using airlines whose handlers have very high charges in the UK following a severe increase in storage prices that they claim will cost the industry millions.
But handlers have pointed out their huge rise in …

Speculation about a possible union of South Korea’s two ocean-going liner operators has grown after SM Merchant Marine (also known as SM Line) extended its stake in HMM, and could increase its share further this year.
On 29 December, SM …

In North American trucking, the year has begun with a couple of takeovers, continuing the M&A trend that characterised the sector last year.
Canadian Bison Transport is buying truckload carrier Hartt Transportation, while Schneider National is taking over Midwest Logistics …

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December demand in the general air cargo market put a final dampener on 2021 peak season volumes as continuing supply chain issues, congestion on the ground, and concerns over the new Omicron virus suppressed any end-of-year uptick, according …