Getting out of bed slightly later than usual when deal talk is frantic, casually joined by the lyrics of “Let’s get it on” by Marvin Gaye, was quite appropriate for a Friday like few others where I had a choice …

NIKKEI ASIA reports:
 The $20 billion buyout offer for Toshiba by CVC Capital Partners gives the Japanese conglomerate a chance to part ways with activist investors and focus on growth strategy. But the deal faces a number of hurdles involving …

Containership owners are instructing their brokers not to entertain fixture offers of less than 12 months, and some are insisting on minimum two-year charters.
The charter market boxship boom that began in the larger sizes has filtered through to the …

CargoiQ, the quality management system for air cargo, is to expand its brief to capture end-to-end shipment data from other modes – and expand its reach to engage better with SMEs.
The IATA-led association is to test trucking milestones as …

Seko Logistics management reckons it’s time to shift gears to a collective effort on sustainability.
The logistics provider has joined the Sustainable Air Freight Alliance (SAFA), an industry initiative established by BSR, an organisation of sustainable business experts.
SAFA has …

One thing I’ve learnt is seldom to follow shipping company CEOs for salient insights into supply chain trades and trends.
That conclusion was reinforced when I read AP Moller-Maersk (APMM) CEO Soren Skou’s recent comments in The Financial Times (FT) …

It has been an avalanche of M&A – in the fullest sense of the term – for listed Indian port operator Adani Ports & Special Economic Zones (APSEZ, to give it its full name) in recent months.
It may have …