The European Commission has said it does not regard the huge container spot rate increases between Asia and Europe as sufficient justification to investigate carriers for an infringement of the Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for consortia.
The European Shippers’ Council …

New measures against the spread of Covid-19 infections in Hong Kong could cost Cathay Pacific up to a quarter of its cargo capacity.
The Hong Kong authorities are planning a 14-day quarantine and seven-day medical surveillance mandate for flight crews …

As the ocean freight capacity crunch rolls on, Maersk has launched a cross-country rail service in India.
Running over 2,000km, from Kolkata, in the north-east, to Nhava Sheva port in Mumbai, Maersk put on the dedicated train service for one …

DB Schenker has aggressively taken on chartered air freight capacity – and plans more – as it seeks to consolidate and grow its position in the market.
But it has ruled out a permanent move to its own controlled network.…

After a turbulent year that shifted its focus firmly to the intercontinental arena, heyworld, the e-commerce offshoot of Lufthansa Cargo, is set to expand its reach.
The European response to the Covid-19 pandemic last spring had a profound impact on …

The U–Freight Group has restructured the management team at its headquarters in Amsterdam.
Robert Rens (pictured) has been promoted from operations manager to operations director and will take responsibility for work undertaken by current MD in the Netherlands, Cas Scheij, …

Michael White, former president of IATA US offshoot Cargo Network Services (CNS), is to join his predecessor, Lionel van de Walt, on the board of PayCargo.
Mr White, who left CNS after 12 years in December alongside a slew of …