Transport Intelligence reports:
With the planned takeover of the logistics group LOXX from Gelsenkirchen, Rhenus intends to strengthen its activities in Germany and Europe. LOXX has a clear commitment to international operations, particularly cross-border general cargo, LTL and FTL business. …
DB Schenker’s decision to suspend road transport services to the UK will “go down like a lead balloon”, amid mounting criticism of multinational forwarders’ handling of the post-Brexit processes.
Germany-headquartered DB Schenker yesterday informed customers via email it would be …
The post-Hanjin evolution of South Korea’s shipping industry took another step forward last month with the formation of the K-Alliance.
Comprising HMM, SM Line, Pan Ocean and recently merged Sinokor Merchant Marine and Heung-A Line, the alliance will strengthen the …
Maersk has denied that a communications outage today was a new cyber-attack.
The shipping line confirmed it had experienced “IT network issues impacting the connectivity across AP Møller-Maersk”.
“This means employees are experiencing issues with logging-on to the central IT …
Guaranteed compensation and good customer service are in very rare supply these days, especially in sea freight.
However, Cainiao, Alibaba’s logistics arm, has pledged cheaper, more reliable shipping services to its customers – and promised to compensate them for delays.…
The absence of open containerships on the charter market has resulted in carriers being forced to conclude fixtures months into the future.
Moreover, the duration of time-charters has lengthened considerably, it is becoming increasingly common to see terms agreed for …
That the fourth quarter (Q4 ’20) was a boon for the ocean freight trade, everybody knew. If anything, less bullish headlines may come from air freight action, after a Q4 ’20 that could be remembered as the quarter preceding the …
