The Loadstar



UK shippers demand parliamentary inquiry into port congestion

Some of the UK’s largest shippers have written to MPs demanding a parliamentary inquiry into the port congestion crippling the country’s container supply chains.
A letter from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Food and Drink Federation (FDF) to Lilian …



SA: FedEx Q2 ’21 earnings preview

SEEKING ALPHA reports:
– FedEx (NYSE:FDX) is scheduled to announce Q2 earnings results on Thursday, December 17th, after market close.
– The consensus EPS Estimate is $4.01 (+59.8% Y/Y) and the consensus Revenue Estimate is $19.45B (+12.4% Y/Y).
– Analysts …



2020 radar: What we went through – and what’s next

With all the noise surrounding a structural lack of capacity in ocean and air freight; asset-heavy versus asset-light logistics in the vertical consolidation race; the resurgence of integrated logistics in the time of Covid-19 – well, all the major themes …