TRANSPORT TOPICS reports:
Ashley Furniture Industries affiliate Ashley Pacific Northwest on Nov. 22 entered into an agreement to acquire certain assets of Wilson Logistics.
Ashley Pacific Northwest is a regional unit of Ashley Distribution Services, both of which support the …

Maersk’s forwarding and NVOCC customers are being targeted by competitor lines as the Danish carrier prepares to restrict their bookings to its online Maersk Spot platform next year.
Meanwhile, container spot rate indices, the bedrock for the Maersk platform, are …

DSV continues to charter ships to overcome the shipping capacity shortage, with vessels heading from Vietnam to the US.
The Danish forwarder has chartered the multipurpose Lila Mumbai, which has 1,864 teu of container capacity, from Greek owner Pontos Marine.…

Israeli carrier Zim has confirmed that its chartered  and damage-stricken vessel Zim Kingston will depart its mooring at Constance Bank today, bound for Port Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
The company said the Danaos-owned vessel would remain at Nanaimo before it …

One of the biggest mergers in the container handling equipment sector – a key provider to the supply chain – is looking increasingly shaky by the day, as competition regulators around the world begin to voice their opposition.
The proposed …

The worst nightmare of a brilliant CFO who talked to me well before Covid-19, behind close doors four years ago – when still so many referred to the freight forwarders as the smart ones in the chain – has become …

As it continues to drive its container line services towards a high majority of long-term contract business, Maersk has introduced six different types of agreement for the 2022 tender season.
The launch of the new contract options comes as rumours …