Transpacific air freight rates are surging again, with prices up more than 8% in the past week.
China to the US saw rates rise 8.6% to $5.16, while Hong Kong to the US jumped 9% to $5.35, according to the …

Although the US went through a phase of re-opening in June, intermodal traffic volumes remained stubbornly depressed.
With mounting concerns of further downward pressure on the economy from Covid-19, this is causing worries that its recovery will remain elusive for …

Hapag-Lloyd is the latest carrier to announce a shipment guarantee premium product, which it claims will “increase supply chain efficiency” for customers.
Loaded as Booked is the fourth part of the carrier’s rollout of 10 quality promises through to the …

Another day, and more technological innovations are announced, and today’s sample is interesting: a portable inventory audit app.
Using RFID, Wave allows users to take an inventory audit in real time via a handheld device, which connects to a server.…

Noatum Logistics has appointed Ramon Gallen (pictured above) as its new managing director of Asia, replacing Marco Gaeta, who has been in the role for the last eight years.
Mr Gallen joined Noatum Logistics in December 2014 as deputy managing …

Geodis has appointed Gary O’Connor (pictured above) as its new managing director of Ireland.
His brief is to focus “on developing business in the healthcare sector while growing the company’s influence over well-established verticals, including e-commerce, high tech and FMCG”.…

It takes a huge leap of faith – or just a blind leap – at the moment to suggest the mere thought that M&A could happen and be transformational, too, in freight forwarding (FF) and, more broadly, shipping and logistics. …