Here are some key highlights of comprehensive research – headed: “Global freight forwarder tracker” – published by UBS on Monday, 23 March, spanning air and ocean freight performance for the major freight forwarders worldwide (emphasis in bold added):
– “Chinese …

LONDON – One of the finest books I’ve read in recent months has been on my mind a lot lately.
The Beauty and the Sorrow, by Swedish war correspondent Peter Englund, tells the story of the First World War using …

Freight representatives have urged European governments to back this week’s EC guidelines to implement green lanes at border points to keep shipments moving across the continent.
Despite new EC’s green lanes guidelines which stipulate that border crossings should take no …

CMA CGM is launching a new premium product tomorrow that, it claims, offers customers transport guarantees and priority boarding across its liner network.
“Seapriority Go provides customers exclusive treatment,” said CMA CGM, “their goods will be given priority whether it …

The national governments in the USMCA zone, the US< Mexico and Canada, have closed their borders with each other to non-essential traffic, but trucks are free to roll across.
However, after a spike, trucking activity is expected to slow down …

Emirates is to move its operations out of Dubai World Central (DWC), back to Dubai International Airport (DXB) from 1 April.
DWC opened in 2010 and was expected to be Dubai’s main hub.
But in a note to customers, the …

 The UK’s forwarding and logistics sector is pleading with the government to “put politics to one side” and extend the Brexit transition period, as it grapples with the impact of coronavirus.
Stating that it would be “irresponsible” of the government …