Robert Keen (pictured above, middle), director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), has been presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Global Freight Awards. 
Mr Keen has worked in the industry for some 50 years, at a …

I was in Hamburg this week where my contacts, rather surprisingly, barely mentioned DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DHL GFF) and the latest performance of its air, ocean and road freight activities. Perhaps I landed in the wrong city, I silently …

“While the global container demand, as expected, was lower in Q3 due to weaker growth in the global economy, AP Moller-Maersk continued to improve the operating results. We delivered strong free cash flow and a return on invested capital of …

IATA could face a serious backlash from CASS payments system participants – as well as financial supervisory authorities – over allegations of financial irregularities. 
IATA has been reported to German financial authority Bafin over potentially significant issues in its CASS …

The political crisis engulfing Bolivia is beginning to have a major impact on supply chains serving the country.
According to the government, anti-government protests, which began on 20 October, have caused the country to lose US$167m through “impeded commerce and …

Hapag-Lloyd succeeded in putting “profits over market share” in its third quarter, according to container shipping analyst Lars Jensen.
The carrier posted a net profit of $168m in Q3, achieved from higher average freight rates on flat volume growth.
For …

South Korean carrier Hyundai Merchant Marine today reported a third-quarter operating loss of KRW46.6bn (US$39.8m), representing a 62.1% year-on-year improvement on last year’s Q3 loss of KRW123.1bn.

The company said the improvement largely came about as a result of its …