The canine screening programme in the US has become a victim of its own success; there are fears that demand will outpace supply,
New ICAO rules from 2021 will require all freight to be screened, which in part can be …

Better visibility and more responsive supply chains are the only way for shippers and their forwarders to respond to problems related to slow-steaming and containership schedule unreliability.
At last week’s TOC Americas Container Supply Chain event in Cartagena, Bill Rooney, …

Seaspan has reported its highest vessel utilisation rate since 2011.
The non-operating containership owner announced its latest quarterly results today.
Chief executive Bing Chen explained: “Our focus on operational excellence, together with Customer Partnership as the preferred solution provider of …

Mors tua vita mea – your death, my life – is a Latin mantra that perfectly applies to the current situation of stateside freighter operators ATSG and Atlas Air.
And the more the latter struggles, the higher the former flies, …

Ocean Network Express (ONE) could “pay the price” for not investing in scrubber technology.
According to Alphaliner, the carrier will be more exposed than its rivals to the higher cost of low-sulphur fuel.
The consultant said the Japanese carrier was …

US freight forwarder Expeditors managed to overcome volume declines in both ocean and air freight to report a 2% increase in third-quarter operating income.
The company said group revenues for the third quarter had declined by 1% to $2.1bn, on …

Australia’s terminal operators have offset dwindling container volumes and quayside revenue by hiking controversial ‘port infrastructure’ charges.
According to the Container stevedoring monitoring report 2018-19, published today by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), throughput at the country’s terminals …