More airlines should look to penalise customers that don’t use electronic air waybills (AWBs), delegates heard yesterday at Air Cargo Americas in Miami.
One year ago, Lufthansa Cargo introduced a €12 fee for using paper AWBs, a process it said …

US meat producers must be licking their lips at the prospect of Chinese demand for their product going through the roof.
A planned agreement between Beijing and Washington envisages China ramping-up purchases of US agriculture exports to a level of …

The New York Times writes: “Fiat Chrysler and PSA of France announced on Thursday that they plan to merge, a combination that would create Europe’s largest carmaker and the fourth largest in the world. The announcement came after a round …

Relentless pressure on costs has forced shipping lines to embrace the wave of digitisation sweeping the ocean container freight industry.
Frank Smet, chief commercial officer at Hamburg Süd, told delegates at the keynote session of the TOC Americas Container Supply …

WFS has joined a growing group of companies, including Amazon and United Airlines, that are rejecting traditional plastics.
The company has signed an agreement with M&G Packaging, which makes biodegradable plastics for the air cargo industry.
One roll of plastic …

Decarbonisation is now the second most important issue for the shipping industry, according to a report released today by the Global Maritime Forum.
The Global Maritime Issues Monitor 2019, which surveyed respondents from 46 countries, ranked only the “global economic …

Growth in warehouse capacity in the US has finally caught up with demand – but any oversupply may be shortlived and is not expected to nudge prices down.
For the first time in nine years, new supply of industrial real …