November will be a decisive month for ocean carriers as they go all out to push up container spot rates on the key tradelanes of Asia=Europe and the transpacific.
According to Alexander Borulev, commodity associate at S&P Global Platts, rates …
That sinking feeling continues: the Association of American Railroads (AAR) is looking back on a bleak year for intermodal traffic, and for the week that ended October 19, the organisation reported a 9.3% downturn in intermodal volumes.
The previous week …
The increasing data link-up between shippers and ports was in evidence last week when an Alibaba-led group, developing common standards for supply chain visibility, on the eve of its first anniversary released Enabling Logistics Visibility by Interconnecting Logistics Information Service …
A joint study by Maersk and Lloyds Register on the decarbonisation options for shipping unsurprisingly concludes that achieving the holy grail of net zero will cost money.
While the additional cost to build a ship with new fuel tanks, modified …
Managing orders and assets in a transparent, real-time and predictive manner are the basics of a number of digital freight marketplaces that have emerged in the past few years.
Locating capacity, either accepting a set rate or bidding on a …
As if there were any doubt that SoftBank had the financial wherewithal to double down on any investment, earlier this week came the news that the group had agreed “to spend more than $10bn to take over WeWork, (…), giving …
The other day I commented on WiseTech and its on-going reputational battle with shortseller J Capital Research (JCAP).
JCAP accuses WiseTech (in two reports available here) of financial impropriety and a failed acquisition strategy.
In that coverage, I noted that …
