MARKETWATCH reports: “The escalation of the U.S.-China trade fight — and the threat of further tit-for-tat measures — marks a significant risk to both countries and the world economy, analysts said. The U.S. early Friday increased tariffs on $200 billion …

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Maersk Line has announced it is cutting its FAK rates from Asia to Northern Europe from 16 May, as ocean carriers serving the trade continue to suffer from soft demand ahead of the peak season.
The Danish container line will …

And so it has come to pass: the US has hiked tariffs on $200bn-worth of imported goods from China – and China has vowed to retaliate. 
Tariffs have now gone up from 10% to 25% on a wide range of …

 Amazon has undeniably disrupted the logistics business: it has boosted air freight; flaunted the benefits of technology; and changed the landscape of warehousing.
But, warned Airport Industrial Property Unit Trust’s (AIPUT) fund manager Nick Smith this week, it must be …

The first-quarter (Q1) results of DHL Global Forwarding, Freight (DGFF) were simply outstanding. Never, in recent memory, has the air freight market leader by volumes achieved such a solid quarterly performance on so many levels, with record operating income, or …

As I wrote for Transport Intelligence: “SingPost’s annual results to the end of March 2019, which were released this week, were a mixed bag, to put it mildly. Revenues rose 2.9% to S*$1.55bn from S$1.51bn one year earlier, largely thanks …