Container spot freight rates on the Asia-North America routes are set to see double-digit increases next week, according to today’s reading of the Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI)
The rises anticipate a series of general rate increases in the trade, …

Russian transport operator Fesco ramped up container throughput in 2018, recording surging financials and record-breaking volumes for the year.
Following the 18% upturn in container volumes, it has announced a cooperation agreement with Russian Export Center (REC) and Rail Cargo …

Tigers has become the launch customer for a new instant freight rate quote engine. 
Developed by start-up Doozee, the tool will be hosted on the forwarder’s SmartHub:Connect portal and give Tigers’ agents around the world access to live quotes 
The …

Volkswagen has entered into a multi-year agreement with Amazon Web Services to build a cloud platform for managing the German automaker’s manufacturing plants and supply chain. According to Business Insider, the new platform will integrate more than 30,000 facilities and …

Shippers will no longer be faced with the choice of booking either a full container load (FCL) or a less-than-container load (LCL), under a new service developed by digital-first freight forwarder Flexport.
The San Francisco-headquartered forwarder yesterday unveiled its OceanMatch …

All damaged containers have now been unloaded from the fire-stricken Yantian Express, Hapag-Lloyd and Ocean Network Express (ONE) have advised shippers.
That is earlier than they had previously been advised – a week ago, Hapag-Lloyd said it would take until …

Intra-Asia demand and e-commerce played a pivotal role in another bumper performance for Kerry Logistics in 2018.
The company today reported a 24% increase in turnover to HK$38bn (US$4.84bn), generating some HK$2.4bn in profits, up 11%.
Managing director William Ma …