Customer relationships and industry expertise will remain the backbone of freight forwarding, despite the wave of digitalisation sweeping across the industry.
According to Norman Global Logistics (NGL) Asia’s managing director, Stefan Holmqvist, providing online cargo quotes and booking tools are …
Freight rates on the major east-west container trades continued to slide this week – although the precipitous fall during previous weeks has finally begun to flatten out.
According to this week’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), the freight rate from …
Cargo.one, the rate and booking platform for air freight, is gaining traction with airlines.
Finnair joined last week, and two more airlines are in the process of coming on board.
More than 150 forwarders have already signed up to use …
Hapag-Lloyd’s net profit came in at $54m last year after the carrier recovered well from a loss-making first six months, which in June obliged it to issue a profit warning.
Chief executive Rolf Habben Jansen said the transport group was …
Israeli container shipping line Zim yesterday posted a net loss for 2018 of $119.9m, despite a 9.2% increase in revenue to $3.2bn, a four-year high.
Zim said depressed freight rates in the first half and high bunker costs were the …
PSA International recorded a bounce in both revenues and volumes last year – but not enough to prevent a post-tax profit drop.
The port operator handled 81m teu over the 12-month period, up just shy of 10% on 2017, with …
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