REUTERS reports: “Deutsche Bank was set on Sunday to confirm merger talks with fellow German lender Commerzbank, according to a person with knowledge of the matter, an indication of progress in efforts to combine the two businesses.”
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Italian terminal operator Contship Italia has confirmed it is in discussions to sell its Medcenter Container Terminal to MSC.
It’s a move that is likely to largely signal the end of common-user transhipment operations in the Mediterranean.
“Contship Italia has …

There were further significant falls in spot rates on the key transpacific and Asia-Europe tradelanes this week.
Today’s publication of the Shanghai Containerized Freight Index (SCFI) shows Asia to the US west coast spot rates fell another 6%, to $1,345 …

Lufthansa Cargo’s year trended upward in 2018, its results show, but early problems seen across its Europe and Middle East/Africa operations remain in play.
Lufthansa group chief financial officer Ulrik Svensson praised the cargo division, which recorded 7% growth in …

Logistics operators have welcomed Birmingham City Council’s one-year extemption for HGVs in its clean air zone (CAZ) proposals.
The Freight Transport Association (FTA), which has slammed numerous local councils over their CAZ plans, said the Birmingham exemption was indicative of …

Small- and medium-sized forwarders can boost the quality of their air freight services following the successful trial of a new control and planning tool.
Cargo iQ’s SME Solution provides forwarders with live-tracking of individual consignments.
Executive director Ariaen Zimmerman told …

I realise there’s a danger that we are all getting a little fatigue from the DSV/Panalpina story, but there is another update today: as expected, and as I wrote earlier this week on LinkedIn, the invitations for the extraordinary general …