Sources in the container shipping industry are closely watching the latest development of many of their counter-parties in the freight forwarding trade, with ocean market leader Kuehne + Nagel drawing the attention of most of my contacts, for obvious reasons.…

A new report from UK Major Ports Group (UKMPG) has established what most container truckers and their customers know from everyday experience: that vast amounts of time are lost due to road congestion.
A Strategic Freight Network for the UK …

The air freight industry is embracing digitisation this year as one forwarder signs up to an online spot rate platform and two airlines beef up their offering with a cloud-based cargo business tool. 
JAS Forwarding is to work with cargo.one, …

SEEKING ALPHA reports: “Walmart will pay an average of $87.5K per year to its truck drivers starting next month, according to CNBC. The increase in pay by the retail giant is due largely to a national shortage of truck drivers. …

Press Release: 28TH JANUARY 2019

A new intermodal rail freight service connecting the Port of Felixstowe with the Birch Coppice terminal in the Midlands has been launched by GB Railfreight.
The first locomotive on the service left Birch Coppice at …

Ceva Logistics’ board of directors has recommended shareholders not to accept this morning’s offer from CMA CGM of Sfr30 per share.
The board told shareholders its decision was “based on a comprehensive review of the revised business plan for the …

OOCL has released operational results for the fourth quarter of 2018 which suggest trading conditions continued to improve for global container carriers in the final months of last year.
The fourth-quarter and full-year results of the world’s largest container line, …