IATA claims global aviation is on course for a “decade in the black”.
However, the annual pace of growth in cargo is well below last year’s “exceptional” performance.
Despite the slowdown, the association remains relatively positive about future growth, albeit …

PD Ports has launched another degree programme in collaboration with Teesside University, as it seeks to bolster the skills base in the logistics sector.
The chartered management degree (CMDA) will be provided to an initial group of 20 management staff …

Greater trade is expected between the EU and Japan following yesterday’s approval of a trade agreement, which will come into force in February. It creates an open trading zone of 635m people, accounting for almost one third of world GDP.…

There is talk that softer 2019 adjusted ebitda guidance for XPO Logistics, which emerged yesterday, was behind its 9.6% fall in the day on the stock exchange on Wednesday.
I understand we always need to find correlations and/or causations in …

A quick one from the bunker in Horsham, England: XPO Logistics shares were halted in early US trade on Wednesday, pending an unscheduled corporate event announcement. Figure the excitement after my take on Tuesday, headed: “XPO Logistics ‘officially a takeover …

Asia-Europe overland services are strengthening as speed, security and rates improve.
The latest overhaul comes from Davies Turner, which offers a weekly rail import service for LCL shipments from China to the UK.
The forwarder has restructured its service so …

It “remains to be seen” whether CMA CGM’s agreement to list its rates on Freightos’ online marketplace will be successful outside its transpacific pilot phase, says Alphaliner.
The French carrier announced last week it had become the first container line …