DP World has completed its acquisition of European feeder and shortsea shipping line Unifeeder after this week securing clearance from European monopolies regulators.
The €660m deal – the first in which a port operator has taken over a carrier – …

Shippers remain unconvinced of the justification for the size of the surcharge ocean carriers are proposing to cover the cost of compliance with the IMO’s 2020 0.5% sulphur cap regulations.
One forwarder source told The Loadstar he had already had …

Clipper Logistics’ e-commerce service revenues have surpassed traditional freight forwarding services, during another strong half-year performance by the UK logistics operator.
Chairman Steve Parkin congratulated his team on the results for the six months to October, adding the company was …

Local knowledge is key to successful e-commerce delivery, with cultural differences affecting consumer expectations.
At last week’s DHL Media Week in New York, chief commercial officer of Deutsche Post DHL Katja Busch said how consumers wanted their goods delivered differed …

Clipper Logistics might have well reached that moment in business life where it has to decide what to do when it grows up.
Of course, for a small-cap operating in a country where the daily headlines are dominated by tales …

The EM3 provides direct linkage between the Middle East, India, Sri Lanka, Egypt, Greece and Turkey, offering more competitive and reliable services than transshipment options.  It also provides fast transit times to Egypt and Turkey.

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Transpacific ocean carriers have deployed an extra 22 loaders from China to the US since the middle of October, according to Alphaliner data, adding some 177,000 teu of capacity.
The capacity surge was in response to demand from shippers for …