The sourcing shift to Vietnam will go into reverse if severe lockdown measures don’t end soon, business groups have warned.
Associations including AmCham, EuroCham, and Korean and Japanese business leaders have highlighted the growing financial costs and operational challenges from …

The air cargo industry has urged governments and stakeholders to prepare for what is expected to be a highly challenging air freight peak season.
The International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca) said yesterday that the industry is facing “unprecedented challenges” in …

Freightos claims to be able to offer guaranteed container capacity on ships, in a new feature on its booking platform.
The company said importers and exporters of all sizes can book “well-priced, guaranteed container space via an Asia-based vendor”.
It …

Fluctuating volumes, pandemic-induced government support schemes and staff shortage woes have left ground handlers facing “very different labour dynamics” across networks.
Chief operating officer of Menzies Aviation, Mervyn Walker, told The Loadstar the ongoing impact of Covid-19 differed country to …

The Roman Empire, which took several hundred years to build, finally fell when Germanic conquerors and other non-Roman dwellers in the second half of the fourth century AD invaded what later, in the Early Medieval Period, became known as the …

My, how time flies… while it still resides in recent memory, it is now nearly 20 years since Singapore’s container terminal operator PSA experienced a Damascene conversion that saw it throw out its traditional, independent common user model and instead …

SUPPLY CHAIN DIVE reports:
Container ship charter rates are at all-time highs, but companies are still pursuing charters because the alternative is worse.
Extreme times call for extreme measures, Descartes Systems Group CEO Edward Ryan said in his assessment of …