UK logistics operator Connect Group has appointed Jozef (Jos) Opdeweegh (pictured above) as its new chief executive from 1 September.
Mr Opdeweegh is credited as being one the chief architects of the spin-off of the logistics unit of the giant …

APL today unveiled the new Japan Russia Express (JRX) service, the only weekly Japan-Russia ocean freight service to be available in the marketplace.
A jointly operated service with TG FESCO, the JRX service will be characterised by its unparalleled transit …

INTTRA, the largest neutral network, software and information provider at the center of the ocean shipping industry, today announced the addition of Turkon Line, the latest regional carrier to join its rapidly expanding network.

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Orient Overseas International (OOIL) has reported increased liftings but lower average revenue per container in its final quarterly operational update for container arm OOCL.
With 4.7% more capacity than in Q2 17, the number of containers carried across the carrier’s …

Shippers are pushing forwarders for more certainty on post-Brexit customs – some now actively working with a presumption of a hard Brexit.
Meanwhile, the UK Road Haulage Association (RHA) has slammed MPs claiming “no deal is better than a bad …

Chinese shipping giant Cosco appears to have largely got its US IT system back to normal following last week’s ransomware cyber attack that left its North American operations crippled.
In a customer advisory from its Shanghai headquarters, Cosco says its …

The South China Morning Post is reporting that the US is winning its trade war with China. With the Chinese market exporting five times as much to the US as goods coming the other way, the report claims the US …