The growth of Asia-Europe container rail services has been one of the great transport success stories of the past five years. However, a Reuters visit to the Polish town of Malaszewicze, close to the Belorussian border, shows the downside of …

Cathay Pacific has appointed Frank Yau take over from Aaron Chan as head of cargo sales, Hong Kong, in September.
Mr Yau was previously based in Shanghai as cargo airlines partnership manager.
He joined Cathay in 2007, holding a variety …

Agility, a leading global logistics provider, has opened a new, 21,000-square-meter warehouse in Gothenburg, Sweden, increasing total space in the country to 45,000 square meters.

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Atlas Air has increased its full-year profit outlook by 5%, citing high demand and its strong market position.
In an analyst presentation, the company forecast a 35-40% increase on 2017’s adjusted net profit of $133.7m, on revenues of $2.6bn.
The …

Despite the move last week by the 2M alliance to withdraw one of its transpacific loops, ocean carriers are failing to keep capacity in check, according to latest analysis by Alphaliner.
Faced with falling utilisation levels on vessels sailing from …

Crowd-sourced freight rate benchmarking platform Xeneta today unveiled a new container freight rate index to help shippers develop contracts with their 3PLs and carriers.
The Norway-headquartered start-up, which claims some 65 million rates recorded in its database, said the Xeneta …

Fearful of losing its status as a key trading port for the UK post-Brexit, the Dutch gateway of Rotterdam is planning trials on UK shipments this year to discover possible choke points after the UK leaves the EU at the …