Air cargo players should accelerate collaboration efforts to grow pharmaceutical volumes, delegates heard at last week’s Air Cargo China event in Shanghai.
However, major airlines are divided on the benefits of joining cross-industry collaboration groups such as Pharma.Aero.
“Some pharma …
Although the fire-ravaged Maersk Honam is due to berth at Jebel Ali today, the discharge of its undamaged containers is likely to be further delayed.
Surveyors representing P&I clubs and local authorities will want to carry out detailed inspections.
The …
Blockchain in Transport Alliance (BiTA), the nascent North American association of transport and logistics companies looking to develop industry standards for the use of blockchain technology in logistics, yesterday launched a sister organisation for supply chain professionals.
Although BiTA has …
Express operators are ramping up investments in automation and warehousing to offset margin pressures associated with rising B2C deliveries.
In the US, the likes of FedEx, UPS and US Postal Service (USPS) dominate express services, but while the latter has …
The UK Road Haulage Association (RHA) has criticised the Department for Transport (DfT) for not consulting the haulage industry over proposals for easing congestion on the roads to Dover.
Announced last week, Operation Brock will see one carriageway between junctions …
Tensions between China and the US aren’t the only storm clouds in global trade. The South China Morning Post has this great piece of analysis pointing to other potential flashpoints. Economic uncertainty, rising oil prices, rising interest rates, and slowdowns …
MSC is the first ocean carrier to react to diminishing returns caused by soaring fuel costs and announce an emergency bunker surcharge across its services.
It said that, with oil at now around $80 per barrel, the situation was “no …
