DANISH shipping giant Maersk has announced a new multi-year logistics partnership with UK-based construction equipment manufacturer JCB, under which it will become the new global Lead Logistics Provider (LLP) for JCB. Maersk will…
CONTAINER throughput in Chinese ports continued stable growth in the first eight months of the year, according to data from the Ministry of Transport, reports Xinhua. In the January-August period, 194.4 million TEU…
THE total lifting capacity of the Airbus Defence and Space-developed loading system to move outsized military cargo into the A300-600ST reaches 35 tonnes. Airbus successfully tested the capability of the loading system, which…
US freight railroads and unions have reached a tentative contract agreement brokered by the Biden administration, averting a strike that would have crippled the country’s already fragile supply chain. President Joe Biden, in…
BRITISH unions called a halt to planned industrial action as the death of the Queen put the United Kingdom in a state of mourning, reports Bloomberg. Some 115,000 Royal Mail staff ended a…
THE purchasing managers index for the 19-nation euro zone slipped to 49.6 in August from 49.8 in July, according to S&P Global, thus signaling a downturn for global trade, reports Bloomberg. Germany and…
FRESH salmon exports could put the Faroe Islands on the international air freight map after the launch of a dedicated service from the North Atlantic archipelago to the US and other markets. Salmon…
RED Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) has been selected by Bangladeshi Ministry of Shipping as the preferred operator of the 500,000 TEU annual throughput capacity facility now under construction at the busiest container port…
OVER the last two years the air cargo industry has benefitted from a modal shift from ocean to air, but leading forwarders have indicated that the trend started to reverse in the second…
BRAZIL’s Terminal de Conteineres de Paranagua (TCP) has announced the increase of the operational draft of its Paranagua Container Terminal to accommodate bigger ships, reports London’s Port Technology. The berth draft has been…
