Jun 12, 2021
Sea & Rail in the spotlight as ocean freight rates to Europe soar again
Demand is growing for an alternative service to Sea & Rail, which uses transcontinental cross-border freight rail from Russia and China...
Demand is growing for an alternative service to Sea & Rail, which uses transcontinental cross-border freight rail from Russia and China...
DHL Express has started to limit the weight of shipments from all over the world to the US. This was in response to a sharp increase in...
Nippon Express (China) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Koryo Shipping (Shanghai), the Chinese headquarters of Korea...
According to the International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), in the second half of fiscal 2020, exports totaled 996,446 TEUs...
Air Freight consolidation shipments from Japan in April totaled 110,481 tons (+104.0% y/y) and 253,455 cases (+40.8% y/y). The weight...
The impact of the stranding incident in the Suez Canal on the container trade is beginning to show. Ocean freight rates from Asia to the...
ANA Cargo (ANA/NH) reported that local Chinese authorities are tightening restrictions and quarantine measures on cargo originating from...
On April 20, the National Federation of Port and Harbor Workers' Unions (NFFW) notified the Japan Port Transport Association that it is...
The ranking of forwarders of international air cargoes originating from Japan for April 2021 has been revealed: Nippon Express ranked...
Yusen Logistics will launch "Yusen Vantage Focus Quote and Book," a digital forwarding (FWD) service that enables online quotation,...
Ocean Network Express (ONE) will procure 27,500 new reefer containers. According to ONE, the new reefer containers will be equipped with...
Kintetsu World Express has acquired Prestige Cargo Services Inc. (Prestige), a logistics company specializing in perishable marine...
Hitachi Transport System will form a business alliance with Maersk. This is the first time that Hitachi Transport System has formed a...
Europe (+4.9%), North America West Coast (+1.2%), and North America East Coast (+8.1%) increased. South Korea (-5.4%) saw a decrease.
DSV Panalpina has announced the acquisition of Agility Global Integrated Logistics (Agility GIL), the general commercial cargo division...
According to the consolidated financial results of ANA Holdings (NH/ANA) for the fiscal year ending March 2021, the cargo division...
Air freight consolidation shipments from Japan in March totaled 113,236 tons (+63.4% y/y) in weight and 269,240 (+23.9% y/y) in number....
Yusen Logistics handled a record 17,219 tons of international air cargo from Japan in March, the highest volume since the merger of the...
The three major U.S. airlines, Delta Air Lines (DL/DAL), American Airlines Group (AA/AAL), and United Airlines Holdings (UA/UAL), posted...
Negotiations for long-term container contracts this year resulted in a significant increase in long-term freight rates for both imports...

