Maritime CEO Forum Singapore: Inefficiencies created by politics drive dry bulk
The closing session of last week’s Maritime CEO Forum, held at the historic Fullerton Hotel in Singapore, turned its focus to the outlook for the dry bulk tra...
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Cincinnati airport adds facility for non-express cargo
Shippers of non-express, general cargo have a new outlet for moving their goods on passenger or freighter aircraft with the opening on Wednesday of an 80,000 sq...
Trade war? Savannah containers near record volume
The Port of Savannah handled 534,037 twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) in August, a 9% increase year-on-year, and the third highest volume in its hi...
Garuda Indonesia Cargo joins WebCargo by Freightos
Freightos Limited (NASDAQ: CRGO) announced that Garuda Indonesia Cargo has joined WebCargo by Freightos, offering freight forwarders real-time digital eBooking....
Asia-West Coast container rates plummet; demand seen waning through year-end
Container rates on the eastbound trans-Pacific continued their plunge as ocean lines increase blank sailings amid weak demand that’s expected to persist throu...
Japan’s big six ports see July volume dip 0.4%
According to Japan International Freight Forwarders Association (JIFFA), Japan’s six largest ports handled 1.16 million TEUs of oceangoing containers in July,...
Freight expected to roll on during shutdown
WASHINGTON — In the event the federal government shuts down at midnight Tuesday, freight supply chains, in the short term, should be largely unaffected. ...
Port of Savannah container volumes rise 9% in August
The Port of Savannah handled 534,037 TEUs in August, up 44,000 TEUs or 9% year-over-year. It was the third-busiest month in Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) histor...
ITF Group’s new platform tackles logistics fragmentation
ITF Group is making a bold bet on simplification. The company unveiled its ForwardNow platform, an integrated logistics and freight-forwarding solution that the...
Ports brace for government shutdown
Ports, railroads and other logistics providers are waiting and watching ahead of a shutdown of the federal government that could come as soon as midnight Tuesda...
FedEx debuts air freight service connecting Dublin and Indianapolis
FedEx has started a new flight linking Dublin and Indianapolis, the second largest air hub in the company’s network, to speed transport of healthcare and othe...
Busy Erasmus buys feeder boxship
Erasmus Shipinvest Group is continuing its buying spree, with new moves in the container segment.Brokers link the Athens-based owner to the 1,050 teu Asiatic Su...