Korean Air gets approval from the UK on Asiana merger
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Cool Chain Association trials tracking solutions for perishables
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Evergreen Line announced that the 20,000 TEU-class container vessel that has blocked the Suez Canal
CEVA Logistics to transition its contract logistics, warehouses to low-carbon electricity by 2025
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Air cargo, logistics sector continue to deliver aid to quake-torn Turkey and Syria
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Alliance Ground International cuts use of plastic
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Fraport tests autonomous tractor for cargo handling
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Xeneta: Global long-term container rates held up in February buoyed by surge in US export rates
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Hutchison's MITT serves new Asia to Chittagong, Yangon service from Maersk
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The Suez canal blockage seen from an Airbus satellite. Airbus photo (March 25, 2021). Retrieved from https://twitter.com/AirbusSpace/status/1375078054884749318
The ultra-large containership stuck in the Suez Canal could take “weeks” to be moved, blocking one
As the pandemic disrupted supply chains in multiple areas, visibility emerged as a vital instrument to identify problems and plot possible alternatives. Greg Orr, president of trucking firm CFI, says that the company’s drivers spend 15-18 hours a week on average waiting, which translates into more than 30,000 hours of idling for the firm. Visibility is key to reduce this unproductive time, he said.
Today’s market offers an abundance of opportunities for small and mid-sized forwarders to arm
It isn’t just humans who are avoiding contact with each other during the pandemic: Pre-Covid, 80% of containers were moved contacted, with the remaining 20% moving contactless. These proportions are now reversed, said Aparna Jayadevan, Group QHSE manager for Gulftainer UAE.
Industry sources have outlined a variety of responses to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, ranging
