Absent common use refrigeration and other factors required for that business, non-hub competitors may have to embargo pharmaceutical shipments on certain routes – pushing all that business to the hub carrier.

Intermodal traffic in the US is going from bad to worse, as the economy struggles to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. April volumes hit levels not seen since the start of regular statistics, and May started off with further decline.

The chair of Taiwan International Ports Corporation recently told Asia Cargo News that the Port of Kaohsiung is being transformed into a hub for intercontinental container shipping, a centre of smart logistics, and a destination for cruise passengers and tourism.