Uber for Trucking: A New Era in the Freight Movement and Logistics Market

The arrival of Uber for trucking or mobile-based freight brokering is ushering in a new era in the North American trucking and freight logistics market. Currently, inefficiency plagues the freight movement and logistics market, with approximately 20 billion empty miles...

APL Logistics Opens New Vietnam Facility

APL Logistics announced the opening of its latest consolidation center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It is the largest single-roof container freight station (CFS) within the company’s South East Asia CFS network. The facility will add further scale to the company’s consolidation...

Air Freight Slowdown Continues - Several Regions in Decline

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing a slowdown in growth for air cargo demand in June. Air freight volumes measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTK) rose just 1.2% compared to a year ago. This is consistent...

Qatar Airways Cargo Launches Express Airfreight Service Door-to-Door

Qatar Airways Cargo will launch an express airfreight service for door-to-door and time-critical shipments. The new QR On-Board Courier service will be rolled out across the cargo carrier’s global network on 1 August 2015, enabling customers to book time-definite airfreight...

Indonesia Leans on Singapore for Maritime Sector Investment

Indonesia Leans on Singapore for Maritime Sector Investment. The Indonesian government is angling for greater investment in the country’s maritime sector from Singapore, its biggest source of FDI, as President Joko Widodo prepares to visit the city-state next week. “There’s...

Import Tariff Increase Puts Pressure on Alcohol Drinkers

Import Tariff Increase Puts Pressure on Alcohol Drinkers. Liquor, beer, and wine drinkers will have to pay more than double the price for imported drinks in coming months after the government raised import tariffs. Brandy, whiskey, vodka and other imported liquors...

13 Indonesian carriers risk losing licences

Indonesia’s Ministry of Transport has given thirteen of the country’s carriers until the end of July to improve their financial positions, or risk losing of their Air Operator Certificates, according to a report in the Jakarta Post. The 13 carriers affected include:...

Singapore still best port in the world

In a new review of 15 leading maritime cities, Singapore has retained its No.1 position followed by Hamburg, Oslo, Hong Kong and Shanghai. Norwegian consulting company Menon canvassed a group of experts for their views based on five criteria: shipping centers, maritime...

MAERSK LINE boosts Triple-E fleet with order for 11 even bigger containerships

With the twentieth and final delivery of its Triple-E series of 18,270 teu ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs) due to take place this month, Maersk Line yesterday announced the next phase of its fleet expansion with an order for what will become the largest ships in...

Forwarders more upbeat about airfreight than seafreight

The Stifel Logistics Confidence Index for May indicated some improvements from April’s decline. In particular, the six-month outlook appears bright as airfreight gained 2.8 points to 63.4 and sea freight increased 2.1 points to 62.9. Overall, the total index increased...

Indonesia's logistics industry to grow at 15.2%

Frost & Sullivan is expecting the transportation & logistics market to grow with expected CAGR 15.2 per cent in 2015. Gopal R, global vice president, transportation and logistics practice at Frost & Sullivan said that the industry is set to record strong...

Next Generation Of Automated Container Handling Inaugurated In Surabaya, IndonesiaLamong Bay Terminal

On the morning of Friday, May 22nd, the Lamong Bay Terminal in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia, was inaugurated by the President of Indonesia and a group of distinguished officials. It was an historic moment for Indonesia, an important milestone in the country’s transport...

Alitalia to end deal with Air France-KLM in 2017

Italy's Alitalia announced it will not renew its partnership and joint venture agreements with Air France-KLM when the deal expires in 2017. The partnership, writes Radiocor press agency, concerns the passenger services of the airlines between France, Italy and the...

Qatar Airways starts A350 service to Changi, Singapore

Qatar Airways became the first airline to operate the world’s newest aircraft to Singapore and the Asia Pacific region on Monday with the inaugural A350 XWB service arriving at Singapore's Changi Airport. Qatar Airways, as the global launch customer for the A350 XWB,...

Vietnam's Logistics Sector Faces Serious Labour Shortages

Thousands of logistics entrepreneurs are struggling with a serious shortage of employees since a rapid increase of services demands, says the Viet Nam Logistics Institute (VNLI) in an article by the VietNamNet Bridge. There are roughly around 300,000 entrepreneurs...

Alibaba Invests in Chinese Logistics Company YTO Express

Alibaba has made a strategic investment in Chinese logistics company YTO Express to help both businesses improve logistics efficiency for their customers. Alibaba Group takes a minority stake in Shanghai YTO Express (Logistics). Both companies will cooperate in developing...

Boeing, TUI Group Finalize Order for 787-9 Dreamliner

Boeing (NYSE: BA) and TUI Group, one of the world's largest integrated leisure travel companies, have finalized an order for one 787-9 Dreamliner with an option for one further 787-9. The order is valued at $257 millionat current list prices. TUI Group also announced...

APL Logistics Opens New Container Freight Station in Jakarta

APL Logistics announced the opening of a new container freight station (CFS) at the Tungya Collins Terminal in Cakung, North Jakarta. The new CFS extends APL Logistics’ footprint in Indonesia where it offers export consolidation and warehousing services. It also...

Maersk Completing Order of 10 Container Megaships

Maersk Line, the world’s biggest container-shipping operator by capacity, is completing an order of 10 container megaships from Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. worth more than $1.5 billion, two people directly involved with the matter said. It...

CMA-CGM takes India logistics stake

The CMA CGM Group, one of the world's leading global containers shipping companies, is pleased to announce that it has taken a strategic stake in the 25-years old company LCL Logistix, one of India's logistics leaders, via the Group's subsidiary specialized in freight...

More cargo red ink for Air France KLM

The Air France KLM Group reported cargo revenue of €625 million for Q1 ending March 31, 2015 – a drop of 7.5 percent over the same period last year. As a result, the business segment saw its operating result worsen from minus €34 million to minus €63 million compared...

Hamburg Süd expects “higher result” in 2015

Hamburg Süd reports a "modest 2.3 percent" increase in volume to 3.375 million TEU in 2014. The ocean carrier says it achieved a "positive, albeit less than satisfactory result" from liner services despite difficult market conditions. Capital expenditure was...

QATAR AIRWAYS set to expand its USA NETWORK with the addition of three new routes

Qatar Airways announces the next phase of its USA route development with the introduction of three new passenger routes to Los Angeles, Boston and Atlanta. With these new destinations, Qatar Airways will offer daily nonstop services to all 10 of the largest metropolitan...

McDonald's Commits To Zero Deforestation Throughout Its Supply Chain

Burger giant McDonald’s announced plans to eliminate deforestation from its global supply chains. The announcement goes well beyond the deforestation-free palm oil commitments other fast food companies have made. By aiming to eradicate deforestation from all commodities,...

FedEx to Buy TNT Express for US$4.8B

US courier delivery giant FedEx has highlighted its intentions to expand globally with the purchase of Dutch-based rival TNT Express. Both companies have jointly announced that they have reached a conditional agreement on a recommended all-cash offer for all...