Ulm (Germany), 21 January 2021 Press release Transporeon launches Real Time Yard Management and partners with Peripass to offer enhanced Yard Management Solutions. Today, the largest European logistics platform gets one step closer to becoming real time in everything it does and expands its visibility solutions into Real-Time Yard Management. In addition, Transporeon announces...
Forwarders have expressed anger at the latest round of air terminal handling charge increases, calling them “monstrous”. WFS is the latest to unveil new charges for January, which, at Heathrow, include a £22.50 ($30.35) Covid charge, with import fees for loose cargo set at £0.20 per kg. Dnata, which, like Swissport, publishes charges...
Some container vessels have been sailing from Asia to Europe under-utilised in recent weeks due to an acute shortage of empty boxes. A carrier source told The Loadstar: “We have had to sail light a few times recently as there are just not enough boxes at depots [in China] to meet the demand.” All...
“You need to spend time crawling alone through shadows to truly appreciate what it is to stand in the sun.” ― Shaun Hick It’s party time at Ceva Logistics! It was in the black in the third-quarter: $15m was the headline, adjusted number for the CMA CGM-owned 3PL’s bottom line ($8m unadjusted). And there is more good news,...
The focus of vaccine distribution so far has been on airline capacity and the ability to deliver at the correct temperature – but security will also be crucial, with armed escorts and convoys expected to be used. In fact, it will be “the biggest security challenge for a generation” according to the...
The good news of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid vaccine has been tempered by the requirement that it needs to be stored at -70C or below – a tough challenge for the logistics business. A recent survey by phamra.aero and Tiaca found that only 15% of respondents said they could handle vaccines that require...
Industry experts have expressed “grave concerns” at the UK government’s “unnecessary insistence” on implementation of the new Customs Declaration System (CDS). Chair of the Association of Freight Software Suppliers Steve Bartlett and director general of the UK Association for International Trade Des Hiscock told the EU goods sub-committee CDS was “not ready”...
Shippers around the world face huge supply chain challenges from port congestion and an acute shortage of containers. And one carrier source The Loadstar spoke to today said the problems “will get worse”. “There are so many pinch points building now and they will only get worse before the holiday season and may...
It’s earnings season and so loooots is happening on several fronts these days! Here are some interesting stories sourced from the web – and mainly focused on results – that you shouldn’t have missed this week: – “Union Pacific -3% despite notching a record operating ratio” (down 6.3% around mid-session Thursday) – “Thor Logis...
Fewer containers are being ‘rolled’ at major ports, according to new data from predictive ocean container tracking data provider Ocean Insights. It has revealed that the rate of container rollovers at the world’s largest transhipment ports has begun to decline as carriers have returned capacity to major trades – but the number...
