Logistics providers in the automotive sector have been warned to brace for one of the sharpest downturns in living memory. There are fears the multiple effects of the coronavirus pandemic and Brexit spell a double-digit decline in vehicle sales this year. According to new analysis from Transport Intelligence (Ti), the market is forecast...
Continued delay in the roll-out of post-Brexit IT infrastructure has stymied the logistics industry’s capacity to hire and train staff to work with the new systems. One forwarder told The Loadstar that, without having access to the Check HGV (formerly, SmartFreight) or the Good Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) systems, they were unable...
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...
Industry and government need to stop fighting and work together over the next 11 weeks if the UK is to be prepared for Brexit, a transport select committee was told today. Director of policy at Logistics UK Elizabeth de Jong cautioned against engaging in a “blame game”, after minister for efficiency and...
French carrier CMA CGM has restored its IT systems following a ransomware attack that has crippled its e-commerce systems for the past fortnight. In a statement issued over the weekend, the company said: “The CMA CGM group’s e-commerce sites are once again live, with all their main functionalities up and running (bookings,...
As China’s Golden Week national holiday comes to an end, container shipping spot rates on the main east-west trades have remained flat. According to today’s Shanghai Containerised Freight Index (SCFI), spot rates on the Shanghai-North Europe trade fell a marginal $19 to $1,149 per teu. On the Shanghai-Mediterranean route, the decline was just...
Air cargo is having a year in the limelight: the segment has kept planes flying and airport operations going, but its temporarily elevated status does not guarantee funding for freight-related projects, or even a louder voice in airport boardrooms. Meanwhile, Frankfurt Airport is addressing trucking congestion with a second parking area in...
Containership charter rates continue to soar against a backdrop of tight supply across most sectors. This is reflected in the latest idle tonnage report from Alphaliner showing 23 fewer ships (for 123,462 teu) in the idle fleet. This is now down to 140 vessels, for 520,831 teu, representing just 2.2% of the global...
UK-based John Good Logistics has expanded into the North American market, opening a new office in New Jersey to be led by Dean Temple (pictured above, centre). He was recently appointed president of John Good Logistics USA, joining the company after 20 years at US 3PL UTC Logistics, where he was chief...
Atlas Air (AAWW) pilots, still negotiating their new contract, have complained that the airline is now ‘moving the goalposts’. The pilots claim they have provided, as ordered by a court, the seniority integration list, and negotiations have resumed – but one pilot noted on social media that “in over a four-year history...
