Competition red tape may tie major carriers in too many knots for more M&A
The era of large-scale consolidation among the major container carriers is likely at an end, delegates at last week’s TOC Container Supply Chain event in Rotterdam heard. Lars Jensen, chief executive...
View ArticleThe Loadstar Live: Brexit breakdown
As the reality of Brexit unfolds for those working in the supply chains connecting continental Europe with the UK, join The Loadstar Live for its inaugural event to understand the initial impact of...
View ArticleAfrica may be the source of the tech-savvy next generation of GSAs
Africa’s greatest advantage is its youthful population; the youngest in the world, the continent boasts 200m people between the ages of 15 and 24. And youth think in a different way, breaking down...
View Article‘ASEAN tiger’ shippers say they don’t need ULCVs on the intra-Asia trade
As the ASEAN “tiger economies” continue to reshape the world’s largest container trade, some domestic shippers are questioning the industry’s march towards ultra-large container vessels (ULCVs). With...
View ArticleForwarders need not fear Maersk’s ‘one-stop shop’ ambitions, says CEO
Freight forwarders offering supply chain solutions to shippers should have nothing to fear from Maersk’s ambition to be the “UPS of container shipping”. So said Maersk Line chief executive Soren Skou,...
View Article‘Data is the new oil of the air cargo industry’, we must share it or get left...
To provide integrated solutions to customers, the air cargo industry must become more collaborative and “stop passing the buck”. Delegates at IATA’s WCS in Singapore last week heard from numerous...
View ArticleAirlines eye booking platforms with ‘curiosity’– while some gorilla marketing...
Booking capabilities were high on the agenda of airlines this week at Air Cargo Europe in Munich. Booking platform cargo.one announced that AirBridgeCargo (ABC) and Cargologicair (CLA) had joined,...
View ArticleDance with Panalpina ‘whetted our appetite’ for M&A, says Agility chief
Agility is in the market for a good-sized 3PL acquisition – an interest triggered by its ‘dance’ with Panalpina this year. Essa Al-Saleh, chief executive of Agility’s GIL division, admitted he wasn’t...
View ArticleImpact of IMO 2020 will cause ‘supply chain ripples for more than a year’
The path to complying with the IMO’s 0.5% sulphur cap regulations on bunker fuel in six months’ time will be “rocky” for carriers, and leave the maritime industry “shaken” according to new guidance....
View ArticleFirst common digital standards for container shipping on the starting blocks
The first common digital standards for the container shipping industry are expected to be proposed this year, according to the newly appointed chief executive of the Digital Container Shipping...
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