Monthly Archives for May 2017

Nippon Express greatly expands China-Europe rail Nippon Express is the latest international logistics company to sense opportunity in rail services between China and Europe. Nippon Express, Japan’s top international freight forwarder, significantly expanded its cross-border rail transportation services between China and Europe on Monday. The company’s full containerload (FCL) and less-than-containerload (LCL) services, previously limited […]

Intra-Asia rates resist surging first quarter trade growth Tan Cang Cai Mep International Terminal in Vietnam. Credit: TCIT Container trade within Asia in the first quarter jumped by 23.5 percent year-over-year to reach 10.8 million TEU after zero growth in 2016, but the rapid growth was not reflected in freight rates.Average intra-Asia spot rates are […]

China e-commerce giant sets up provincial drone network A JD.com package takes to the skies in China’s Shaanxi Province. Credit: JD.com The largest retailer in China, online or offline, is setting up a low-altitude drone logistics network spanning the entire province of Shaanxi in a move that it believes will revolutionise the shipment of cargo […]

Technology tipping point reached in liner shipping, INTTRA says The industry is about to enter a new phase where data analytics will play a key part, according to INTTRA. The pace of technology innovation in the container shipping industry is accelerating as businesses seek new and more efficient ways to operate, and it is transforming […]

Radical shift in Asia sourcing pressures factories Smaller orders and faster delivery requirements are testing Asia’s factories. Credit: Nike Factories across Asia are trying to cope with shrinking order sizes and regional demand that is creating a radical shift in a business model that has been operating for decades, according to a new report on […]

Rising freight market lifts earnings at Transport Corp. of India Tax reforms that take effect in July should give a boost to freight volumes. Improving freight demand trends that brought stability to pricing enabled trucking and logistics giant Transport Corporation of India (TCI) to deliver strong results in fiscal year 2016 to 2017 that ended […]

Global container trade has best quarter since 2010 An unexpected surge of imports and exports was partly to blame for congestion at some Chinese ports in April. Global container traffic is set to post annual year-over-year growth of 10 percent in the first three months of the year, the fastest quarterly increase since 2010, driven […]

NY-NJ port honing navigation for ships up to 18,000-TEU A higher bridge means larger operational challenges for ships passing through Newark Bay to the Port of New York and New Jersey. The Port of New York and New Jersey is honing guidelines on how best to navigate mega-ships to berth after electronic simulations showed the […]

Hazardous loads banned at India's biggest inland port The accident is likely to result in greater regulator oversight of hazardous material shipments in India. Intermodal logistics giant Container Corporation of India (Concor) has placed a total ban on the handling of hazardous cargoes at its flagship Tughlakabad Inland Container Depot near Delhi, impacting supply chains […]

ACL considers Gothenburg exit The latest iteration of Atlantic Container Line’s combination container and roll-on, roll-off ships is the G4 The crisis at the Gothenburg port deepened on Wednesday as its longest-serving carrier, Atlantic Container Line (ACL), said it might be forced to leave due to ongoing longshore labor disruptions. This was on top of… […]