Monthly Archives for July 2018

APMT Pipavav adds Maersk, Cosco, ONE calls to reignite growth   Above: The inaugural call APMT Pipavav from the Far East service jointly operated by Cosco and Wan Hai. Photo credit: APMT Pipavav. APM Terminals Pipavav has accelerated it effort to attract more hinterland cargo, as the freight uptrend seen in the January-March quarter, following […]

Europe 3PLs: Shippers should expect high trucking rates this year A shrinking supply of qualified truck drivers, combined with above-trend European GDP growth, is pushing the continent’s truck rates higher, and analysts had words-to-the-wise for shippers for the year ahead. (Above: Trucks travel on a highway in Berlin, Germany.) Photo credit: Shutterstock.com. Shippers of international […]

Brazil strike exposes inadequate rail network, shipper vulnerabilities Estimates of the strike’s cost to shippers, from beef exporters to white goods importers, range from $5 billion to $15 billion. Photo credit: Rob Ward. The more than week-long, nationwide Brazilian truck strike and blockade in late May laid bare the country’s inability to shore up its […]

Look for economies of service, as well as economies of scale Having spent the last decade cutting costs to a degree that often disadvantages customers, container carriers have reached a point where they can’t slash costs more; even mergers will yield little if any additional value. Thus, carriers have no choice but to begin looking at ways […]

Carrier customer service will be first, visible change area, container exec says Like the US airline industry earlier, the global container shipping industry has reached a point where cost cutting and mergers will yield little if any additional value. This is the view of a longtime carrier executive, who argues creating value for customers will […]