‘Look to trucks’ as China-Europe rail hits delays and capacity is squeezed

Shippers and forwarders hunting capacity on Asia-Europe trades have been advised to focus on overland routes, as available ocean and air freight capacity hits all-time lows.
During the Journal of Commerce Container Trade Europe webinar yesterday, DHL Global Forwarding head of ocean freight Europe Markus Panhauser, said with capacity on China-Europe rail services also near full capacity, shippers should consider using overland trucking instead, which was proving to be faster than …

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NAST gives CH Robinson a boost as second-quarter revenues plunge

A near-9% drop in revenue failed to slow CH Robinson’s growth momentum, as income from operations during Q2 climbed 3.9%.
Total turnover plummeted 8.6% to $3.9bn, with the group blaming lower pricing across “most” transport modes, but it sought to highlight success in net revenue.
Chief executive Bob Biesterfeld said: “In the second quarter, we achieved 3.5% net revenue growth, solid performance versus the year-ago period where net revenue increased 17%.
“We delivered …

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Major rail hub, ro-ro terminal and cross-docking facility planned for North Sea Port

Belgian groupage operator and freight forwarder Transuniverse Forwarding has launched a project with Turkish multimodal operator Ekol Logistics to build a 40ha multimodal facility at the North Sea Port.
The port is a stretch of 60km of cargo handling facilities along the river Scheldt, combining The Netherlands’ Zeeland Seaports and the Belgian port of Ghent. The two port authorities completed the cross-border merger at the beginning of 2018.
Ekol and Transuniverse, which …

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