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Sea-air routes gain as bypass option for Red Sea shipping delays

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As major container shipping lines consistently bypass the Red Sea to avoid the threat of rebel...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/sea-air-routes-gain-as-bypass-option-for-red-sea-shipping-delays

Stink bug fouls up Australian airfreight

A brown marmorated stink bug on a green leaf. Australia is working hard to keep out the invasive pest by treating cargo shipments.

The Australian government has denied an industry request for hybrid air-sea shipments to be exempt from rules requiring vessels and freight from high-risk countries to undergo treatment to kill the brown marmorated stink bug, an invasive pest that is a threat to crops.

Australia’s air cargo market was nearly cut off from the rest of the world when the coronavirus forced international airlines to close down passenger networks last spring. In response, the Department of Agriculture gave freight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/stink-bug

More air cargo finds its sea legs during COVID-19

Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages out of China in recent months due to the coronavirus pandemic have led many shippers to try hybrid services that combine sea and air modes.

So-called “sea-air” services offered by some global freight forwarders and non-vessel-operating common carriers (NVOCCs) have been around for decades, but they tend to come and go depending on airfreight market conditions.

Mortan Bach, global chief commercial officer, Shipco Trasport (Courtesy...

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