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All shipping has to do to beat air cargo to e-freight, is be nippier than a glacier

Dear ocean freight industry,
News that the Digital Container Shipping Association (DCSA) is frustrated with the lack of progress in digitising bills of lading will come as no surprise to those of us who have long-studied inaction in air cargo.
The DCSA is determined to avoid the same mistakes, and chief Thomas Bagge is laying down the gauntlet: can you, the ocean freight industry, make this inevitable change faster than air cargo …

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Rhenus Expands, Takes Over BLG Freight Forwarding Sites 

Rhenus takes over BLG freight forwarding sites and opens up new markets, says a press release published on their website.

The strategic decision 

The BLG LOGISTICS GROUP has made a strategic decision to focus on its domestic and international business in its Contract, Automobile, and Container divisions in the future. 

Rhenus Air & Ocean is consolidating its position in Germany with the planned takeover of the freight forwarding business of the logistics company, BLG International Forwarding GmbH...

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GEODIS Charters Boxships To Ease Ultra-tight Sea Freight Market

GEODIS, a leading global supply chain operator, provides its customers with guaranteed space in an ultra-tight sea freight market from China to Europe.

Vessel schedules

Arrive Hamburg on 28th

The first 1,000TEU1 capacity vessel, operated exclusively by GEODIS, is scheduled to arrive in Hamburg on 28 February. 

This ship is carrying a total of 435 forty-foot containers for customers who have found it increasingly difficult to secure space with regular carriers at a viable rate. 

Based on demand

The...

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Capacity-constrained air cargo may be hit hard by peak season modal shift

Air freight has lost market share to ocean, a pattern common during downturns, but rare at the start of an economic upturn, said IATA today.
It notes that cheaper, slower sea freight becomes more attractive to shippers at the bottom of the cycle, but that air cargo rebounds when businesses need to rapidly refill inventories – but this has not happened.
As sea freight sees some of its highest prices, container lines …

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Ship early for Xmas: airfreight capacity bottlenecks push e-commerce to sea

SkyPostal has sounded an alarm for disappointments at Christmas.
The Florida-based parcel delivery network for Latin America warned e-commerce merchants to ship early for the Christmas season to avoid delays.
SkyPostal chief executive and president AJ Hernandez is worried about airfreight capacity bottlenecks.
He expressed concern over the gap between available air cargo capacity and demand; whereas global e-commerce volume is forecast to expand 33% this year over 2019, global air traffic was …

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New ‘dashboard’ can help shippers find transport capacity and rate changes

If you are looking for free, accurate and up-to-the-minute data on transport capacity and rate changes, it’s now possible.
Xeneta and Zencargo have launched a free collaborative dashboard to help companies track trends, as Covid continues to up-end planning.
The supply chain recovery dashboard reveals up-to-date shipping rates, pricing trends, lead times and capacity, for major lanes and modes. Xeneta and Air Nav will provide the data and insights, while Zencargo built …

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Fears air freight rates may soar even higher as tech launches loom

Air freight rates could see further increases as forwarders report an up-to-four-week wait for ocean freight bookings from China to Europe.
While transpacific ocean freight is enjoying more capacity, the westbound trade is expected to get “a lot, lot worse”, which could cause a knock-on effect in air freight as frustrated shippers look to move goods faster.
Air prices have been rising for the past fortnight and there are concerns among shippers …

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FreightWaves Flashback 1972: Tropicana employs rail-sea shipping for its citrus exports

The many industries that make up the world of freight have undergone tremendous change over the past several decades. Each Friday, FreightWaves explores the archives of American Shipper’s nearly 70-year-old collection of shipping and maritime publications to showcase interesting freight stories of long ago.

The following is an excerpt from the July 1972 edition of the Florida Journal of Commerce.

Tropicana Products Inc. of Bradenton, using a rail-sea mode of transportation, is delivering citrus...

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Retailers now believe sea-air the best way to get their goods out of China

Major retailers awaiting their spring-summer stock are planning to opt for sea-air to get their goods out of China.
The garment industry wants its new season launches into shops before Easter, in eight weeks’ time, but “some 70% to 80% of Chinese factories are still not back up to speed,” said Grant Liddell, business development director for Metro Shipping.
“So there will be at least another week’s delay in production, and a lot …

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Ocean and overland growth compensates for air volatility as K+N reports ‘solid’ results

Strong sea freight volumes helped Kuehne + Nagel hit “solid” results for the first nine months of 2019, despite the poor air freight market and “non-existent” peak season.
The Swiss forwarding giant increased its nine-month group net turnover by 3.1% year on year, to Sfr15.8bn (US$15.9bn), generating a 6.6% upturn in profit (ebit) which hit Sfr794m.
The company’s sea freight business “grew significantly in a stagnating overall market,” K+N said, with volumes …

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