• Suez blockage will hasten global supply chain shift, says Maersk boss Mar 30,2021

  The blockage of the Suez Canal by the ‘Ever Given’ Evergreen containership since 23 March will hasten the global shift away from just-in-time supply chains after further exposing their fragility, according to A.P. Møller-Maersk CEO Søren Skou.The Danish shipping gia... [learn more]

• UK announces Covid tests for inbound hauliers Mar 30,2021

  Hauliers arriving in England from outside the UK from 6 April onwards will need to take a COVID-19 test if they are staying for more than two days, the UK government has announced, as the country bids to limit the numbers of infections of potentially vaccine-resistant variations of the virus.Following rumou... [learn more]

• New UK cargo airline launches Mar 30,2021

  ASL Airlines United Kingdom has operated its first flight – from East Midlands Airport to Belfast International Airport – after receiving its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and its Operating Licence from the UK Civil Aviation Authority, becoming the world’s newest cargo airline... [learn more]

• IATA launches EPIC programme to enhance air cargo digitalisation Mar 29,2021

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced the launch of the IATA Enhanced Partner Identification and Connectivity (EPIC) platform that aims to support the digitalisation of the global air cargo supply chain. IATA said the EPIC initiative “simplifies the complex process of ... [learn more]

• Boxships begin to divert from Suez Canal Mar 29,2021

  With the Suez Canal set to remain blocked for at least another day or two, shipping companies are being forced to confront the spectre of taking the far longer route around the Cape of Good Hope to get to Europe or the east coast of North America.Data from Lloyd’s List Intelligence AIS tracking indi... [learn more]

• Freight firms fear weeks of disruption from Suez blockage Mar 29,2021

  The continuing blockage of the main channel of the Suez Canal threatens to bring further chaos to an already disrupted ocean freight market, creating a fresh surge of vessels when those currently stuck are released and adding to shortages of containers in export markets, freight forwarders have warned.As of m... [learn more]