• Supply chain disruption set to hit Amazon ‘Prime Day’ Jun 22,2021

  E-commerce is set for another mini-peak in volumes over the next couple of days generated by an anticipated record Amazon annual Prime Day megasale.However, the two-day discount bonanza could be affected by the well-documented widespread supply chain bottlenecks, making it more challenging to stock stores and... [learn more]

• Cargo iQ elects two new board members Jun 22,2021

  Air cargo industry quality initiative Cargo iQ has appointed two new board members and re-elected its chair and vice chair for a further two-year term.Fedor Novikov, marketing director for Volga-Dnepr Group and Clark Fritzsch, global head of air freight business process management at Hellmann Worldwide Logist... [learn more]

• Ex-Asia air freight market set to pick up again Jun 17,2021

  Asian air freight export markets look set to pick up this week following a slight softening in recent weeks, according to freight forwarder Flexport.In its latest Freight Market Update this week, the US freight forwarder said the ex-Asia air freight market “remains a bit subdued” fro... [learn more]

• US and EU end 17-year subsidy dispute Jun 17,2021

  The United States (US) and the European union (EU) have agreed to end a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies that had spilled over and led to billions of dollars of punitive tariffs targeting several areas of the two sides’ economies.The Financial Times (FT) reported that two days of inte... [learn more]

• Clare Bottle named new CEO for UKWA Jun 17,2021

  The UK Warehousing Association (UKWA) has announced at its Annual General Meeting today that Clare Bottle FCILT has been appointed as the organisation’s new chief executive officer, effective from 1 July 2021.She will take over the role from Peter Ward and joins UKWA from Coca-Cola Europacific Partn... [learn more]

• Rates crisis favours larger shippers Jun 16,2021

  The surge in freight rates since last November, which propelled carriers to an estimated record $16.2bn in collective earnings before interest and tax, is having a far greater impact on low-volume shippers than their larger rivals.Analysis by Sea-Intelligence of freight rate data shows that the difference bet... [learn more]