In November the air freight sector has been confronted with a serious capacity crunch driven by high demand and insufficient extra-peak season supply. It has led to higher rates and cargo backlogs at several airports, especially in China. Surging cross-border demand triggered by the online retail event in China, \”Singles Day\” on November 11th led […]
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Tesla has launched a battery-powered truck, which it claims will offer an extraordinary performance improvement, increased safety, lower overall costs and a better driver experience compared with diesel vehicles. It will be available in 2019. Without a trailer Tesla Semi achieves 0-60 mph in just 5 seconds, compared to 15 seconds in a comparable diesel
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Examination of global ship tracking data for the last two years has shown several instances of multiple vessels reporting their locations as being on land at airports far from where the ships were operating off shore. \”Spoofing\” a GPS receiver is the intentional transmission of false GPS signals to cause it to provide incorrect time
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Air freight markets are expected to have a successful end of the year, the only drawback being the prospect of capacity bottlenecks as peak season approaches. Big companies, such as Panalpina and DHL Global Forwarding have been preparing the ground in anticipation of a strong finish to a year. They have negotiated peak capacity with
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The maritime sector, which includes shipping, ports and people that operate them, can and should play a significant role helping countries to create conditions for increased employment, prosperity and stability, through promoting trade by sea, enhancing the port and maritime sector as wealth creators, and through developing a sustainable blue economy at sea. This is
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Hong Kong-based transport and supply chain solutions group Tigers has launched a new Asia-Europe rail freight service, Tiger Rail, offering customers a 16-day transit time both east and westbound, between Duisburg, Germany, and Hefei, Chongqing, and Chengdu, China. Tiger Rail customers can charter a train, or book Full Container Load (FCL) or Less than Container
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Campaigners including Freight on Rail and the Campaign for Better Transport have welcomed increased capacity for freight trains to and from the UK container port of Felixstowe that will cater for the immediate, suppressed demand for rail freight services on this key intermodal route. Network Rail recently announced that the upgrades to the branch line
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American Airlines Cargo recently flew two sand tiger sharks from New York Airport and three bonnethead sharks from Miami International Airport, all to Rio de Janeiro. All five sharks were headed to their new home at an aquarium in Nova Iguazu, Brazil via two different Boeing 777-200s. American Airlines worked with Four Star Cargo to
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Nippon Yusen KK will remotely pilot one of its large container ships from a Japanese port to North America, although a crew will be aboard as a precautionary measure for the initial test voyage, Bloomber reported. The voyage is being planned by the Monohakobi Technology Institute, which is a division of the shipping firm, and
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Hyundai Merchant Marine is looking at the possibility of reducing voyage times between Asia and Europe via the Arctic Sea as the polar region becomes more accessible to vessels amid global warning. According to media reports, South Korea\’s carrier is considering a trial sailing of the polar passage route from 2020 onwards with either a
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