09-10/2021 
We always live in interesting times – but we don’t always live in as extraordinary times as these! Some of the facts the industry has never faced before include – the price of transporting a box by sea has skyrocketed in just two years; from USD 2,000 to USD 10,000 today.... more
05-08/2021
It’s already time to wish you a happy, or at least a better, new year again – for a week after this latest issue of the ITJ lands on your desk, the festivities for the Chinese new year start, on 12 February.Let’s just hope that the turbulent ‘Year of the Rat’ is followed by... more
01-04/2021
This issue heralds a new year, with its broad range of tasks and challenges that will affect us all in our personal and professional lives. Government reactions to the outbreak of Covid-19 will continue to hold us in their tight grip, even if there is some hope on offer now... more
49-52/2020 Overcoming the trilemma
Do we need to square the circle, or is it just a question of getting back on track? Either way, 2021 will follow in the footsteps of the most extraordinary year of this millennium – which will at least make it more predictable than the twelve months just behind us. We... more
47-48/2020
Something isn’t only rotten in the state of Denmark, as is ascertained in William Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet‘. Something’s rotten in every state. Measures to contain the impact of Covid-19 have once again spread across almost every industry like mildew, not sparing the... more
45-46/2020
The various predictions being made these days for overall economic and commercial success in 2020 couldn’t be more conflicting. On the one hand the third quarter has shown that the global economy is capable of rapid improvement. Unctad, for one, recently predicted that this year... more
43-44/2020 Of viruses and bacteria
The ongoing downturn has prompted some of us to turn their eyes away from the skies – where there are now hardly any condensation trails testifying to transport activities anyway – and to stick their heads in the sand. We can join them for a moment and take a look underground,... more
41-42/2020 Constant change
Having already experienced a lot of volatility in 2020, we would now appear to have entered an era of change. It’s easier this year than in most others to accept the fact that nothing ever stays the same. One of the shoulders we could lean on in these days of uncertainty has... more
39-40/2020
Slowly, slowly the first dare-devils are sticking their heads above the parapet again. The question isn’t whether the rather timidly emerging new era is post-pandemic, the new normal, or post-post-modern – the crucial issue is how things will go in detail in... more
36-38/2020
What on earth are the upsides of government measures to contain the outbreak of Covid-19? Well, airlines discovered airfreight again, for one. Previously, there were simply no main-deck capacities to be had, now parcels take passenger seats – provided they haven’t already... more