Turn in trade with China? 
Statistics for 2020 show a clear shift in the trade flows between China, the USA and the EU. According to European Union statistics, EU states saw an increase in imports (+5.6%) and exports +2.2%) to and from China last year, despite the pandemic. The United States Census,... more
North America: from a route to a network
US transport company Schneider is celebrating the 30th anniversary of its intermodal service offering. In 1991, Schneider launched its first route from Chicago to Los Angeles combining truck and rail transport. Today, Schneider’s intermodal network has over 45 ramps with... more
A transatlantic coalition is forged
Two big industrial ports have a common cause. The US-Port of Corpus Christi, Texas, and the European Port of Rotterdam, Netherlands, have signed a memorandum of understanding for further collaboration. The ports outlined a number of shared objectives, which include... more
Hawaiian cargo carrier orders Florida conversion
Aeronautical Engineers (AEI) from Miami, FL has been awarded a contract to provide Transair with an AEI B737-400SF Freighter Conversion. The Honolulu, Hawaii-based cargo carrier currently operates a fleet of five B737-200F freighters. This will be its first B737-400SF freighter.... more
Colombian secretary general for Icao
The 36-state governing body of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao), the Icao Council, has appointed Juan Carlos Salazar of Colombia as the organisation's new secretary general for a three-year term, beginning 1 August 2021. He succeeds Fang Liu of China, who has... more
A double dose to Mexico 
Geodis expanded its end-to-end air cargo solutions across the entire globe once the outbreak of Covid-19 reached pandemic proportions. In March its ‘air direct Mexico’ service, operational since November 2019, saw another Chinese destination added. more
Fully electric trucks arrive in Switzerland
With the delivery of three Fuso eCanter trucks to Camion Transport, Switzerland opens a new chapter in eco-friendly logistics. The brand is the world’s first fully electric truck to be developed for serial production. More than 200 vehicles are currently in daily service in the... more
World trade growing again
In January 2020, the container throughput index published by the German research body Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (RWI - Leibniz) and the Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL) registered a moderate surge in world trade and container... more
Second of three new routes takes off today
DSV is introducing three new intercontinental routes connecting five continents. After a weekly direct route from Luxembourg to São Paulo GRU adding 100 t of capacity between Europe and Brazil since 21 February 2021, the global logistics provider is launching today, 1 March, a... more
Pilferers report for 2020
The annual cargo theft report 2020, compiled by TT Club and BSI, shows that theft of cargo in transit is still the most frequent crime, although uts 71% share of the total is below the 2019 level (87%). Losses from warehouses and other storage facilities increased to 25%.... more