04 Dec 2022

FMC Announces Three New Initiatives to Assist Shippers and Improve Supply Chain Performance

The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) is establishing three new initiatives that will provide enhanced assistance to shippers, continue to improve legal and regulatory compliance of regulated entities, and focus on remedies to supply chain problems. At the direction of Chairman Daniel Maffei, the Commission will: establish a new and permanent International Ocean Shipping Supply Chain […]

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25 Apr 2022

Cooling of U.S. Truckload Rates may be ‘Delayed Seasonality’

Truckload rates for U.S. spot market loads has cooled in the last three months. The market correction in trucking is currently limited to dry-van and temperature-controlled truckload, while demand and rates remain elevated for flatbed, less-than-truckload (LTL), and last-mile and parcel freight. Donald Broughton, transportation analyst and principal of Broughton Capital, said there is not […]

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23 Apr 2022

“No Material Impact (Yet)” on Blank Sailings

No material impact on blank sailings has yet been observed from the lockdown in Shanghai said Sea-Intelligence. The lockdown in Shanghai differs from the Yantian closure in 2021 as Shanghai port remains open and operational, Sea-Intelligence said, with the “problematic part” being the closed manufacturing sites and warehouses, as well as a reduction in available […]

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30 Mar 2022

Lockdown in Shenzhen Partially Lifted

Local authorities have eased lockdown restrictions in Shenzhen, saying the COVID-19 outbreak is now mostly under control. Factory operations and public transport in four districts including Yantian and a special economic zone have been put back into operation. Landside logistics and productivity at key manufacturing hubs had been impacted by movement restrictions which began on […]

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28 Mar 2022

Air Cargo summer schedules

The IATA summer schedule begins on March 27th, 2022. After two years of the coronavirus pandemic, the airlines are anticipating pent-up demand for travel to unwind in the coming months. “Here at Lufthansa, we expect to ramp up capacity on the North Atlantic significantly going into the summer schedule, driven by resurging passenger numbers. It […]

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