New Stena Line ferry route officially opened
On Saturday 1 February 2020 Stena Line’s new ferry route between Halmstad in Sweden and Grenaa in Denmark was officially opened. Thousands of people visited...
Category : Freight
Who Grows Your Favourite Chocolate?
Smallholder farmers do the most work, but earn the least money on the value chain. • The UNDP’s Other Bar makes payments along the chocolate...
Coronavirus closes Chinese printers; Australian publishers expect delays
7 February 2020 @booksandpublishing Australian trade publishers are anticipating delays to some book supply due to printer closures in China. In response to the coronavirus...
IMO 2020 makes waves in ocean shipping
I must have read more than 75 articles about the trends we’ll see in 2020, some of them are related to the shipping industry and...
Warehouse Group takes a hardline on carbon-heavy suppliers
The country’s largest retailer says it is “absolutely” prepared to drop suppliers if they don’t cut back on their carbon emissions. It is nearly a year...
Airlines’ China Cutbacks Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Squeeze Freight Capacity
A steep reduction in airline services to China in response to the coronavirus outbreak is slashing trans-Pacific capacity for high-value, expedited goods that move as...
Virus cases jump; China retail shifts online fast; Aussie December retail weak; seafreight markets dive; commodities sink; China halves tariffs; equity markets jump; UST 10yr yield at 1.65%; oil down and gold up; NZ$1 = 64.6 USc; TWI-5 = 70.2
Here’s our summary of key economic events overnight that affect New Zealand, with news financial markets are still prepared to look through the economic pain...
IMO 2020 throws monkey wrench into ocean rate visibility
Getting a handle on spot pricing for tankers and bulkers has always been tricky. In 2020, it has become dramatically more complicated, courtesy of new...
Toll services continue to be affected by cyber attack
Freight forwarder Toll is continuing efforts to recover from a recent cyber attach, but some services remain affected. The Japan Post-owned company said that its...
DHL Global Forwarding Expands myDHLi Quote + Book to Include Ocean Freight
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group, has expanded its instant online quotation and booking service to DHL...