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Gemini shakes up ocean freight

Full Steam Ahead! This setting is shown on the engine telegraph of the Gemini partners, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, that joined forces on 01FEB25. It applies not only to the sailing speed of the approximately 340 container ships jointly managed...

EU puts SHEIN and TEMU in the pillory

In 2024, 4.6 billion small shipments with a value of less than 22 EUR entered the European Union. Most arrive by cargo plane in Liège, but also in Copenhagen, Milan or Madrid. Repeated inspections by customs officers revealed that...

Suez-Canal – box carriers remain hesitant

The ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas, in place since last weekend, has so far had no influence on the network decisions of the major box carriers: MSC, Maersk, Hapag-Lloyd, Yang Ming or Evergreen. They continue to navigate around...

Six trends shaping patient-centric pharmaceutical logistics in 2025

Around 4% of all air cargo tonnage transported globally each year is made up of temperature-controlled pharmaceutical shipments. This highly valuable and sensitive air cargo commodity has enjoyed double-digit growth recently, and its requirements are changing as both the...

Hapag-Lloyd eyes African landlocked countries

The shipping line has just opened an office in Kampala, Uganda - its first in a landlocked country on the African continent. More are to follow, announced Thomas Orting Jorgensen, Senior Director Trade Management Africa, Hapag-Lloyd, in a bilateral...

Unique air freight shipments in 2024 – Part 2

Here we present other unique cargo transports that will be remembered by everyone involved beyond 2024. We start with a topic sent to us by Or Zak, Chief Commercial Officer, Challenge Group. Challenge mastered the Tesla challengeAt Challenge Group, we...

Best-of shipments in 2024 – Part 1

In 2024, millions of shipments were flown safely and mostly on time across the world. But numbers are sound and smoke. That's why we asked air freight operators what unique shipments they handled that stood out from the crowd...

2024: A Record-Breaking Year

As 2024 draws to a close, the air cargo industry reflects on a year of milestones, challenges, and transformation. In a detailed review presented by IATA at its annual Media Day on 10DEC24, IATA Director General, Willie Walsh, Economist,...

Logistics as the key to Africa’s industrialization

Stella Scheibenzuber joins CargoForwarder Global as a guest author this week, with her review of the German African Business Summit 2024. The German African Business Summit (GABS) took place from 02-04DEC24, and brought around 800 business, political, association and...

LATAM Cargo starts salmon services to Down Under

It’s a first in the Latin American carrier’s history: flying Chilean salmon fillets to Australia. The 220-kilogram cargo shipments loaded in the holds of a passenger B787-9, departed from Santiago de Chile (SCL) in the early morning of 27NOV24...

Chancay becomes Peru’s lifeline to China

The picture says more than a thousand words: Peru’s President, Dina Boluarte, clasps the right hand of her guest from Beijing, Xi Jinping, with both hands. The occasion for the warm-hearted welcome gesture last week was the opening of...

Poland arrests suspected DHL bomb-planters

Four suspects were detained in Poland on charges of endangering DHL freighters and their crew with parcel bombs. Two other suspects are still being searched for internationally, a spokesperson of the Polish public prosecutor's office told a local news...

Kales buys Turkish GSA

Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Kales Group has acquired the Turkish General Sales Agent, ACT Global. Kales is thus expanding its international footprint as the company did not operate any own offices in Türkiye until now. The airline brand names listed on ACT...

Seafood Logistics – Key Takeaways

Was it worthwhile for the 90 or so attendees to take part in the seafood conference? What were the highlights in terms of content and what inspiration did the presentations and panels give those industry representatives present for their...

Will air freight exporters face a peak season fee?

Due to an expected high volume of air freight by the end of the year, integrators are considering charging additional fees. This is now also being discussed by some cargo airlines. The move is a reaction to the high...

Seafood vs e-Commerce – a battle for air capacities

'The Future of Norwegian Seafood Logistics' was the headline on the invitation to the event organized by Lars-Gunnar Comen, owner of Swedish exhibition organizer, EuroAvia. However, the big white elephant in the conference room of the Clarion Hotel at...

Gemini partners announce first targets

The name says it all. Like twins, the ocean giants, Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, intend to closely interlink their global transport capacities. The starting signal will be given on 01FEB25, but preparations are already in full swing at the companies'...

bound4blue eSails the Seven Seas

The Cantabria, Spain-based company, bound4blue, presented one of its six hybrid wind-propelled and heavy fuel oil-powered vessels at the world's leading trade fair and conference event for the maritime industry: the SMM, held in Hamburg, Germany, this week. These...

Aviation as an involuntary partner in Eco-Crime

Globalization is excellent when it comes to stimulating economies, providing access to medical products, or keeping supermarket shelves well-stocked. Yet, it also poses risks to the balance in nature and numerous crimes have been committed over the centuries –...

Peru on way to becoming China’s darling in LatAm

China's anger has faded. It arose after the Peruvian government withdrew its promise to grant the Chinese state-owned shipping company, Cosco, the exclusive rights to use a new deep-water port not far from Lima. The reason given to the...

ILA PART 3: The iViation project

Perhaps the small players of today will be the big ones of tomorrow? A promising example appears to be the iViation’s autonomously operating freighter. The unmanned aircraft has a range of 2,000 km and offers a payload of up...

The bitter-sweet taste of farmed Atlantic salmon

Dozens of freighter aircraft are lined up at Oslo Gardermoen Airport – from very large to rather small. Their common operational reason is the salmon business as Norway is the global hotspot of aquacultures. However, a rapidly spreading parasite...

Silke navigates 1.7 million boxes across the globe

On 01APR24, Silke Lehmköster took over the role as Senior Director Fleet Management at shipping line, Hapag-Lloyd. This makes the 37-year-old manager one of the highest-ranking female executives in global shipping. Ultimately, she is responsible for the condition of...

Hapag-Lloyd adopts new Strategy 2030

The document specifies and updates the Hapag-Lloyd's previous objectives, and names five building blocks as future priorities: the rapid modernization of its fleet, achieving quality leadership, strengthening sustainability efforts, becoming one of the most innovating maritime actors, and continuously...

Hapag-Lloyd’s profits dropped in 2023

The sharp decline in freight rates after the end of the pandemic, has left a clear mark on the shipping company, Hapag-Lloyd. This is evidenced by the annual report tabled last Thursday (14MAR24), at the company's headquarters in Hamburg....
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