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Benefits of logistics outsourcing and choosing the right partner

Outsourcing your logistics and fulfilment brings many benefits, the most significant of which are efficiencies, cost savings, improved cashflow, ability to scale rapidly and enhanced risk management. By outsourcing their logistics and fulfilment to 3PLs, businesses avoid investing in infrastructure, equipment

Red Sea Disruption – Sea Freight Review

The current Red Sea instability has shifted the market balance – albeit temporarily – in the carriers’ favour, but it also raises questions about the binary balance of power between carriers and shippers. This disruption is different from those preceding it,

All change at the shipping alliances

After announcing the end of the 2M alliance Maersk is joining with Hapag-Lloyd to form The Gemini Cooperation, in a move that will shake up the East-West container shipping market. Since announcing the breakup of its 2M Alliance with MSC in

Airfreight market update

Bright start to new year for air freight

The early Chinese New Year and shipper concerns about Red Sea supply chain delays contributed to a 10% increase in air cargo volumes last month, putting pressure on rates on many routes, including from the Indian Subcontinent and South East

US and Europe spot rates from Asia in step

Two weeks after sea freight spot rates from Asia to Europe started to peak and after the scramble for capacity ahead of Lunar New Year subsided, it seems that the US trade lane from Asia may be following suit. Two weeks

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Freight market report; October 2023

The European Union’s surprise decision to end container shipping lines’ exemption from competition law next April and imposing carbon taxes on them from January, mean the lines already have a challenging 2024. Recent air freight rate increases may suggest a

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EU’s anti-trust action may not end Alliances

With the European Union’s surprise decision to end container shipping lines’ exemption from competition law in April next year, and imposing carbon taxes on them from January, European container shipping may have a challenging 2024. The abolition of the Consortia Block