Cross-border eCommerce is a proven business expansion strategy where online brands realign their fulfilment capability to serve overseas customers and adapt their site or join online marketplaces, to sell their…
Following the early January escalation of attacks on container ships off the coast of Yemen the major container shipping lines began diverting vessels away from the Suez Canal and around…
Plans change for any number of reasons and sometimes express parcel and documents are the only solution. Whatever the cause, you can respond quickly and cost-effectively with our new courier…
The shock of the double-attack on the Maersk Hangzhou on Sunday has prompted the Danish shipping line to follow other leading container shipping lines and divert their vessels away from…
Supply chains from Asia face disruption after the world’s leading container shipping lines suspended passage through the Red Sea to the Suez Canal following a series of attacks on container…
The Gulf of Aden is the approach to the Suez Canal from Asia, with 50-60 vessels transiting each day, but as a result of the situation in Israel attacks in…
As the container shipping lines make their first attempt of 2024 at raising freight rates from Asia, with huge GRIs announced for mid-December and January, we review the ‘temporary’ surcharges…
The pre-Christmas spike in eCommerce volumes out of China means that demand for air cargo space has been driving rates up from Hong Kong over the past two months, with…
The EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was established in 2005 to tackle greenhouse gas emissions within the European Union and extends to container shipping from the 1st January 2024,…
Historically East Coast sea freight rates from Asia have always been significantly higher than West Coast rates, because much smaller traffic volumes were routed to the East Coast, but recent…
The global freight industry in 2025 presents a dynamic landscape shaped by robust demand, geopolitical…
The OECD, WTO and IMF are predicting that global trade growth could more than double…
Iran’s seizure of the 15,000 teu MSC Aries in international waters off the Gulf of…
