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Rhine River Disruption Forces Cargo Shift to Road and Rail as European Supply Chains Face New Pressure

August 11, 2026 7597 Read More

GT Global Transportation Network News | European LogisticsInland Transportation UpdateThe European logistics network is facing renewed pressure as falling water levels along the Rhine River disrupt in

Air Cargo Rates Hit Peak-Season Levels in April as Middle East Ceasefire Fails to Ease Supply Chain Squeeze

April 09, 2026 2840 Read More

Global air freight rates surged to multi-year highs in the week leading up to the announcement of a two-week Middle East ceasefire, with industry experts warning that even a temporary halt in hostilit

Feeder Frenzy: Container Market Defies Supply Glut as Charter Rates Hold Firm

April 08, 2026 3367 Read More

Global container fleet expansion is decelerating, yet ordering activity continues at a blistering pace—with a decisive pivot toward smaller, more agile vessels reshaping the industry's capacity p

Container Ship Scrapping Hits 20-Year Low as New Orders Explode, Fueling Oversupply Crisis

January 29, 2026 4504 Read More

Global Shipping Industry– While the world braces for an unprecedented surge in new containerships, the disposal of older, less efficient vessels has ground to a near halt. A new report from Alphaline

Super Typhoon Ragasa Disrupts East Asia Supply Chains Ahead of Golden Week

September 25, 2025 4160 Read More

Super Typhoon Ragasa, the strongest storm of 2025 (Category-5, 100-knot winds), has forced the closure of major container terminals across southern China and Taiwan, throwing regional supply chains in

New USTR Port Fees Threaten Shipping and Global Supply Chains: Cosco's Response and Industry Reactions

April 23, 2025 8400 Read More

On April 17, 2025, the US Trade Representative (USTR) announced its decision to impose port fees on Chinese shipping lines and Chinese-built vessels. The USTR 301 action means that, from October 14, 2

Record blanking as supply races ahead of demand in container shipping

September 13, 2023 4755 Read More

A perfect storm of newbuild containership deliveries, weakening demand and a dearth of scrapping candidates is throwing

Supply chain players bullish on India-UAE trade growth prospects

August 15, 2023 8207 Read More

Supply chain stakeholders on the India-UAE tradelane appear increasingly bullish about the pace of demand growth after a

Boost for India's exports as global supply chain 'reorients itself'

April 20, 2023 7504 Read More

The first round of a $500-per-box general rate increase (GRI) on 29 March for India-US shipments has paid no dividends f

More sustainable supply chains? 'Only if it doesn't cost us more'

April 13, 2023 8603 Read More

Forwarders have warned that too much oxygen in the sustainability debate is being “sucked up by brand management” and

4 ways to minimize your detention charges through supply chain visibility

April 11, 2023 7597 Read More

Do you know the average detention charges can reach up to $50-$100 per container per day and accrue up to20 times the co

Supply chains 'finally beginning to stabilise', says Maersk

March 29, 2023 4304 Read More

Maersk believes supply chains “are finally beginning to stabilise and find equilibrium”.Indeed,its Asia-Pacific March

Older freighters look set for the scrap heap as capacity oversupply looms

March 24, 2023 2862 Read More

Aged freighters are destined for scrappage, with the raft of new orders set to hit the market by 2027 threatening oversu

Turkish Airlines weighs in as relief efforts step up and supply chains recover

February 27, 2023 8433 Read More

Turkey’s manufacturing sector could take at least eight months to recover from the damage wrought by the earthquake at

Broken supply chains mean no quick take-offs for freighter conversions

December 13, 2022 6154 Read More

Israel Aerospace Industries’ (IAI) conversion programme for Boeing 777s is behind schedule.The company recently reveale

National freight transport strategy to protect supply chains needed in Canada

November 25, 2022 7515 Read More

Ottawa is on the way to a more active role in Canada’s freight transport system as transport minister Omar Alghabra pla

'Ban' on expensive airfreight as hard-hit retailers review supply chains

November 21, 2022 6122 Read More

Retailers are rejecting air freight, and returning to the ocean market where prices are low and reliability has imp

Ryder’s Supply-Chain Expansion Boosts Earnings and Stability

October 27, 2022 8136 Read More

The logistics operator says more ‘targeted acquisitions’ may be in pipeline for growing supply-chain segmentRyderSyste

Warehouse Bottlenecks Are Snarling U.S. Supply Chains

September 14, 2022 5900 Read More

Capacity constraints have moved from the water to land as companies tie up transport equipment, triggering backups across freight networks