New UK freight ferry port passes dress rehearsal
Mon. 18 May 2020
Successful ship trials completed at London’s new unaccompanied ro-ro terminal at Tilbury2 ahead of full opening next week.
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Coronavirus (COVID-19): advice for the freight transport industry
Mon. 18 May 2020
Guidance for the freight transport industry on international travel following government advice for British nationals.
ICAO promotes COVID-19-free public health corridors
Mon. 18 May 2020
On 13 May, the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) announced that it is encouraging the establishment of special COVID-19-free Public Health Corridors (PHCs) to address the “extensive and varied” country-to-country border restrictions now in place due to national pandemic measures.
Help at hand for home schooling logistics professionals
Mon. 11 May 2020
Four leading organisations from the UK supply chain sector – Business on the Move, Career Ready Think Logistics, NOVUS and Talent in Logistics – have collaborated to launch #LearningThroughLogistics, a collection of home-schooling resources.
Staffordshire rail freight hub plans approved by government
Mon. 11 May 2020
Plans to build a new rail freight hub on land off the M6 in Staffordshire have been given the go-ahead by the government.
International Transport Forum warns governments to be careful bailing out debt-laden carriers
Wed. 6 May 2020
The International Transport Forum (ITF), which works under the auspices of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, is set to lock horns with the liner community once again, issuing a 10-page report on 29 April 2020 cautioning governments from rushing to bail out debt-laden carriers in the coming months.
Airline sector could take three years to recover
Mon. 4 May 2020
Top executives at Emirates and Etihad say 85% of carriers could face insolvency this year without government intervention and passenger demand may not return to pre-crisis levels until 2023.
Global e-Commerce hits $25.6 trillion – latest UNCTAD estimates
Wed. 29 Apr 2020
E-commerce sales hit $25.6 trillion globally in 2018, up 8% from 2017, according to the latest available estimates released today by the UN’s trade and development body, UNCTAD, at the start of its UNCTAD eWeek event.
Immediate and severe air cargo capacity crunch
Tue. 28 Apr 2020
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March air cargo performance demonstrating a severe capacity shortfall.
Trade lane capacity reductions
Tue. 28 Apr 2020
East/West head haul capacity down 17% YoY in May; global trade capacity for H1 2020 already cut by 12.9% YoY.
