• Cargo drone specialist appoints chief product officer May 21,2021

  Dronamics, a leading developer and operator of large cargo drones, has announced the appointment of Roger Morris as Chief Product Officer (CPO), a new senior management team position, responsible for all customer and product activities across the business.“Roger has an enviable reputation in the del... [learn more]

• E-commerce set for 20% air cargo share by 2022 May 20,2021

  Cross-border e-commerce is on course to account for 20% of global air cargo shipments by 2022 – a doubling of its share since 2017 – despite its growth slowing during the Covid pandemic as a result of price hikes caused by capacity constraints, according to a leading market analyst.&ld... [learn more]

• Asia-Europe shippers face ‘extremely serious’ space crunch May 20,2021

  Asia-Europe ocean freight shippers face an “extremely serious” space crunch and further rises in prices, with the shortages of capacity and available containers continuing to intensify across all major Far East export ports.In its latest weekly Ocean Freight Market Update on the Asia-Europ... [learn more]

• Geodis to operate airside facility at Paris CDG May 20,2021

  European freight forwarding and logistics group Geodis has opened a new 6,000 sqm site with direct airside access within the cargo area of Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport – only the second facility in its global network to have direct access to an airport’s airside ramp.Geodis said the new... [learn more]

• CMA CGM vessel to set record at North American east coast ports May 20,2021

  North American east coast ports will see records broken in container shipping this week.The 2012-built, 16,020 teu CMA CGM Marco Polo (IMO: 9454436) is scheduled to call at Halifax on May 17, New York-New Jersey on May 20, Norfolk on May 23, Savannah on May 26 and Charleston on May 28 — record... [learn more]

• US regulator has limited tools to address current ocean space and price issues May 19,2021

  The Federal Maritime Commission has limited ability to solve the supply chain issues facing US agricultural exporters as container shortages and high freight rates have led to calls for action.“I am in touch with these exporters and [know] how frustrating it is right now,” said chairman Da... [learn more]