Front-loading frenzy has made traditional H2 peak season 'unlikely'

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Front-loading frenzy has made traditional H2 peak season 'unlikely'

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Front-loading frenzy has made traditional H2 peak season 'unlikely'

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News / Transpac GRIs fail to prop up under-pressure container spot freight rates

Premium / Rock 'n' roll with Kuehne and its detractors

News / MSC shopping spree for newbuilds continues, and Yang Ming joins in

News / Drayage 'bloodbath' as recessionary market forces more US hauliers out

News / Normal seasonal patterns suspended – where is the air cargo being held?

COMPANY NOTICES

News / Tariffs driving regional supply chain shift opens avenues for automotive

News / Maersk to launch new Caribbean-Europe network, with bigger ships

Tradelanes / Tradelanes: Overcapacity on Asia-S America impacting alliances and rates

News / Europe may be a strong bet for US PE firms eyeing air cargo handlers

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Premium / As demand builds, Prologis talks of 'major 3PLs engaging in a greater way'

Comment / Strange goings-on at the US FMC – is it still fit for purpose?

News / As China-India trade expands, carriers add capacity, impacting rates

News / Warning to EU hauliers as already complex liability rules tighten

News / Signals may be turning green for an east-west US railroad merger

News / MSC switches two more Asia-Europe port calls from congested Antwerp

News / Trading tensions with the US may push Brazil closer to China

Premium / Making landfall: Antwerp-Bruges H1 25 box volumes tell a congested story

News / Box ship overcapacity threat from carrier appetite for new tonnage

News / Rising number of empty US warehouses no harbinger of falling rates

News / Cargo airport Liege powers on as Frankfurt and Schiphol stagnate

News / Ports and supply chain operators weigh in on funding for CPB

News / Ports lagging in EU-required installation of shore power connections

Premium / DHL Global Forwarding – changing of the guard with Tim Scharwath set to exit

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