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Photo: Jim Allen/FreightWaves Freight Futures contract to watch today: Dallas, TX to Los Angeles, CA  It was a quiet day, relatively speaking, in the Trucking Freight Futures markets as the...

OneConnect and China Merchants Port Group are collaborating to build a blockchain platform for ports in south China, reported China News. OneConnect, which recently listed on the NYSE, is a spin off from...

ID 2303137 © Christian Lagereek | Dreamstime.com By Gavin van Marle 03/04/2020 As the coronavirus pandemic and social lockdowns continue to hobble global supply chains, fears are mounting among forwarders...

© Vbaleha By Alex Lennane 03/04/2020 Airfreight rates for medical supplies have hit more than $13 per kg, causing some forwarders to claim that freighter airlines are “profiteering” from the...

ID 144806554 © Anekoho | Dreamstime.com By Mike Wackett 03/04/2020 Container spot rates from Asia to Europe remained stable this week and, having withdrawn around a third of headhaul capacity...

London-based Beacon, the next generation freight forwarding and supply chain finance company, has appointed Brenton Booth as Head of Supply Chain Finance. Brenton joined the company on 1 April. Prior...

Davies Turner reports that its direct, fixed-day, weekly rail import service from China to the UK, which re-commenced in mid-March, has broken the previously achieved record transit time. Tony Cole,...

freight forwarding and supply chain finance company Beacon has appointed Brenton Booth as head of supply chain finance. Booth joined the company on April 1 having previously run his own...

Freight forwarder Gefco has transported a shipment of medical supplies on special charter flights from Shanghai to Bratislava to help tackle Covid-19 outbreak in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The...

Covid-19 has brought the global economy to a standstill. Governments around the world are working hard to slow the rate of infection, but what does this mean for businesses? We...