Planes, Trains and Ships: Criminal Antitrust Enforcement Speeding Up for Transportation Sector
The Biden administration recently issued a sweeping Executive Order [1] aimed at protecting and enhancing competition, and the transportation sector—including air, ocean, and rail—is among the industries specifically identified and likely to see heightened antitrust scrutiny under the new directives.
Forwarding market returns to growth led by air cargo
The freight forwarding market is expected to grow by double-digit percentage levels in 2021 compared with last year led by the air cargo sector. The latest market forecast from consultant Transport Intelligence (Ti) shows that the forwarding market (in total value
The future of intermodal transport and multimodal logistics
Intermodal transport and multimodal logistics are concepts that are increasingly appearing both in studies by logistics experts and on the agenda of the European Economic and Social Committee. It is often said that making modes of transport complementary is a
Container transport industry on the verge of new profitability
It is no secret that the pandemic has created chaos for retailers and manufacturers trying to balance supply and demand. A recent study “The Shipping Crisis” shows that retailers and manufacturers have found it increasingly difficult to keep store shelves
MSC launches new Asia – Europe connection
To mitigate the impact of the Suez Canal blockage MSC is launching a new intermodal rail freight option connecting Europe and Asia. This new offer will combine both sea and rail service departing from China, Korea and Japan to Europe, via
CP and KCS agree to merge networks
Canadian Pacific Railway Limited (CP) and Kansas City Southern (KCS) have entered into a merger agreement, under which CP has agreed to acquire KCS in a stock and cash transaction representing an enterprise value of approximately USD$29 billion, which includes
Railway technologies in global leadership and in the perspectives of ‘Green Thinking’ people
Railway history goes back almost 2000 years, and today it has developed so far that the countries can compete for the most advanced railway technologies in the global market. Besides, in many places in the world the industry starts using
What Type of Cargo Transportation is the Most Appropriate?
While carriers anxiously awaited the approaching Brexit results, in the final we came across an entirely new and unexpected outcome, the COVID-19 virus, which significantly hurt the freight business worldwide. Today, in this advanced world, we cannot imagine our life without
