Newsletter – June 17, 2020

  • Newsletter – June 17, 2020


    AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

    Long delays at major US airfreight hubs caused by ‘handling problems’
    theloadstar.com
    Air cargo volumes are considerably down on a year ago, but trucks are having to wait longer at large US airports to collect imported freight.
    Forwarders also face earlier cut-offs for their exports to make it onto departing flights at large gateways. Read more here.

    Air Canada Sees Uptick In Domestic Flight Bookings
    simpleflying.com
    Michael Rousseau, Air Canada’s chief financial officer, reported that leisure travel within Canada had been the first area to see an uptick, as interprovincial travel restrictions are eased.
    According to CTV News, Rousseau also expects an uptick in domestic business trips as early as September. Read more here.

    OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES

    Priority berthing for new feeder service will avoid Chittagong congestion
    theloadstar.com
    A Bangladeshi container feeder service will make its debut voyage from Chittagong port on 22 June, connecting to Singapore and Port Klang, opening another avenue for shippers to feeder cargo to mainline vessels.
    The Bangladesh Express Service operates with two 1,500 teu vessels and will depart Chittagong every Monday. Read more here.

    Logistics must digitise quickly to meet the demands of a post-Covid economy
    theloadstar.com
    DP World is accelerating its digital logistics programmes in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
    Following the widespread disruption since January, the terminal operator warned last week that the rush to diversify and shorten supply chains posed a new set of risks to cargo owners. Read more here.

    CANADA BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

    US-Canada border closure has silver linings, customs broker says
    freightwaves.com
    Since the United States-Canada border closed to nonessential travel in March, trucks have continued to move goods between the countries freely, even benefiting from the drop in car traffic. But one particular corner of the supply chain stopped in its tracks: the informal cross-border logistics of ordinary Canadians and small businesses. Read more here.

    INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

    How volume uncertainty plays into the RFP process
    transportdive.com
    s cities and states start to relax stay-at-home orders, shippers and carriers will begin familiar request for proposal (RFP) and request for quotation (RFQ) processes. There’s excess capacity now, and going after low rates in the spot market could reduce shippers’ transportation costs in the short term — but it may damage carrier relationships just when shippers need them most. As the economy ramps up, carriers will remember shippers that didn’t adhere to pricing developed during previous RFP processes. Read more here.

    Global e-commerce up 81 percent over May 2019
    insidelogistics.ca
    NAPLES, Fla. & LONDON – Global e-commerce sales continued to show strong growth in May, with certain sectors experiencing triple-digit year-on-year growth.
    Overall retail transaction growth of 81 percent in May, compared to the same period last year, was primarily driven by sportswear and sporting goods (216 percent), retail specific to housewares and DIY supplies (190 percent), and gaming (84 percent), according to an analysis by ACI Worldwide of hundreds of millions of eCommerce transactions from global merchants. Read more here.

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