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US China trade war

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Container shipping feels growing pressure from trade war, falling Asian exports—BIMCO

In the first nine months of the year global container volumes rose 1% to 126.3 million TEUs, up just 1.3 million TEUs from the…
  • December 2, 2019
  • 4 minute read

Trade war leads to contraction of global forwarding market in H1

The trade war between the US and China is pointed to as one of the major causes for the global freight forwarding market contracting…
  • November 27, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Air freight forwarding volumes fell 4.2% in H1—Ti report

The global air freight forwarding market contracted 4.2% year-on-year in the first half of 2019, with the market reeling from the economic slowdown and…
  • November 1, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Asia Pacific air freight contracts 5.4% in June, 7.4% in H1—IATA

Global air freight demand decreased by 4.8% in June 2019 compared to the same period in 2018, marking the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year…
  • August 10, 2019
  • 2 minute read

Air cargo down nearly 9% in June and 5% in H1

Cargo transported by airlines fell almost 9% in June year-on-year, further widening the gap between the first half of 2019 and the same period…
  • August 7, 2019
  • 3 minute read

Asia air freight feels US-China trade war pressure

The intensifying U.S.-China trade war has been putting pressure on the air freight industry, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, as global volumes continued to…
  • May 27, 2019
  • 3 minute read

Container rates fall for all major corridors in April—Xeneta

The latest XSI® Public Indices shows that container shipping rates declined by 4.2% in April to 104.45 points after two months of steady increases,…
  • May 6, 2019
  • 3 minute read

ASEAN firms stand to gain from trade war if they act now—trade and customs expert

The Philippines and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member-states could benefit from the ongoing trade war between China and the US, but…
  • December 3, 2018
  • 3 minute read

Air cargo volume bounces back, led by Asia-Pacific

Worldwide air cargo volume recorded a small year-on-year growth in October of 2.0% after declining in September, with Asia-Pacific posting the best outgoing and…
  • December 3, 2018
  • 2 minute read

Bimco identifies trade lane, cargoes at stake in a trade war

The Baltic and International Maritime Council (Bimco) says the fronthaul leg of the transpacific voyage is the trade lane that needs the most watching,…
  • May 9, 2018
  • 3 minute read