by Stuart Todd Jan 23, 2025
Reform of EU Customs needs to balance ‘simplification and reality’
The European Union (EU) is preparing a major overhaul of its Customs regulations with freight forwarding, logistics, and Customs service’s body, CLECAT, urging that reform consider “the realities of modern supply chains, which involve multiple parties.”
Trump tariff hike on imports from China could boost air cargo
The prospect of a significant increase in tariffs on goods imported into the U.S from China could have the effect of boosting air cargo, according to a senior industry executive.
Mega-projects increasingly have come under criticism. But are they the disaster the critics deem or a key to the future
Transport infrastructure mega-projects invariably capture the headlines, given their monumental size, scale and cost and more so when they are announced as being ultra-innovative, even revolutionary in design and make full use of emerging and disruptive technologies, such as AI and robotics.
E-commerce is air cargo golden egg but there’s a downside
Cross-border e-commerce has indisputably become air cargo’s golden egg in recent years to a point where it is no exaggeration to suggest that it is fast-becoming the sector’s leading commodity surpassing general cargo.
Take-off of French cargo airship startup Flying Whales neither smooth nor simple but investors keep faith
The take-off of French cargo airship startup Flying Whales is proving neither smooth nor simple despite being vaunted as a prime example of the low-carbon transport of the future.
Life sciences air cargo logistics prospers in Puerto Rico
The Puerto Rico Life Sciences Air Cargo Community (PRLSACC) is enabling Puerto Rico to become the ‘Medicine Cabinet of the World’.
CMA CGM’s project division leverages parent’s logistic reach
An interview with Stéphane Berninet, head of CMA CGM’s Project Cargo division
DHL Global Connectedness Tracker: No sign of globalization in reverse, international trade resilient
Moreover, countries that are neither close allies of the US nor of China are growing their shares of world trade, connecting geopolitical rivals, while traded goods are traversing the longest average distance on record, countering claims of a broad regionalization trend.
European auto logistics seeking visibility in fluctuating market for new vehicles
EU tariffs on China could alter vehicle trade flows but there are other fluctuating factors influencing Europe’s auto logistics.
CMA CGM faces windfall taxes to ease pressure on French public finances
Plans by the new French government to reduce the nation’s alarming budget deficit through public spending cuts and “temporary and exceptional” tax hikes, is set to have a direct impact on the transport sector with ocean shipping giant CMA CGM hardest-hit.
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