US west coast ports are set to avoid congestion in early 2026 due to weak import volumes, according to New York's Journal of Commerce.

HEALTHCARE, and semiconductor shipments, Asia exports and Red Sea disruption helped drive up airfreight volumes for Kuehne+Nagel (K+N) in the second quarter of 2024

THE unstable geopolitical conditions in the Red Sea have forced container ships from Asia to circumnavigate Africa, approaching Cosco Port terminals in Spain and northern Europe instead of Piraeus, Greece's biggest port

DHL has confirmed it diverted freighter flights away from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) to avoid air cargo operational disruption ahead of a strike by more than 1,100 DHL Express workers

THE International Air Transport Association (IATA) is expecting air cargo demand to increase by 4

CONTAINER volumes at Southern California's ports, the largest complex in the United States, remain down significantly for the year and in the latest monthly report, according to Fort Lauderdale's The Maritime Executive

CARGO traffic globally, measured in freight tonne kilometres (FTKs), fell by 4

CONTAINER volume growth continues apace with loaded shipments on course to break 200 million TEU for the first time in 2017, says London's Drewry Maritime Research.

CHINESE ports have suffered an overall decline in volumes over the past few weeks as more cities have imposed lockdowns amid a surge in Covid-19, reports London's Port Technology

THE rail freight transport of containers between Rotterdam and the German state of Bavaria has increased significantly in recent months, according to London's freightweek

CONTAINER shipping has proved to be remarkably resilient in 2020 in terms of volumes as well as freight rates despite the alarming headlines in the spring of last year

GLOBAL port operator DP World handled 18

DESPITE the flux and trepidation caused by the uncertainties surrounding the US-China trade war, the dust is starting to settle over retail imports with the nation's top container ports likely to see a return to typical seasonal patterns in the first few months of the year

EMIRATES SkyCargo's air freight volumes in the first half of the year dropped by eight per cent year on year to 1

CONTAINER throughput at the Port of Long Beach increased by 8.7 per cent in January to 582,689 TEU compared to the same month last year on the back of renewed activity at its largest terminal, combined with extra ships calling the port ahead of the Lunar New Year.

THE Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) data revealed that throughput in May dropped 10.9 per cent year on year to 2.62 million TEU.

THE latest statistics from industry analyst Container Trade Statistics (CTS) show that global transport volumes of containerised cargo grew 5

THE Port of Hamburg maintained its container traffic volumes in the first three months of the year at 2.2 million TEU on par with same period in 2012

DSV's air freight volumes rose in the first half of the year by one per cent, but fell by two per cent in the second quarter of the year, due to the market environment as well as the termination of a high-volume, low-margin customer contract

THE total volume of air cargo volumes exported from Germany fell 24

THE Hamburger Hafen und Logistik (HHLA) first-quarter Hamburg volumes may have declined, but international operations at Tallinn and Odessa helped group container volumes to increase by 2

GERMANY's Frankfurt airport's air cargo volumes remained largely flat in August after recording a year-on-year increase of just 0

TERMINALS governed by the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), principally Charleston, saw container volumes rise by 1.4 per cent to 1.9 million TEU during its fiscal year ending June 30, against the same period a year earlier.

KALMAR, part of Cargotec, has won an order to supply a total of 30 Ottawa T2 terminal tractors to the Tecon Santos container terminal in Brazil, operated by Santos Brasil Participacoes

FREIGHT volumes around the world are falling, signalling tougher times amid escalating trade tensions and heightened uncertainty, according to a Reuters commentary

CHILEAN carrier CSAV has reported a drop in container volume in December 2011 to 201,000 TEU against the previous December volume of 294,500 TEU alongside improved freight rates.

FIGURES from the Hong Kong Marine Department show that container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong fell again in April to 1

AIRPORTS across Europe saw freight traffic dropped by 2

PARIS-BASED container research house Alphaliner says that despite the United States' escalation of the ongoing trade war, global container volumes will continue to grow this year

GLOBAL container volumes increased by 1

A sharp decline in maindeck cargo on freighters saw Brussels Airport's monthly cargo volumes fall 3

PRELIMINARY figures from the Hong Kong Marine Department show that container throughput at the Port of Hong Kong fell again in August for the seventh month in a row to 1

THE southwest Swedish Port of Gothenburg handled 378,000 TEU during the first six months of 2018, an increase of 19 per cent from the corresponding 2017 period

CARGO was the only sector to register a decline at Frankfurt airport in January compared to the same month last year

US RAIL traffic slipped five per cent in July amid declining rail volumes for coal, grain and intermodal, reports New York's FreightWaves

THE Port of Virginia's container throughput rose 8.9 per cent year on year in March to 232,148 TEU, with loaded imports up 9.5 per cent to 99,665 TEU and loaded exports up 3.3 per cent to 92,384 TEU.

ASHDOD Port Company's first-half container throughput rose 6.6 per cent year on year to 773,476 TEU, while the total volume of general cargo rose 8.3 per cent to 1.09 million tonnes.