China’s trade surplus with Europe larger than with U.S. for first time
China’s trade surplus with Europe has overtaken its surplus with the U.S. for the first time, exposing European industry to mounting competitive pressure from an increasingly dominant Chinese manufacturing and export powerhouse.
DHL has no plans to merge forwarding and supply chain units
No plans to merge DHL Forwarding and Supply Chain units but greater collaboration in the cards...
SME forwarders not only surviving but flourishing, says WCAworld chief
The twists and turns in the Trump administration’s trade policy and the saga of tariffs on and tariffs off have created a climate of uncertainty in the global economy throughout 2025, exacerbating what was already a period of low growth, and in some cases, one of stagnation.
Lufthansa and Air France-KLM call for ‘level playing field’ in the EU aviation sector
The CEOs of Lufthansa and Air France-KLM argue that the EU’s open skies policy gives Gulf and other non-European carriers an uneven advantage, undermining European airlines, employment, and long-term competitiveness.
ING’s Luman says tariff impacts on UK and EU auto exports to US yet to hit
Rico Luman, Senior Sector Economist, at Dutch bank ING specializing in transport, logistics and the automotive industry in a Q&A with American Journal of Transportation, expects the impacts from the US tariffs hasn’t yet been felt. But he expects over the coming months and beyond, the impacts of US tariffs and trade policies will begin to show.
Trump’s import tariffs now weighing on air cargo traffic
US import tariffs and the introduction of the de minimis rule have begun to weigh on air cargo traffic and drive changes in individual trade lanes, according to Xeneta, the freight rate benchmarking and market analytics platform.
European freight forwarders focus on cost-cutting rather than M&A
European freight forwarders are prioritizing aggressive cost-cutting and restructuring over pursuing further mergers and acquisitions amid soft demand and shrinking margins.
Control of world’s port terminals major concern with geopolitics omnipresent
Appearing before a French parliamentary commission recently, Rodolphe Saadé, head of one of the world’s leading ocean shipping lines, France’s CMA CGM, told MPs that the control of the world’s port terminals had become a major concern with geopolitics omnipresent.
EU Military Mobility Package addresses long-standing weaknesses in Europe’s transport networks
Addressing Europe’s transport networks will have major impact on logistics sector.
Greenville-Spartanburg and Frankfurt-Hahn team up on cargo
Greenville-Spartanburg Airport (GSP) strengthens its global air cargo role with a new partnership with Frankfurt-Hahn Airport, expanding beyond automotive into aerospace, perishables, e-commerce, and more.
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