Newsletter – December 3, 2018

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

Turkish Cargo website has updated interface

aircargonews.net
Turkish Cargo has updated its corporate website, which is designed to be less complicated but more functional, with a new interface. Read more here.

Wider air cargo sector collaboration could reap more rewards from e-commerce boom

theloadstar.co.uk
A mindset change is needed to give a further boost to air cargo’s ability to handle post and e-commerce, according to one industry leader. Read more here. 

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES

Transpacific box rates still slipping as tariff talk hangs over peak season

theloadstar.co.uk
Container spot rates on the transpacific suffered again this week: Asia to the US east coast slumping by $250 per 40ft. Read more here.

GROUND AND RAIL FREIGHT UPDATES

Truck driver shortage crisis now spreading across the whole of Europe

theloadstar.co.uk
European road transport firms are racing towards a driver shortage crisis of 150,000 unfilled jobs, according to new research from Transport Intelligence.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

US and China agree temporary trade truce

lloydsloadinglist.com
Chinese and international markets rallied today after the US and China agreed a 90-day temporary pause in what had become an escalating trade war. Read more here.