With our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight sector, the U-Freight Group notes that Transport Intelligence reports that the air cargo industry has shown uneven trends this year, with strong growth on European and intra-Asia routes but disruption from tariffs, labour disputes, weather and capacity shortages elsewhere. Tariff changes and the end of the…
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Dec
Dec
The Drewry composite World Container Index (WCI) rose 7% to USD1,927 per 40ft container after three weeks of decline, mainly due to rate hikes on Transpacific and Asia–Europe trade routes. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight group with our strong presence in the global container shipping arena. Following three weeks of declines that pushed…
05
Dec
Dec
As the proud sponsor of the airfreight journalist of the year category of this year’s Seahorse Freight Association Journalism Awards, we congratulate the winner, Sasha Ranevska, who writes for Carbon Herald magazine, as well as the runner up, Edward Hardy, editor of Air Cargo Week magazine. As a leading provider of international freight and logistics…
05
Dec
Dec
With a portfolio of international ocean freight forwarding and logistics services, we note that global container shipping schedule reliability declined in October after months of steady improvement. This is according to a new a new Sea-Intelligence analysis, and is likely due to increased vessel delays and operational volatility after several months of stability. In October,…
03
Dec
Dec
In the latest edition of Air Cargo Management, TIACA’s Glyn Hughes outlines how air cargo must adapt to e-commerce’s rapid growth through harmonised standards, smarter data and sustainable operations. As a early entrant and on-going investor into meeting the ever-increasing challenges of providing logistics services to this rapidly expanding sector of global trade, this makes…
02
Dec
Dec
For October 2025 the International Air Transport Association (IATA) reported a notable increase in global air cargo demand, with total volumes rising by 4.1% year-on-year, reaching a new monthly record for volumes. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group with our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business. IATA said demand for international…
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Nov
Nov
With our large portfolio of international container shipping services, we note that in answering the question ‘can the shipping industry really get rid of shipping delays?’ consultancy Drewry says shippers, forwarders and ports should remain prudent. Drewry says that the Gemini Cooperation has made headlines recently with its plan to raise schedule reliability above 80%….
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Nov
Nov
Drewry’s World Container Index remained stable at USD1,852 per 40ft container this week. Drewry said that the Index maintained stability due to decreased Transpacific rates and increased Asia-Europe rates offsetting each other. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight group with our strong presence in the global container shipping arena. Spot rates on the Transpacific…
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Nov
Nov
With our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business, the U-Freight Group notes that the industry consultant Rotate thinks that air cargo demand growth is expected to slow in 2026 after a record run, but sees reasons for optimism, stating that whilst improved reliability in ocean shipping would shift volumes back from air. Longer…
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Nov
Nov
As a leading provider of multimodal global logistics service, the U-Freight Group urges anyone involved in the international container shipping sector to take a look at a recent article on the Maritime Executive website. Headed Mr Container’s Revenge, it presents a very interesting and useful summary of the relationship between demand and supply in the…
