Reports in the international media indicate that the Port of Shanghai has handled 50 million teu for the second consecutive year. With a comprehensive portfolio of international freight forwarding services through most of China’s main gateways, U-Freight notes that the port achieved this landmark a month earlier than it did in 2024. The achievement underscored…
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Dec
With our strong presence in container shipping and airfreight trade between the Far East and Europe, the U-Freight Group notes media reports that China significantly expanded its use of the Northern Sea Route (NSR) in 2025, completing 14 container ship voyages between Asia and Europe, up from 11 such voyages in 2024 and seven in…
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Dec
Encouraging news for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight sector, was IATA’s recent prediction that air cargo volumes in 2026 are expected to increase 2.4% year on year. The trade body said air cargo volumes are expected to reach 71.6 million tonnes in 2026, noting that the “resilience in…
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Dec
Dec
Vessel capacity once absorbed by major Asia–Europe routes is now spilling into secondary trade lanes leading to global container shipping entering a new era of structural realignment. With our strong presence in the global container shipping arena, this makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group. According to Sea-Intelligence, which has dissected global vessel capacity shifts,…
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Dec
Dec
With our strong presence in the global container shipping arena, we note that Drewry’s composite World Container Index rose 2% to USD1,957 per 40-foot container this week. This marks the second consecutive weekly increase driven by strengthening Asia-Europe trade lanes even as Transpacific rates continue their descent. The differentiation in global container shipping markets has…
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Dec
Dec
A report published by UN Trade and Development (UNCTAD) reports that global trade in goods and services continued to grow through the second half of 2025. If projections hold, UNCTAD predicts that global trade this year will exceed USD35 trillion for the first time – an increase of about USD2.2 trillion, or around 7%, compared…
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Dec
Dec
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…
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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,…
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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…
