Category Archives: News

With our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes, we were interested to read that the Gemini Cooperation, a partnership between Hapag-Lloyd and Maersk, recorded a 91 percent schedule reliability rate in its first month of operation, surpassing the Premier and Ocean alliances. Data from eeSea,…

Transport Intelligence’s latest Air Freight Tracker shows the start of 2025 has proven to be a complex landscape for the global air freight industry. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business. Ti states that strong demand, particularly across routes from Asia and Europe, continues…

An excellent article on the Air Cargo News website suggests that air cargo association Tiaca is expecting air cargo demand to grow by 5% in 2025, but has warned of an “elevating risk” to its growth expectations. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business….

The Trump administration’s announcements affecting international trade just keep coming. Last week, following an investigation into what was concluded to be unfair Chinese state support of maritime supply chains, US trade representative Jamieson Greer proposed fees for China-built ships calling at US ports, a move that could reshape global shipping. With our portfolio of international ocean…

On 27 February, IATA released its latest data on global air freight markets, reporting strong growth in demand, which makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business. IATA said that total demand for air cargo, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres (CTKs), increased by 3.2% in January 2025…

There has been some excellent news from the USA today that dockworkers from the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) have voted overwhelming in favour of a new six-year labour contract with employers. The ratification of the deal lifts any lingering threat of renewed industrial action at US East and Gulf coast ports and is great news…

Changes to trade policy are shaking up the air cargo market and new analysis by Freightos suggests the looming cancellation of de minimis eligibility for Chinese imports is expected to significantly reduce the surge of e-commerce goods arriving in the USA by air. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence…

Writing on the Seatrade Maritime News website, Nick Savvides says that flourishing uncertainty in container markets is forcing shippers and carriers into new contracts, while experts try to make sense of the fast-moving geopolitical changes that are driving volatility. That made interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our portfolio of international container shipping services,…

Anyone involved in the container shipping trades between Asia and North Europe should read an excellent article on the Loadstar website, which provides a summary of the changes taking place with the transition to the new shipping alliances. With our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export…

A new survey from maritime research consultancy Drewry reveals significant uncertainty in the container shipping market, driven by the potential reopening of the Suez Canal and anticipated escalation of U.S. tariffs under a second Trump administration. That made interesting reading for the U-Freight Group with our comprehensive network of international container freight and logistics services….