Category Archives: News

Despite the Houthis’ recent pledge to halt attacks on non-Israeli commercial vessels following the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement of January 19th, shipping industry analysts at Drewry warn against expecting an immediate return to Suez Canal transits. This made interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL…

The U-Freight Group, with our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes, note that the ocean and air freight intelligence platform, Xeneta has something to say about oceanfreight. Whilst its data shows average spot rates from the Far East to US East Coast had increased 26%…

The global air cargo market cruised into 2025 on the back of 14 consecutive months of double-digit growth in demand as volumes climbed +11% year-on-year in December and average spot rates finished the year +15% higher, said industry analysts Xeneta. That makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group with our strong presence in the expedited…

The Air Cargo Week website contains an interesting article that suggests that worldwide air cargo finished the year at its lowest year-on-year full-month growth, with global tonnages in December around 6% higher than in the final month of 2023, although they were already at relatively high levels back then. With our strong presence in the expedited…

With our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes, the U-Freight Group notes that the Ocean Alliance has unveiled its updated shipping network for 2025. The group – comprised of COSCO, OOCL, Evergreen and CMA CGM – has provided customers with details of Suez and non-Suez…

For the month of November, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has revealed that total demand measured in cargo tonne-kilometres (ctk), rose for the 16th consecutive month, increasing by 8.2% compared to November 2023 levels (+9.5% for international operations). This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight Group, with our strong presence in the expedited international…

According to media reports, a tentative deal has been reached in the US East and Gulf Coast port labour talks. For U-Freight and the clients that use our international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes to and from the US East and Gulf coasts, this will be great news…

The U-Freight Group, with our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes, notes in various media reports that resumption of sailings through the Suez Canal will expectedly be slow. Commentators suggest that the impending network changes by major container lines appear set to ensure the continuation…

With our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business, we take note of an excellent article that appears on the Air Cargo Week website that provides some excellent guidance about what 2025 potentially has in store in the airfreight arena. Covering such issues as digital innovation to geopolitical shifts, sustainability imperatives, and the explosive…

The new year has started with a flurry of news from the container shipping arena that has been of interest to the U-Freight Group with our comprehensive portfolio of international container shipping services for both LCL and FCL import and export cargoes. Seatrade Maritime’s website reported that spot container rates were on the rise in…