Category Archives: News

With our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business, and strong presence in the US market, the U-Freight Group notes that the ongoing US government shutdown has sparked growing fears of widespread disruption across the nation’s air transport network, with the possibility that several airports may be forced to reduce operations or close altogether…

With the U-Freight Group’s strong presence in the global container shipping arena, we note an article on the Maritime Executive website that reports that the sector continues to grow, with attention focused on the carriers’ total orderbook, which at more than 10 million teu is the largest in history. The report is based on Alphaliner…

The Drewry World Container Index increased 4% to $1,822 per 40-foot container this week, marking the third straight week of gains following a prolonged 17-week decline. This makes interesting reading for the U-Freight group with our strong presence in the global container shipping arena. Drewry reports that spot rates from Shanghai showed notable increases across…

With our strong presence in the expedited international airfreight business, the U-Freight Group notes that air cargo demand improved for the seventh month in a row in September despite continuing traffic declines on the Asia-North America trade lane. The latest figures from IATA show that air cargo demand in cargo tonne km (CTK) terms increased…

With the U-Freight Group’s strong presence in the expedited international airfreight arena, we note that IATA has released 2026 manuals for cargo and ground handling which have almost 100 changes and revisions. For cargo, battery-related updates dominate the Dangerous Goods Regulations (DGR) and Battery Shipping Regulations (BSR) in the 2026 manual. Data from IATA CargoIS…

A recent article suggesting that globalisation isn’t dead — it’s changing direction, on the Splash 247 website, certainly caught the attention of the U-Freight Group, with our portfolio of freight and logistics service that underpin global trade and globalisation. The narrative that globalisation has collapsed under the weight of tariffs and nationalism misses the mark,…

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An article in Seatrade Maritime News certainly caught the attention of the U-Freight Group’s ocean freight teams. The article suggests that a combination of tit-for-tat port fees by China and the US, and return to Red Sea transits flooding the market with capacity, could plunge container shipping lines into the red. It adds that shippers…

With a large portfolio of ocean freight forwarding and logistics services, the U-Freight Group’s attention was drawn to an article on the Container News website reporting that the combined capacity of the major alliances, together with MSC, now accounts for 82.5 percent of global container shipping capacity. That’s up from 82.1 percent four months ago….

Earlier this week in the USA, new USTR measures imposed fees on Chinese-owned or operated vessels calling at the USA, and on non-Chinese operators using Chinese-built ships. With a large portfolio of ocean freight forwarding and logistics services, the U-Freight Group is keeping a watchful eye on how any of the container shipping lines we…