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3 weeks ago | 
aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger
Photo: Jaromir Chalabala/ Shutterstock
The new US administration wasted no time to upset established orders with moves on trade flows and geostrategic alignments, producing an atmosphere of uncertainty, which has been heightened further by the realisation that Washington regards measures like tariffs as bargaining tools.
This further affects companies’ ability to plan ahead. What appears as a barrier to trade today may be off the table tomorrow, only to pop up again sometime later.
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3 weeks ago | 
heavyliftpfi.com | Ian Putzger
Modularisation raises the bar for project logistics By Ian Putzger2025-03-31T06:54:00 With rapid development of export terminal and the new US administration keen to boost oil and gas exploration, the immediate future is looking bright for LNG. But how long can the boom last? Ian Putzger reports.
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1 month ago | 
theloadstar.com | Ian Putzger
The arrival of Temu in Uruguay has set the ground for a courier terminal at Montevideo’s Carrasco International Airport.
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1 month ago | 
aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger
The US administration has trained an elephant gun on the cash cow of air cargo. At a stroke the president’s executive order to nix the de minimis exemption of e-commerce imports from China dealt a body blow to the chief engine of recent air cargo growth.
As with tariffs on all goods entering the US from Canada and Mexico, the new US government flip-flopped on the de minimis issue.
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1 month ago | 
aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger
Denis Ilin, e-Smart LogisticsSource: e-Smart Logistics
Airlines are missing out on a golden opportunity to profit from the fastest growing segment of the air cargo market, although they are ideally positioned to take advantage of it, according to Denis Ilin, co-founder and chief executive of e-Smart Logistics.
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1 month ago | 
asiacargonews.com | Ian Putzger
DHL Supply Chain started into 2025 with a push to establish itself as the largest provider of returns services in North America through the acquisition of Inmar Supply Chain Solutions for an undisclosed sum.
Taking over the reverse logistics specialist adds 14 return centres and 800 employees to the integrator’s footprint in this sector, which makes it the largest actor in this arena in North America.
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1 month ago | 
asiacargonews.com | Ian Putzger
As the 2024 peak season approached, cargo owners and forwarders found themselves staring at the prospect of losing out on limited capacity on air cargo routes to North America and Europe.
Projections of large volumes and tight capacity further constrained by large-scale disruption – especially a port strike along the U.S. East Coast – prompted many to secure airfreight capacity through contracts.
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1 month ago | 
asiacargonews.com | Ian Putzger
Ecommerce traffic is a low-yield business for airlines – consolidations of large numbers of low-value shipments that would not be viable for air transport if customs processing costs were to arise. Software provider Kale Logistics offers functionality that could turn this into a more profitable revenue stream for carriers.
Stan Wraight, president and CEO of air cargo consultants SASI Worldwide, argues that airlines are positioned to move ecommerce faster than integrated express carriers can.
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2 months ago | 
aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger
Sustainability targets have become a headache for the air cargo industry, not least because of low sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production rates.
A recent poll by aviation consulting and aircraft appraising firm IBA found that one third of respondents regarded supply chain disruptions as the most critical challenge for the aviation industry in 2025.
In descending order, the other top concerns mentioned were labour shortages, geopolitical safety and sustainable aviation.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
datamarnews.com | Ian Putzger
HomeNewsChilean cherry exporters leverage new tech for rampant China exports Fruit Week 202503 This season’s cherry shipments from Chile to China are going through the roof, as shippers use improved technology to control the ambient conditions to send much of their crop by ocean carriers.
