Ian Putzger

United States

Correspondent at The Loadstar

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E-commerce transforms skies over Latin America

1 week ago | aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger

Latin American airfreight carriers are adding air cargo capacity as they anticipate healthy demand off the back of trade that appears safe from tariff disruption as well as e-commerce and network diversification. The region’s largest carriers are adding freighter capacity this year.
Putzger perspective: Trade troubles

1 week ago | aircargonews.net | Ian Putzger

The trade war has shaken the global trade landscape and the air cargo industry is feeling the strain, not least in the freighter conversion market. At the time of writing this column, relations between the two largest global economies had undergone a decline that had deteriorated at a dizzying pace to a point where trade seemed no longer viable for most of the commodities moving between them.
FedEx and UPS add 'China fee' ahead of the end of de minimis

3 weeks ago | ti-insight.com | Ian Putzger

In the final weeks before US de minimis exemption for parcels from China ends, UPS and FedEx have implemented an extra charge for this traffic. And recent action by Amazon points to a different future pace for ecommerce. UPS was the first out of the starting blocks with a surcharge of $0.29 per pound on all US-bound parcels from China, Hong Kong, and Macau from 13 April. The integrator’s ‘surge fee’ is applied on the billable weight of a shipment and is subject to its fuel surcharge.
Putzger perspective: Balancing predictability and pricing

1 month 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.
Modularisation raises the bar for project logistics

1 month 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.
E-commerce wave triggers terminal construction at Montevideo Airport - The Loadstar

2 months 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.
Putzger perspective: Shifting e-commerce currents to hit air cargo

2 months 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.
A virtual integrator role for airlines in e-commerce

2 months 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.
DHL moves to grab larger slice of returns

2 months 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.
Freight pricing, contracts become more fluid

2 months 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.