air cargo

Eric Kulisch Friday, January 3, 2020

Hong Kong tourism decline impacts air cargo capacity

The ongoing political strife in Hong Kong is not directly slowing shipping activity at the world’s busiest cargo airport, but could gradually reshape supply chains in unexpected ways.  A two-day occupation of passenger terminals at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) in August didn’t physically impact cargo facilities or freighter-dominant carriers, and the airport quickly resumed […]

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FreightWaves Staff Monday, December 2, 2019

Drugs War: Europe under siege as crime syndicates piggyback supply chains (With Video)

Maritime, air and overland trade routes into Europe are being piggybacked by criminal gangs deploying the latest digital supply chain technologies to help meet mushrooming demand for illegal drugs across the European Union (EU), according to a major new report examining the continent’s illicit drugs business. The 2019 EU Drug Markets Report by the EU […]

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