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DHL has transitioned autonomous vehicles from its Fast Forward Challenge into daily operations at the Advanced Regional Center in Singapore. In partnership with Zelostech, the company now operates fully electric, driverless vehicles for point-to-point transfers between logistics facilities on campus. These shuttles handle repetitive hub-to-hub movements that require tight coordination, where delays from congestion or […]

Qantas has increased cargo connectivity between Sydney, Australia and Asia with a new freighter service to Singapore.

DHL Express and Singapore Post are partnering to facilitate parcel shipping through the postal network.

FedEx has added another link to its deferred air cargo network with regularly scheduled all-cargo flights from Singapore to Alaska.

Port congestion in Southeast Asia is creating an imbalance of equipment, raising both local and global spot market pricing, according to a report by AlixPartners.

The partnership marks a “pivotal step” toward making green e-methanol more accessible and commercially viable for the maritime industry.

AskWaves looks at the rankings of the world’s top container ports

Korean Air’s cargo division is propping up the entire airline with passenger traffic still underwater.

The largest container terminal operator in the world is buying BDP, a midsize U.S. freight forwarder.

DHL Express has added two large freighters to its fleet to bolster service between the Asia-Pacific and the U.S. and Europe, in response to “exponential” growth in shipment volume. The parcel carrier said Friday the two Boeing 777 aircraft will be operated by Michigan-based Kalitta Air and AeroLogic, the joint venture cargo airline of DHL […]

Southeast Asian rideshare company Grab is in talks to go public through a SPAC led by Altimeter Capital, according to published reports.

You’ll have to hold your nose if you crush a stink bug. More than a nuisance, the stink bug is a destructive pest that can damage many crops. Australia has put tight measures on air and sea freight to keep the bug out of the country.

International travel is Qantas Airways’ bread-and-butter business, but it has been mostly wiped out by the coronavirus crisis. Now that underutilized side of the company is getting folded into the domestic unit to save money.

UPS didn’t need its weekly traffic rights on a key Asian route, so it turned them in. Two other airlines immediately pounced and were granted the routes by the U.S. government.

Sysco, Svitzer, Adnavem and AddSecure add industry all-stars

Escalating airfreight transportation rates and capacity shortages from China due to the global pandemic have encouraged some shippers to split supply chain shipments between ocean and air pallets.

APL England escorted to Port of Brisbane after 40 containers are lost and nearly 75 others are damaged

Singapore-based container carrier digs out from $586 million fiscal-year loss to report $105 million profit and procures 5,000 40-foot units.

Some reports say crew killed Spirit of Hamburg mariner, while others point to an intruder.

GIC, Singapore’s wealth fund, has acquired a Pan-European logistics real estate portfolio that has an accumulated industrial space of over 1 million square meters.