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On-Time Performance of Container Vessel Industry Gets Off to Slow Start in 2016

Container service reliability started 2016 on a disappointing note as the average on-time performance slipped by 5.7 percentage points in January to 69.6 percent, according to Carrier Performance Insight, the online schedule reliability tool provided by Drewry Supply Chain Advisors.

Top European Airfreight Carriers Start 2016 Off Well, But Caution Urged

The big three Western European air carriers have all reported their January cargo results, and all three show improving performance.

Ocean Shipping Industry's Fortunes Rise - and Fall - on Business With China

Shipbuilders, container lines and port operators feasted on China's rise and the global resources boom. Now they're among the biggest victims of the country's slowdown and the worldwide decline in demand for oil rigs and other gear amid the oil price plunge.

Hapag-Lloyd Adds 3,000 Reefer Containers to Fleet

Hapag-Lloyd AG has added 3,000 refrigerated containers to its fleet.

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Dacotrans Sweden Merges With GH Transport, Key Logistics

Dacotrans Sweden AB, the Swedish member of the FPS Group of independent freight forwarders and non-vessel operating common carriers, has merged with GH Transport AB and Key Logistics AB.

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Rockfarm Acquires Global Distribution & Logistics

Rockfarm Supply Chain Solutions has acquired a majority interest in Global Distribution & Logistics LLC.

IATA Partners With Harris Corp. on Information-Exchange Tool

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Harris Corp. have jointly developed a new collaboration tool.

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Air France KLM Martinair Cargo Receives Pharmaceutical Logistics Excellence Certificate

The International Air Transport Association has awarded its Center of Excellence for Independent Validators certificate for pharmaceutical operations in Paris and Amsterdam to Air France KLM Martinair Cargo.

Shipping Rates for Chemicals Expected to Face Pressure This Year

On the back of low bunker prices and more newbuildings to be delivered in 2016, chemical shipping freight rates for both contracts of affreightment and spot cargoes will be under pressure throughout 2016, as there are some new operators looking to break into the long-haul trade routes, according to the latest edition of the Chemical Forecaster, published by global shipping consultancy Drewry.

U.S. Expected to See Retail Imports Grow 4.5 Percent in First Half of 2016

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to decline year-over-year for the next few months, but the first half of the year should still amount to a 4.5-percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

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Automatic Tracking of Medications Throughout Supply Chain Is Goal of RFID Technology

RFID technology company eAgile is marketing a solution known as eSeal that aims to enable the automatic tracking of containers of medication from the point of manufacture to the drugstore counter or a patient's hospital bedside.

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