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Ultimate COVID-19 Supply Chain Resource Roundup

Freightos

Among freight forwarders (and other industry players) here are our top picks: Agility is a global logistics provider based in Kuwait and provides the most comprehensive updates page we’ve come across, broken down by region, country and mode and providing the latest developments on a regular basis. DB Schenker and C.H.

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April 16, 2024 Update

Freightos

A closure would see Kuwait, Iraq and most of the UAE’s ports become inaccessible. In air cargo, B2C e-commerce demand out of China continues to be the biggest driver of strong volumes, tighter capacity and upward pressure on rates to N. America even during these typically slow months for air cargo.

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This Week in Logistics News (November 4-8, 2013)

Talking Logistics

Here are some details from the press release: Opened on July 1st, the new distribution center in JAFZA serves a region encompassing a 2000-mile radius around Dubai, including countries in the midst of building their technology and communication infrastructures such as Pakistan, Kuwait, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

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Top 25 3PL warehousing companies in 2020 (by revenue)

6 River Systems

It started in 1969 as DHL Air Cargo, and by the late 1970s, the company had expanded its operations and offered services throughout the world. FedEx is the largest cargo airline in the world in terms of scheduled freight tonne kilometers (FTK), a distinction the company has held since 2014, and it’s the fourth largest in terms of fleet size.

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Logistics Execs Split on Outcome of NAFTA Talks

Material Handling & Logistics

The Index, in its ninth year, ranks 50 emerging markets countries by factors that make them attractive to logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping lines, air cargo carriers and distributors. 8; Kuwait was No. Infrastructure and transport rankings fell for Kazakhstan, Sri Lanka, Colombia, Brazil, Thailand and Kuwait. --In