Experts expect Volkswagen’s eventual savings package to be less severe than recent reports suggested. Still, warnings are mounting over the wider fallout for suppliers and logistics providers.

Rumours have been circulating for weeks that VW might close some of its plants. This could have far-reaching consequences for logistics professionals. DVZ has spoken to a number of industry insiders.

Ecommerce volumes between China and Europe fell by 19 per cent in the first 48 hours after the new EU parcel levy came into force on 1 July, compared with the previous week. However, China’s ecommerce exports have already been declining for the past…

The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) has announced a large-scale evacuation of around 500 vessels with some 11,000 seafarers on board stranded in the Persian Gulf since the start of the conflict. The UN shipping agency said on 23 June that…

The framework agreement between the United States and Iran, signed on Wednesday, commits Tehran to reopening the Strait of Hormuz. It will not lower freight rates any time soon. Container lines are pushing through rises to more than 7,000 US dollars…

China is likely to feature prominently in upcoming EU and G7 discussions as pressure mounts in Brussels for a tougher response to widening trade imbalances and Beijing’s growing reach across global industrial networks. Imports from China into the EU…

Container shipping into Europe is defying weakening economic forecasts. Strong import demand and tight capacity suggest that the rate increases announced by carriers for 1 June will largely hold. The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index rose 16 per…

The European Union and nine member states, including Germany, have committed more than two billion euros to the Lobito Corridor, a railway running nearly 1,800 kilometres from the Congolese mining hub of Kolwezi to the Angolan Atlantic port of…