As part of its AirDirect service, which is an own controlled network (OCN), global logistics provider GEODIS has confirmed a two-way schedule of flights from China to Europe and back, through to early 2021. GEODIS originally instigated its full aircraft charter arrangements on this route in March with ad hoc flights and introduced a weekly timetable in June to meet the urgent need for air cargo capacity which had diminished due to the effects of the pandemic. With both freighter and … [Read more...] about GEODIS pledges airfreight capacity to Asia-Europe corridor until early 2021
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Asia-Europe container volumes continue upward trend
CLARKSON Research's Container Intelligence Monthly predicts mainlane trade volumes on the Asia-Europe headhaul route will grow seven per cent to 15.6 million TEU in 2015, after the tradelane recorded 8 per cent year-on-year growth in the first nine months of this year. The increase follows an uptick in volumes in the second half of 2013, with northern European imports giving the strongest performance. Volume growth on the transpacific lanes was slower at 5.6 per cent in the first nine months … [Read more...] about Asia-Europe container volumes continue upward trend