Air cargo rates gain on US port congestion

  Air freight rates continued to climb through November on the back of strong peak season demand and conversions from ocean freight as a result of US supply chain bottlenecks. Drewry’s East-West Air Freight Price Index rose a further 5.3 points in November to reach an all-time peak of 120.8 points, exceeding the record high of 117.4 achieved...

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US postpones 100 per cent container scanning US postpones 100 per cent container scanning

FORWARDERS are not surprised by the latest US climbdown on controversial plans to introduce 100 per cent ocean container screening. Peter Quantrill, director general of the British International Freight Association (BIFA), says it is “hardly surprising” to hear the news that the USA has delayed – for another two years – its demand that all cargo containers entering...

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