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LOGISTICS
In search of cargo space: a story of Chinese EV exports and skyrocketing freight rates
07.06.2024
LOGISTICS
Carriers slowly find their way back to Ukraine / Deutsche Bahn's logistics division estimated at EUR 15 bn / Freight rates continue to rise
31.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY
DIHK survey: Mood in chemical industry brightens slightly / Plastics industry remains pessimistic
29.05.2024
EUROPEAN ECONOMY
Mood among German firms unchanged / Plastics companies more pessimistic / Eurozone recovers for third month running
28.05.2024
LOGISTICS
Containers become scarce in world trade / Freight rates rise as a result
24.05.2024
LOGISTICS
US hikes tariffs on Chinese imports / Shortage of freight space causes prices to rise
16.05.2024
LOGISTICS
Four terrorist attacks repelled, 27 merchant ships escorted by German warship / Maersk warns of freight-capacity shrinkage on Far East-Europe route
10.05.2024
FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
Prices higher in Q1 on supply chain disruptions / Demand remains flat / Modest growth possible, says European industry association
07.05.2024
LOGISTICS
Maersk raises full-year profit guidance / Container throughput at Northern European ports up 10%
03.05.2024
GERMAN ECONOMY
Government raises economic growth forecast slightly / ifo business climate index for April improves
26.04.2024
LOGISTICS
Era of free passes ends for shipping companies with expiry of EU Block Exemption Regulation / Shipping emissions hit record high due to Middle East conflict
26.04.2024
LABOUR SHORTAGE EUROPE
Critical skill shortage in plastics processing industries intensifies / Germany needs almost 500,000 foreigners per year; shortage of working migrants in Italy and Spain – study / PIE talks to industry experts
23.04.2024
LOGISTICS
Iran's Revolutionary Guard seizes MSC Aeris / Hapag-Lloyd aims for emission-free transport by 2045 / Freight rates decline
19.04.2024
GLOBAL ECONOMY
Europe largely trails US, Canada in appeal for local businesses – ifo study / Experts rate their homelands
18.04.2024
LOGISTICS
Does German trucking index represent manufacturing shifts? / Costs for ocean shipments flat to lower
12.04.2024
ENERGY
Asia-Pacific could become global leader in shift to renewables / Electrification key to reaching net-zero ambitions / Investment needed – Wood Mackenzie report
11.04.2024
USA
Follow-up: 16 Republican states sue Biden administration over planned LNG export pause / Regulatory process claimed circumvented
11.04.2024
PLASTICS WASTE
UK firm fined EUR 1 mn for illegal waste shipment / Italy seizes 82.5 t mixed waste headed for Africa
11.04.2024
LOGISTICS
CMA CGM declares force majeure for shipments from Baltimore / Container Throughput Index shows uptick in German export business / Container freight rates drop
04.04.2024
LOGISTICS
Freighters start to venture through the Red Sea / Freight forwarders unhappy due to cost increases
28.03.2024
EUROZONE ECONOMY
Purchasing managers report improved services / Manufacturing weakens again / German business morale jumps / Swiss central bank kicks off cycle of interest rate cuts
25.03.2024
LOGISTICS
Revamped EU rules pave way forward for zero-emission trucks, buses / German government aims to strengthen competitiveness of ports / Deutsche Bahn logistics units with major losses
22.03.2024
MANAGEMENT
German plastics industry registers fewer bankruptcies percentage-wise in 2023 than industry as a whole / Falkensteg: “The figures are misleading”
21.03.2024
LOGISTICS
When growls sound like optimism: more trucking activity in Germany / Shipping surges around Cape of Good Hope
15.03.2024
NATURAL GAS
Qatar plans expansion despite pricing woes / Europe may need LNG for 50 more years / US pause in export terminal approvals challenged
08.03.2024
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