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Africa Overseas Warehouse Inbound Freight Clearance: How to Combine Ocean, Air, and Local Customs Without Losing Money
Inside the Warehouse · Overseas WarehousesAfrica

Africa Overseas Warehouse Inbound Freight Clearance: How to Combine Ocean, Air, and Local Customs Without Losing Money

Africa overseas warehouse inbound freight clearance is won or lost on the whole lane: ocean as the base, air for urgent top-ups, and clearance paperwork nailed down before arrival.

2026-11-01
Colombia Flower Export Cold Chain: 48 Hours From Highland Farm to Freighter
Inside the Warehouse · Cold ChainSouth America

Colombia Flower Export Cold Chain: 48 Hours From Highland Farm to Freighter

Flowers dying in transit with nobody taking responsibility is the flower trade's worst frustration. Ah K shares a Bogotá grower's real lesson in colombia flower export cold chain warehouse work: pre-cooling, grading, cold storage and airport handover, where breaks happen at handovers, not on the plane. The routine covers temperature and humidity discipline, why grey mould is lagging evidence of a break, and the peak-season habits that keep flowers boarding on time.

2026-10-28
Memphis Warehouse Market: Setting Up Next to the FedEx Hub — Air Freight Trade-offs
Inside the Warehouse · Facility LayoutNorth America

Memphis Warehouse Market: Setting Up Next to the FedEx Hub — Air Freight Trade-offs

The Memphis warehouse market runs on airplanes, but living next to the hub does not guarantee your freight makes the flight. A veteran trucker explains how cutoff clocks really work, where truck-to-plane handoffs break, why night-shift labor can erase a location advantage, what return trips cost, and the three accounts every shipper should settle before signing a lease near the hub.

2026-10-28
The Ecuador Rose Export Cold Chain Warehouse Playbook: From Andean Fields to Quito Airport Without a Wilted Stem
Inside the Warehouse · Overseas WarehousesSouth America

The Ecuador Rose Export Cold Chain Warehouse Playbook: From Andean Fields to Quito Airport Without a Wilted Stem

Susan, a 3PL sales director, walks through the ecuador rose export cold chain warehouse journey from Andean rose fields to Quito airport: how post-harvest grading and pre-cooling decide shelf life, where cold storage and packing usually break the chain, and how capacity guarantees, temperature responsibility, and damage-claims language should be written into peak-season contracts, closing with the three questions every shipper should ask before signing.

2026-10-26
Peru Asparagus Export Cold Chain: From Ica Field Pre-Cooling to Lima Airport Cold Storage
Inside the Warehouse · Cold ChainSouth America

Peru Asparagus Export Cold Chain: From Ica Field Pre-Cooling to Lima Airport Cold Storage

Peru asparagus is won by the fastest cold chain, not the biggest farm: field pre-cooling in Ica, an unbroken chain through Lima airport cold storage, and the right call between air and sea.

2026-10-24
Ocean vs Air for Overseas Warehouse Replenishment: Where's the Switching Line
Inside the Warehouse · Overseas WarehousesAsia

Ocean vs Air for Overseas Warehouse Replenishment: Where's the Switching Line

The hardest question in overseas warehouse replenishment: ocean freight is cheap but takes 35 days, air arrives in 7 but costs several times more. A warehouse operations manager shares the switching-line formula — daily sales × stockout days × margin vs. air premium — and three standing rules for the ocean cutoff 60 days before peak season.

2026-10-10

News（13）

Pressure remains on China-EU e-commerce volumes as new charge looms
Source：Air Cargo News

Pressure remains on China-EU e-commerce volumes as new charge looms

Low-value e-commerce tonnes flown from China to the EU fell 50% year on year in September, according to consultant Aevean. The EU is set to add another charge on low-cost imported parcels in November, piling further pressure on the cross-border e-commerce airfreight market. For warehouses and forwarders, the structural decline calls for a reassessment of charter and capacity strategies on the China-Europe lane.

2026-10-23Asia#e-commerce#air-freight#tariff
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Kuehne + Nagel raises full-year profit forecast after robust Q3 earnings
Source：Journal of Commerce

Kuehne + Nagel raises full-year profit forecast after robust Q3 earnings

Kuehne + Nagel raised its full-year profit forecast after reporting robust third-quarter earnings. The forwarder posted strong volume growth, capturing significant market share in ocean freight and high-yielding air freight. The results signal resilience at the top of the forwarding market despite rate volatility and trade-policy uncertainty.

2026-10-22Europe#freight-forwarder#earnings#ocean-freight#air-freight
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UPS opens new hub at Clark International Airport capable of handling 46,000 packages daily
Source：Air Cargo News

UPS opens new hub at Clark International Airport capable of handling 46,000 packages daily

UPS has opened a new hub at Clark International Airport in the Philippines, 15 times larger than its predecessor at 30,000 sq m (323,000 sq ft). The facility lifts average daily package volume to 46,000, with maximum processing capacity of 15,000 packages per hour. It features specialized handling for healthcare, high-tech and manufacturing customers shipping time-sensitive and temperature-sensitive goods, plus three refrigeration/freezer units (-20C to 25C), re-icing capability and UPS Premier RFID for critical healthcare shipments.

2026-10-16#air-freight#parcel#hubs
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Airlines move capacity to booming China, Hong Kong outbound markets
Source：Journal of Commerce

Airlines move capacity to booming China, Hong Kong outbound markets

Freighter operators are shifting aircraft, schedules and capacity allocations toward China and Hong Kong outbound markets as booking activity surges on trans-Pacific, intra-Asia and Africa routes. The boom signals tightening trans-Pacific airfreight capacity and firmer rates heading into peak season. US importers and forwarders should secure space early rather than gamble on spot availability.

2026-10-14#air-freight#capacity#trans-pacific
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Cirium predicts nearly 750 new freighters in next 20 years
Source：Air Cargo News

Cirium predicts nearly 750 new freighters in next 20 years

Cirium's latest Fleet Forecast projects around 747 new freighter deliveries between 2026 and 2045, implying 2% annual growth for the global freighter fleet. E-commerce, high-value goods, time-sensitive logistics and special cargo continue to support dedicated freighter demand. But supply chain bottlenecks, engine availability, extended certification timelines, cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty are collectively limiting the pace at which new capacity can be added.

2026-10-13#air-freight#freighters#capacity
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DHL adds six air freight routes to healthcare cold chain network
Source：Logistics Manager UK

DHL adds six air freight routes to healthcare cold chain network

DHL Global Forwarding has launched six new air freight corridors connecting Europe and North America with pharmaceutical markets in Asia. The new routes — Liège–Shanghai, Brussels–Shanghai/Singapore, and Cincinnati–Singapore/Tokyo Narita/Seoul Incheon — strengthen links between major pharma manufacturing, research and distribution hubs. Most flights operate on DHL's own Boeing 777 freighters with three temperature-controlled compartments, reducing handovers and tightening quality control for medicines, vaccines, biologics and clinical trial materials.

2026-10-13#air-freight#cold-chain#pharma-logistics
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Samsung steps up airfreight ambitions with Woojung Air takeover
Source：The Loadstar

Samsung steps up airfreight ambitions with Woojung Air takeover

Samsung SDS has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of South Korean airfreight consolidator Woojung Air, with completion expected by year-end. The deal adds airline capacity-procurement expertise and a wholesale network of more than 1,200 freight forwarders to Samsung's digital forwarding platform Cello Square, which already serves cargo owners including Cainiao. Woojung's Incheon terminal infrastructure and iNOMAD system will be integrated to strengthen consolidation and automation.

2026-10-12#air-freight#mna#freight-forwarder
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Maersk Europe Market Update October 2026
Source：Hellenic Shipping News

Maersk Europe Market Update October 2026

Maersk's October market update points to post-Golden Week supply-chain adjustments as Chinese factories resume full production, urging shippers to review inventory positions and secure capacity early. The EU's revised Union Customs Code was published in September and will apply from September 2027, introducing a new EU Customs Authority, a Customs Data Hub and a 'Trust and Check' self-declaration scheme. Air freight demand stays resilient into year-end, driven by semiconductors and data-centre equipment, while rail services through the Port of Valencia are disrupted until 7 November.

2026-10-11Europe#ocean-freight#customs#air-freight#europe
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Amazon adds two new China airfreight service offerings
Source：Air Cargo News

Amazon adds two new China airfreight service offerings

Amazon Global Logistics added two airfreight options between China and the US: Air SMP and Economy Air. Air SMP splits inventory at origin and flies it directly to a locked fulfilment centre in each of Amazon's five US regions, with daily flights from Shanghai and Hong Kong and 7-10 day transit. Economy Air offers a lower-cost 11-15 day option from Shanghai or Shenzhen to Los Angeles. Both target peak-season preparation, stockout recovery, and time-sensitive product launches.

2026-10-09North America#air-freight#amazon#e-commerce-logistics
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The UPS F-35 saga: Beijing needs nothing 'exotic' to hurt America
Source：The Loadstar

The UPS F-35 saga: Beijing needs nothing 'exotic' to hurt America

A UPS worker missed an email from forwarder DSV warning that F-35 parts could not transit certain countries under ITAR, Bloomberg reported. The cockpit canopy and weapons-bay door, both coated with radar-absorbing material, were rerouted through Hong Kong after a delay and seized by Chinese authorities. Pentagon officials briefed Congress on September 29; the State Department is investigating, and UPS has self-reported the incident.

2026-10-09North America#trade-policy#air-freight#compliance
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Transpacific air cargo demand outruns capacity
Source：Air Cargo News

Transpacific air cargo demand outruns capacity

Airlines and forwarders report strong demand from Asia Pacific to North America, with no slack season this year. DHL Global Forwarding says westbound demand out of Asia grew 12% in June, driven by AI-related hardware like semiconductors and servers as e-commerce momentum cools. Charter services are in high demand to secure lift for the holiday peak, pushing airfreight rates higher.

2026-10-07#air-freight#transpacific#capacity
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Airfreight rates edge up in September
Source：Air Cargo News

Airfreight rates edge up in September

TAC Index data shows airfreight rates edged higher in September as the Q4 peak season approached: average Hong Kong–North America rates rose to $7.02/kg from $6.98 in August, while Hong Kong–Europe climbed from $4.58 to $4.80, up 31% and 8.8% year on year. The gains reflect early peak-season inventory builds, jet fuel prices up over 100% year on year amid the US–Iran conflict, and buoyant AI-infrastructure cargo to the US. Early-October data shows the rally accelerating, with the Baltic Air Freight Index up 5% in a week and 25.5% year on year.

2026-10-06#air-freight#rates#peak-season
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CMA CGM ups airfreight capabilities with completion of FedEx Supply Chain acquisition
Source：Air Cargo News

CMA CGM ups airfreight capabilities with completion of FedEx Supply Chain acquisition

CMA CGM Group has closed its acquisition of FedEx Supply Chain at an enterprise value of $1.4 billion, the French group announced. The deal, first announced in July, was followed by multi-year commercial agreements between CMA CGM and FedEx covering air and ocean freight. The move significantly boosts CMA CGM's airfreight capabilities and advances its end-to-end logistics strategy.

2026-10-01#acquisition#air-freight#supply-chain
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