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buyers have converted to the


global COVID-19 lockdown, which has further boosted a Cross Border eCommerce market expected to be worth $627 billion by 2022. The pressure on margins, however, begins


from today


and will accelerate further at the start of 2021 when the other 191 UPU member countries will be able to set their own rates for foreign parcel services too. “Cross Border eCommerce


is one of the most resilient sources of income for retailers, etailers and marketplace sellers, and even more so in recent months with closures of bricks- and-mortar outlets to stem the coronavirus outbreak. But savvy online shoppers know higher postal rates are coming and will vote with their plastic if sellers simply try to pass on these much higher costs,” says Brian


Bourke, SEKO’s Chief


Growth Officer. The alternative, he adds, is


for sellers to see this shiſt as an opportunity to modernize and speed up the delivery experience they offer, and to take advantage of the postal- like service and the postal-like rate alternatives provided by companies like SEKO, which come with those added benefits that customers genuinely value, such as tracking visibility and customer service. As a leading


parcel


consolidator, shipping tens of millions of Cross Border shipments a year, connecting prime markets in the U.S., U.K. and Europe, China, Australia and New Zealand, SEKO is already experiencing unprecedented growth in demand for its services. In May alone, SEKO shipped more than six million international Cross Border packages inbound to the U.S. - a five-fold increase year-on-year. The one thing sellers should


not do, Bourke says, is ignore the changes in the global postal market. “The retailers, etailers and marketplace sellers we’re


working with see the potential to


build customer lifetime


value. Evidence shows online shoppers will pay more for faster delivery times, shipment visibility and peace of mind as long as it’s from brands they trust. They also know Cross Border eCommerce offers sustainable growth opportunities as consumers look for cheaper prices on their chosen purchases or


source


products they can’t find in their home markets from overseas. However, sellers that fail to find alternative and more cost- effective ways to ship their goods will see their margins start to dissipate.” He advises sellers


to reconsider what they’re trying


to accomplish into


the U.S. market and how this will look different in the future. This includes deciding whether


to hold inventory


in the U.S. to accelerate their delivery timeframes. Companies producing goods in Asia should also review if it’s


HMM Algeciras calls on Rotterdam and Hamburg


On June 3, the HMM Algeciras entered Rotterdam’s Amaliahaven


called on two


major European seaports in early June during its maiden voyage to transfer containers.


On June 3 it called at the terminal of RWG (Rotterdam World Gateway), having travelled from the Chinese port of Yantian, and on June 6 called at the Port of Hamburg.


Algeciras is the most recent


vessel to rank as the world’s largest container ship. At maximum capacity, the ship carries slightly more 20-foot containers than its predecessor MSC Gülsün: 23,964


more economical to drop ship parcels from Asia to the U.S. to avoid higher duty and taxes on B2B shipments into the United States.


“In a new world where supply/


demand chain resilience is king, companies must decide what’s most important: continuity of supply; or velocity, convenience, and cost? Or, do they want it all? Whatever they choose, they should be evaluating their carrier mix and profile because if they are reliant on a postal entity of any kind to ship internationally, they will need other options in place before their bottom line is impacted. Selecting a freight-to-post option via multiple gateways in the U.S. to reach customers faster and meet their desired lead times makes a lot of sense. Having the right, scalable ‘tech stack’ solutions to support the quick onboarding of those retailers, etailers and marketplace sellers as they surge with growth opportunities will be a critical factor in success,” Bourke added.


TEU versus 23,756 TEU. During its maiden voyage, HMM Algeciras is carrying a total of 19,621 TEU on board – itself a record number. The Korean vessel was completed at Daewoo Shipping & Marine Engineering’s Okpo shipyard on April 24. It is some 400 meters long and 61 meters wide. For further about Algeciras.


information Cargo theſts to spike, warns TAPA


Manufacturers and logistics service


providers must be


prepared to protect their supply chains from a projected significant spike in cargo theſts as coronavirus lockdowns begin to be liſted across the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has warned. With entire national


populations being advised to stay at home to stop the spread of COVID-19 since the beginning of March, cargo thieves have clearly found it much more challenging to target goods in warehouses or onboard trucks. Still, however, TAPA’s Incident Information Service (IIS) has received reports of over 400 theſts of products from supply chains


between 1 March-29


May 2020, valued at more than €16.4 million. These crimes took


place in 37 countries across the EMEA region, with the average value of major cargo crimes of €100,000 or above exceeding €840,000.


days, the Association’s incident database was notified of over 2,500 cargo theſts with a total value in excess of €33 million. With communities and


enforced by governments across the EMEA region, has


severely disrupted the In April alone, the Association


recorded a series of seven- figure losses, including theſts of two million face masks in Spain, sports equipment in the United Kingdom, and mobile phones in Kenya. The 2020 figures,


though,


show a significant drop over TAPA’s IIS statistics for the same period of 2019. Then, over the course of the corresponding 90


businesses across EMEA now starting to return to some kind of normal, Thorsten Neumann, President & CEO of TAPA EMEA, expects a substantial rise in criminal


activity, adding to


the financial and reputational pressures on the supply chain sector. “Cargo crime is a 24/7/365


phenomenon but the outbreak of COVID-19, and the lockdown


activities of both organized crime groups (OCGs) and opportunist cargo thieves. Evidence shows offenders clearly like to disappear into the crowd but with fewer people and vehicles on the streets and roads, criminals-at-large have faced a much higher rate of detection. Subsequently, many have gone-to-ground over this period – but they have not gone away. OCGs will be looking to make up for lost ‘income’ during this period and this is likely to result in much higher risks for the transport and logistics industry, with trucks remaining most vulnerable to attack. “Cargo thieves see


disruptions to supply chains as windows of opportunity.


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News Roundup


Virgin Atlantic has reached a major milestone towards securing its future by announcing plans for a private-only solvent recapitalisation of the airline, following the severe impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global economy, the nation and the travel and aviation industry.


According to the data announced for May by the WACD (World Air Cargo Data), the international air cargo information provider, Turkish Cargo, the global air cargo brand, increased its market share to 5% and transported 1 of every 20 air cargo, carried throughout the world, in the industry where the global air cargo market has shrunk by 28.5%, resulting from the pandemic.


dnata has marked an important milestone in its ongoing commitment to safety and security in the USA. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) awarded dnata USA the IATA Safety Audit for Ground Operations (ISAGO) Registration, following the successful completion of a comprehensive audit of the company at its Orlando Headquarters and its ground- handling operations at San Francisco International Airport (SFO).


Qatar Airways’s share of the passenger and air cargo market has grown significantly over the past three months. Qatar Airways continues to succeed demonstrating the airline’s strength and resilience despite the illegal blockade imposed by neighboring countries on June 5, 2017. The airline’s ability to not only continue operating, but also expand to more than 30 new destinations set the building blocks for it to be able to continue operating a robust and agile schedule throughout this crisis. While other airlines in the region stopped services during the crisis, Qatar Airways has continued to operate a significant schedule operating over 15,000 flights.


Qatar Airways announced a two-year partnership with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency to deliver on its purpose of providing humanitarian relief and assistance to the displaced globally. The partnership, which is a first between both organizations, will involve a strategic collaboration whereby Qatar Airways will support with the delivery of crucial aid supplies to those most in need during these unprecedented times.


Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, has worked with International Humanitarian City (IHC), the world’s largest hub for humanitarian aid based in Dubai to transport an urgent consignment of relief materials to Burkina Faso. The Emirates SkyCargo B777 freighter aircraſt carrying around 100 tons of aid, including 88 tons of core relief items from UNHCR, and 12 tons of essential kits of medicines and medical supplies urgently required for combatting Covid-19 from WHO, departed from Dubai at 09.25 hours local time on Friday 19 June 2020 and arrived at Ouagadougou at 13.10 hours local time on the same day.


Delta Cargo has appointed Gonzalo Hernandez as General Manager – Cargo Sales-Asia Pacific. He started his new role on July 1, in which he will manage the Cargo Sales functions for Japan, Korea and throughout Southeast Asia, including the cargo business for Delta’s joint venture (JV) partnership with Korean Air. Jonathan Corbi, who is based in Atlanta, became interim General Manager for the Europe, Middle East, Africa and India (EMEAI) region, following Hernandez’s move to Seoul, South Korea.


Delta Cargo has partnered with online payment platform PayCargo and Unisys to offer customers an additional option to pay for their shipments’ destination charges. The new service for cargo shipments that originated internationally and delivered throughout the U.S. will be available July 10, 2020.


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