The freight forwarding industry is facing a range of pressures from weak underlying trade volumes to COVID-19 and competition from Flexport and Amazon. JCB is having to reduce production in response to lost parts imports from China. Also: Delong, Gavilon face export squeeze as COVID-19 cuts container availability; Wallenius Wilhelmsen chooses contraction in shrinking car carrier market; Sumitomo gains as Hankook demand skids; latest round of tech restrictions in doubt; metals tariffs in doubt, again; and Britain wants to be like Canada, the EU doesn’t.
Copyright © 2025 Panjiva Supply Chain Intelligence, a product offering from S&P Global Market Intelligence Inc. All rights reserved.




