15-16/2021 

We’re really living through extraordinary times. Who would have thought just a short while ago that states such as Israel on the one hand, and Bahrain and the UAE on the other, would come to a peace agreement? Diplomatic ties and direct bilateral trade have started; for weeks... more
13-14 /2021 

As the outbreak of Covid-19 slowly – slowly! – comes to an end and 2021 is now fully up and running the general motto has to be to look to the future. Guillaume Halleux, chief officer cargo of Qatar Airways, gave us a good taste of what’s to come in an interview... more
11-12/2021 

It seems to me that space and time have somehow become simultaneously stretchable and constricting parameters in the pandemic. Closed borders, social distancing and quarantines all restrict the radius of our movements. An end to the measures to combat Covid-19 is only coming... more
09-10/2021 

We always live in interesting times – but we don’t always live in as extraordinary times as these! Some of the facts the industry has never faced before include – the price of transporting a box by sea has skyrocketed in just two years; from USD 2,000 to USD 10,000 today.... more
05-08/2021 

It’s already time to wish you a happy, or at least a better, new year again – for a week after this latest issue of the ITJ lands on your desk, the festivities for the Chinese new year start, on 12 February.Let’s just hope that the turbulent ‘Year of the Rat’ is followed by... more