More than a quarter of all goods traded between the UK and Europe, worth around £91.4bn ($113.82bn) a year, come through the Channel Tunnel, a report has found. In its report, "Economic Footprint of the Channel Tunnel Fixed Link," Ernst & Young found that 30 percent of UK exports, worth £43.6bn ($54.3bn), and 22 percent of imports, worth £47.8bn ($59.53bn), to and from the EU depend on the tunnel.

South Korea's Korea Line Corp was picked as the preferred bidder to buy troubled shipping company Hanjin Shipping Asia-U.S. operations, beating Hyundai Merchant Marine, a spokesman for a Seoul court overseeing Hanjin Shipping's receivership said last week.

The coming presidency of Donald Trump may still seem like a question mark across the American landscape, but at least one air cargo group is excited about one of his campaign pledges. The Airforwarders Association is holding the incoming Trump Administration to its promise to invest $1tr to rebuild the nation's public works projects, such as highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools and hospitals.

If you think customer expectations are high overall in terms of e-commerce and direct-to-customer fulfillment, take a good look at the millennial generation. Across a number of studies you see a pattern: a keen desire for the most rapid shipping method possible; free, unlimited returns; and a greater willingness to spend a bit more to get it the same day.

A year after Deutsche Post DHL Group (DP-DHL) pulled the plug on its comprehensive IT system, much has gone right for the express mail and logistics company, leading to what it describes as the strongest third quarter in the company's history.