Supply Chain Research

Global sea- and airfreight volumes entered a 25th straight month of growth in April after marine port handling in nine countries covered by Panjiva climbed 5% on a year earlier. That was a recovery from 2% in March and may provide some hope of a demand-led recovery in rates for the container-lines. China’s port handling expansion of 6% was outpaced by Singapore’s 7%, while Mexico’s 10% surge beat America’s 3%. Airfreight growth of 4% was also an improvement on March – though airlines may be relying on continued growth to soak up capacity additions – and led total traffic growth across ai...