The UK government will defer a decision on whether to include international aviation and shipping emissions in carbon budgets until the setting of the fifth carbon budget in 2016, by which point there should be more clarity on how aviation emissions will be tackled at an EU and global level.

The latest update of global freight data collected by the International Transport Forum at the OECD shows global trade volumes are slowing down.

A so-called road map for paperless air cargo has been created by the Global Air Cargo Advisory Group (GACAG) to accelerate the industry's adoption of e-cargo in 2013.

IATA's latest Airline Industry Forecast predicts average international freight growth of three percent per year over the next five years. That would mean volumes will total 34.5 million tonnes by 2016, 4.8 million tonnes more than the 2011 total.

Independent specialist advisors Drewry and global forwarder network WACO-System intend to introduce the first independent multi-trade air cargo freight rate benchmarks into the market.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo has resumed its winter season flights from Cape Town, South Africa.

Professor Yossi Sheffi, director of the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics, describes the development of logistics clusters and their considerable economic advantages, which include the creation of steady, well paying jobs for both blue- and white-collar workers.

Global opposition has forced the European Union to conditionally freeze its emissions trading scheme for one year. EU Climate Commissioner Connie Hedegaard said she is seeking to create "a positive atmosphere" for global talks concerning aircraft emissions management - an approach lauded by many in the aviation industry.

Virgin Atlantic Cargo will begin daily passenger and cargo flights between Mumbai, India and London Heathrow airport, with connections to major U.S. gateways, on Oct. 29.