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August 2016

Virgin Atlantic Cargo Welcomes A350 Capacity Boost

Virgin Atlantic’s new US$4.4 billion order for 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft will mark the arrival of the most capable cargo aircraft in its fleet. The airline, which announced the order at the Farnborough International Airshow 2016, says the investment demonstrates the strength of the Virgin Atlantic commitment to customer experience as it continues to focus on delivering sustained profit in the long term. It is part of a fleet modernization program ... [+]

APL Strengthens Asia-Europe Service Offerings with New India Pakistan Europe Service

APL has announced the launch of a new weekly service - the India Pakistan Europe (IPE) Service, directly connecting the key South Asian markets of India and Pakistan to major ports in Europe. The new IPE service builds on APL’s strong market presence and local expertise in India and Pakistan ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Announces New Contract with FedEx

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announces that it has entered into a five-year agreement with FedEx Express to provide it with five 747-400 freighter aircraft for peak flying seasons beginning in 2017 and lasting through 2021. Peak season flying generally occurs in the month of December and potentially earlier. An ... [+]

CargoLogicAir Signs B747-400F maintenance contract with Volga-Dnepr Gulf

CargoLogicAir has signed an agreement with Volga-Dnepr Gulf to perform C-check maintenance on its Boeing 747-400 freighter. The London Stansted-based cargo airline, a partner of Volga-Dnepr Group, has been performing charter services and servicing an ACMI contract since being awarded its Air Operator Certificate by the UK Civil Aviation Authority at ... [+]

LATAM Airlines Group awards ULD management to CHEP

LATAM Airlines Group has awarded the management of its containers and pallets to CHEP Aerospace Solutions, the leading global provider of outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions. This new agreement will see CHEP managing one of the largest outsourced ULD fleets in the industry, and will meet LATAM's ... [+]

Pasha Line arrives at San Francisco

Mayor Edwin M. Lee and the Port of San Francisco welcomed  Pasha Automotive Services (PAS), a subsidiary of the Pasha Group, to Pier 80 for the first ship call on August 22 to unload 500 automobiles being transported by truck to Northern California dealerships.  Pier 80 is the Port’s 69-acre ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Fell 2.1% in July

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 2.1% in July, following a revised 1.6% decline during June. In July, the index equaled 134.3 (2000=100), down from 137.1 in June. The all-time high was 144 in February. Compared with July 2015, the SA index rose just 0.3%, ... [+]

Fednav welcomes new ship to Indiana featuring innovative ballast system

Fednav Limited, the largest international bulk shipowner in Canada, recently welcomed to the Port of Indiana – Burns Harbor, the Federal Caribou, one of seven new oceangoing lakers equipped with a ballast water treatment system—a first for the Great Lakes. This vessel protects the Lakes by treating its ballast water ... [+]

It’s a wrap! MPA signs on top forest product customer for 10 more years

The Maryland Department of Transportation Port Administration (MPA) announced on August 23 that it has signed long-time forest products customer UPM to a new 10-year contract extension.  The agreement guarantees the continued shipment of UPM paper products through the Helen Delich Bentley Port of Baltimore.   The new extension, which took ... [+]

Matson South Pacific initiatives

DynaLiners Daily reports that Matson will initiate South Pacific Express (SPX), a new monthly service between Hawaii and various Pacific Islands. It is to serve as transshipment connection from the US West Coast. A single 500 TEU vessel will call at: Honolulu, Apia (Samoa), Pago Pago (American Samoa), Nuku'alofa (Tonga), ... [+]

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