September 2020
Unilode Aviation Solutions, the global leader in outsourced Unit Load Device (ULD) management and repair solutions, and Menzies Aviation, the global aviation logistics specialist, have agreed to install Unilode's Bluetooth® ULD readers at all Menzies facilities worldwide to increase ULD and cargo visibility in the aviation supply chain.
Unilode's ULDs are equipped with a Bluetooth® tag, which is able to transmit data on the geolocation of the aviation containers and pallets, ...
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded a $15.4 million dollar contract on September 14 to Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Corporation for the first phase of the Freeport Harbor Channel Improvement Project. Construction will commence in the fall of 2020 with expected completion in May 2021.
The Project will ...
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The American Trucking Associations announced it was opening nominations for the 2020 Mike Russell Trucking Image Award – recognizing individuals and organizations that have gone the extra mile to promote the image and reputation of the industry.
“As the country faced unprecedented obstacles due to the spread of COVID-19, Americans witnessed ...
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At more than 1,200 feet long and nearly 170 feet wide, the containership CMA CGM Brazil is massive. It is more than 100 feet longer than most U.S. Navy aircraft carriers and is bigger than any containership to call The Port of Virginia® or come to the U.S. East Coast. ...
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On September 13th, the Captain and crew of the COSCO SHIPPING Lines container ship COSCO MALAYSIA rescued a sailboat crew in distress in the Gulf of Mexico, 130 nautical miles west of Port Tampa Bay, Florida. At 8:22 local time, the COSCO MALAYSIA received a distress call from the sailboat ...
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Emirates SkyCargo crossed a historic milestone on September 15 with its freighter flight touching down at Shanghai, which was the cargo carrier’s first scheduled cargo destination in the country and marked Emirates’ entry into the Chinese mainland.
Since 2002, Emirates SkyCargo has built its reputation in China by fostering a sense ...
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In partnership with global airfreight forwarders and Korean Air Cargo, Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) recently became the world’s only airport serving Korean Air Cargo’s new fleet of cargo-converted passenger aircraft. In these uncharted times, Korean
Air Cargo has boldly initiated new nonstop cargo service between Seoul, Korea and Columbus, Ohio.
The passenger ...
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WFS, the world’s largest cargo handler, expects to handle some 23,000 tonnes per annum for the two airlines, which have both signed three-year handling agreements commencing September 1. In its latest investment in South Africa, WFS has acquired the lease on a further 3,600 m² of warehouse capacity in ...
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DP World (DPW) has acquired Transworld Group’s three business units - Transworld Feeders FZCO (Middle East focus feedering business), Avana Logistek Ltd (including its subsidiary Avana Global FZCO - non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) Middle East business) and Transworld Feeders Pvt Ltd (the containerised Indian coastal and EXIM feeder shipping ...
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The gradual route to recovery to pre-COVID market conditions
continued for the global air cargo industry in August for a fourth-consecutive
month, according to fresh volume and yield data from two of the industry’s
leading analysts, CLIVE Data Services and TAC Index.
Year-on-year growth for the full four weeks of August showed
a further ...
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