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Gary G Burrows

Nearly 40% more airfreight on cargo flights from and to Munich

At Munich Airport, cargo is predominantly transported in large passenger aircraft as belly cargo. In previous years, this belly cargo made up around 90 percent of the total cargo volume in Munich. Against the backdrop of the global coronavirus pandemic, however, the relative significance of the different types of air cargo in Munich has shifted considerably. While there has been a substantial decline in belly cargo due to the lack ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi opens Executive Administration Building

The Port of Corpus Christi Authority officially dedicated the opening of its new Port Executive Administration Building on Nov. 10, 2021. The new 75,525-square-foot building sits at the entrance to the Inner Harbor and adjacent to the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center on Harbor Drive. The new state-of-the-art facility ... [+]

SC Ports has record October

South Carolina Ports had a record October for containers handled, marking the eighth consecutive month of record volumes at the Port of Charleston.SC Ports moved 234,923 TEUs at Wando Welch Terminal, North Charleston Terminal and Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal in October, a 9% increase year-over-year. Fiscal-year-to-date, SC Ports has handled ... [+]

New tracks for Mason Mega Rail Terminal

The Georgia Ports Authority has completed and is now operating the second set of nine new rail tracks for a total of 18 tracks at its Mason Mega Rail Terminal. The expansion immediately increases intermodal capacity to and from the Port of Savannah by more than 30 percent.The massive new ... [+]

A.P. Moller – Maersk presents a record Q3

A.P. Moller - Maersk delivered record earnings in Q3, 2021. Revenue grew 68% to $16.6 billion in Q3, EBIT was up almost five times to $ 5.9 billion and EBITDA tripled to $6.9 billion. Return on invested capital (ROIC) increased to 34.5% for the past 12 months.“In the ongoing exceptional ... [+]

CMA CGM Group donates

The CMA CGM Group donated and distributed 1,500 turkeys in coordination with the Salvation Army of Los Angeles so that families there could enjoy a traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Ed Aldridge, President at CMA CGM (America) and APL North America, was on-site with officials from the Port of LA, Salvation Army ... [+]

GCT Deltaport Berth 4 expansion project proceeds to next phase

GCT’s Deltaport Berth 4 expansion project (DP4) has reached another milestone in the coordinated impact assessment process. The Detailed Project Description was accepted, and the Readiness Decision Report along with the Readiness Decision Order was issued recommending that the Project proceed to the next phase of an Environmental Assessment. The GCT ... [+]

Hanging with the Buoys

The 31,000dwt ‘mega-size’ heavy lift vessel, AAL Kobe, recently transported two heavy lift single-point mooring (SPM) buoys along AAL Shipping’s (AAL) ‘Europe – Middle East / India – Asia Monthly Liner Service’ (EUMEIA), from Jebel Ali in Dubai to offshore anchorage in the Persian Gulf. The buoys each weighed 340 ... [+]

Panama Canal reports record tonnage in FY21

The Panama Canal began its Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) at the start of October, marking the end to a year of record-breaking traffic at the waterway and global supply chain disruptions worldwide.The Panama Canal saw record tonnage in 2021 fiscal year (FY21). Between October 2020 and September 2021, 516.7 million ... [+]

SkyTeam Cargo Appoints Teddy Zebitz

SkyTeam Cargo, the airline cargo alliance, has announced Teddy Zebitz, Chief Cargo Officer of Saudia Cargo, as the new chairperson of its Cargo Executive Board. The appointment was endorsed at a recent meeting of the SkyTeam Cargo Executive Board, which is composed of the cargo executives of all 12 members ... [+]

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