Gary G Burrows

WFS Strengthens Leadership Team in North America

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has announced key appointments to its leadership team in North America to support its air cargo and ground handling growth ambitions in 2020 and beyond. • Paul Walton joins the company as Senior Vice President Express, responsible for all aspects of WFS' Express business. He previously served as Senior Vice President of Sales and Commercial Operations for the Americas at Menzies and as Vice President ... [+]

Air Charter Service lands in the Windy City

Air Charter Service opened a new office on March 1 in Chicago, its tenth in the Americas. “Chicago has been on our radar as a natural location for another US ACS office for a number of years,” said Richard Thompson, ACS Americas’ president. “The city is the third largest in population ... [+]

Amazon to build two state-of-the-art operations facilities in Hamptons Roads, VA

Amazon will establish a multi-story robotics fulfillment center in the City of Suffolk, creating 1,000 new jobs, as well as a 650,000-square-foot processing center (cross-dock) in the City of Chesapeake, which will bring 500 new jobs. In addition to the 1,500 direct jobs these two investments will help generate, ... [+]

ATA Hails Streamlining of Security Credentialing Process for Truck Drivers

The American Trucking Associations applauded the Transportation Security Administration for taking the long overdue, but important, step to allow drivers who hold a Transportation Worker Identification Credential to also obtain a hazardous materials endorsement on their license without an additional security threat assessment or associated fee. “The announcement by TSA that ... [+]

CORONAVIRUS: As Coronavirus Exposes Weaknesses in U.S. Supply Chain, Booker Introduces Bill to Help Manufacturers Scale-up Operations

As the Coronavirus pandemic shines a light on serious vulnerabilities in the U.S. supply chain, Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) reintroduced legislation to increase access to capital for U.S. entrepreneurs looking to scale-up and commercialize their advanced manufacturing operations. The Scale-Up Manufacturing Investment Company (SUMIC) Act would establish a fund, administered ... [+]

DACHSER is expanding premium charter flight rotation to and from China

DACHSER Air & Sea Logistics is starting the next wave of its charter flight rotation service to China and back. The charter route has initially been scheduled to operate from mid-March to the end of the month. The new coronavirus is still having a serious impact on capacity in the ... [+]

New Caucedo Port Call Increases Flexibility of Crowley Supply Chain Services

Crowley Logistics has initiated weekly vessel and logistics services at the Port of Caucedo., Dominican Republic. The new port call, which began in February, complements Crowley’s existing services at the Dominican Republic ports of Rio Haina and Puerto Plata, and seamlessly links shippers, manufacturers and consumers in the U.S. ... [+]

New survey findings from Digital Commerce 360 reveal how retailers believe COVID-19 will impact their business.

Almost half of all retailers expect some economic downturn in their revenue as a result of the WHO declared pandemic known as the coronavirus, or COVID-19, according to a March 2020 survey by Digital Commerce 360 of 304 retailers. In the Digital Commerce 360 exclusive article, "Taking the pulse: Retailers and ... [+]

Canaveral Port Authority Launches RO/RO Division

The official grand opening of the Port Canaveral vehicle processing facility on March 5 was marked with a ribbon-cutting ceremony and the arrival of 730 new vehicles aboard the massive 653-foot-long vessel Wisteria Ace, the first vehicle carrier to call at the Port's facility. The new automobiles were discharged at ... [+]

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Video Statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19)

Port of Los Angeles Executive Director Video Statement on Coronavirus (COVID-19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrtnsK9iQsc&feature=youtu.be [+]

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