Gary G Burrows
Aviation is essential to the economic development of cities, countries and regions everywhere, but governments can only optimize its benefits by addressing the sector's critical infrastructure and resource needs in their national development strategies.
That's the key message being conveyed jointly by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and international aviation's most prominent organizations in a special new 2017 report just released on Aviation Benefits.
The report's announcement comes just before World Tourism ...
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PhilaPort handled 667,069 metric tons of cargo in August, achieving its highest ever monthly total. The Port of Philadelphia also broke new records for monthly container throughput, moving 54,185 TEUs, and forest products, which reached 109,604 metric tons last month.
PhilaPort CEO Jeff Theobald credited the Port's highly productive labor force, ...
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Broward County's Port Everglades is waiving its tariff charges for ocean shipping lines transporting humanitarian relief supplies to Caribbean counties impacted by hurricanes Irma and Maria.
"Our Caribbean neighbors are suffering losses not only to their personal property, but also to their livelihoods which are dependent upon the cruise industry and ...
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Antonov Airlines has safely delivered portable generators for EDF Group to Hurricane-stricken Guadeloupe, in the Caribbean, on one of its seven AN-124-100 aircraft.
The emergency consignment of 32 EDF Group generators was recently moved from Châteauroux, France to Pointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, in under 24 hours.
The generators, which weighed a total of 105 ...
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Atlas Air Worldwide Places 747-400 Freighter with DHL Global Forwarding
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. has announced the ACMI placement of a 747-400 freighter with DHL Global Forwarding,
The 747-400F will be operated by Atlas Air, Inc. and will fly on behalf of DHL Global Forwarding through an aircraft, crew, maintenance and ...
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The devastating impact of Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean and Florida and its impact on the region has highlighted the vital importance of fast response logistics services to deliver humanitarian aid to the worst affected areas.
In the aftermath of Irma, CargoLogicAir has so far operated two flights, carrying nearly 200 ...
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Two state-of-the-art express facilities have opened at Budapest Airport, as part of the EUR160 million BUD:2020 Development Program.
DHL Express is the latest to launch at the warehouse and office complexes, which have automated sorting systems, and represent the largest air cargo development at Budapest Airport to date, with a total ...
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ITS Logistics announces that Jim Dingman has joined its senior leadership team as President of Fleet Operations. Dingman will head the growing division and build on ITS' reputation as one of the leading dedicated and expedited fleets on the West Coast.
"I am pleased to announce that Jim Dingman is on ...
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August container volumes at the nation’s busiest port climbed by 6.1% compared to August 2016 volumes. 847,857 TEUs came through the Port of Los Angeles, marking the busiest August and the second-busiest month in the port’s 110-year history. Eight months into 2017, Port container volumes are 9% ahead of 2016, ...
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The Netherlands will be storing all spare parts for all F-35 aircraft in Europe, as recently announced by the U.S. Department of Defense. This will entail storing, shipping and handling spare parts for over four hundred F-35 aircraft for the coming decades. The Woensdrecht Logistics Center (LCW) of the Royal ...
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