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WFS deploys Descartes’ Bluetooth tracking technology

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), the world’s largest air cargo handler, is offering its airline customers enhanced real-time shipment visibility and cost-efficient asset management solutions by deploying Descartes Core Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)™ readers across its global cargo operations. Already live at WFS’ airport locations in Paris, London, Brussels, Frankfurt, Madrid, New York and Houston, the Bluetooth readers will be introduced at other international stations in the company’s network spanning ... [+]

WFS Investment in Milan Earns Asiana Airlines’ Cargo Contract

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has won the handling contract for Asiana Airlines’ freighter services at Milan-Malpensa Airport. The airline operates three Boeing 747 freighter flights a week from the Italian airport to Seoul. WFS expects to handle some 15,000 tonnes of cargo annually for ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Rose 3.7% in November

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index increased 3.7% in November after falling 5% in October. In November, the index equaled 112.2 (2015=100) compared with 108.3 in October. “The 2020 seesaw pattern continued in November as typical seasonality is not holding this ... [+]

Congress Passes Landmark Legislation for the Port of Corpus Christi and the Nation

Congress passed the bipartisan Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2020, which provides authority for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to carry out water resource development projects and studies; the legislation also reforms and provides policy direction to the USACE for implementation of ... [+]

Mayor reports record cargo activity at PortMiami

PortMiami processed 107,088 TEUs in October, an increase of 1.5 percent compared to 105,573 TEUs in 2019. It marks the busiest month in cargo activity in the history of the Port. ”I am proud that despite the worldwide pandemic, PortMiami set a record for the strongest ... [+]

Port of LA Enters Agreement with IBM

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved an agreement with IBM to design and operate a Port Cyber Resilience Center (CRC) at the Port of Los Angeles. Focused on detecting and protecting against malicious cyber incidents potentially impacting cargo flow, this first-of-its-kind system ... [+]

AAFA Welcomes Nomination of Katherine Tai for USTR

The American Apparel & Footwear Association praised the nomination of Katherine Tai for U.S. Trade Representative by President-elect Joseph R. Biden today. “Katherine Tai has great mastery of the contours – both economic and political – around which U.S. trade policy is created and effectively implemented,” ... [+]

Duluth Seaway Port Authority acquires Duluth Lake Port dock

The Duluth Seaway Port Authority last week finalized acquisition of the Duluth Lake Port dock on Rice’s Point. Located immediately northwest of the Port Authority’s First Clure Terminal Expansion, but separated from it by the Azcon Metals recycling property, the 7.5-acre Duluth Lake Port dock and ... [+]

Air Cargo’s Recovery Cools in November

Airlines’ hopes of a peak season boost in November failed to materialise with a year-over-year fall in demand of 1% point. This is the first decline in demand since the road to recovery started six months ago, according to the latest industry statistics from analysts ... [+]

CEVA Logistics wins 5-year contract with Mölnlycke

CEVA Logistics has signed a five-year contract with Swedish headquartered medical products and solutions company Mölnlycke. Starting in December, CEVA Logistics’ multi-user facility at Max Park, Corby, in the UK, will provide a solution enabling Mölnlycke to be even more responsive to customer requirements ... [+]

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