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Port of Long Beach achieves busiest February on record

Dockworkers and terminal operators at the Port of Long Beach moved 796,560TEUs in February, up 3.2% from the same month last year. Imports increased 4.4% to 390,335 TEUs, while exports declined 1.2% to 117,935 TEUs. Empty containers moved through the port were up 3.5% to 288,290 TEUs. "We are moving record amounts of cargo and catching up with the ongoing surge of imports," said Port of Long Beach Executive Director Mario ... [+]

Port of Oakland import volume still trending up

Port of Oakland import business continues to grow though export recovery has yet to take off. Port officials said that import cargo volume increased 6.3% in February 2022 compared to February 2021. Exports declined 10.3% over the same period.The figures indicate continued strong U.S. consumer ... [+]

Bluebird Nordic signs GSSA contract with NordicGSA

With the start of this year, ECS Group company, NordicGSA in Denmark, has become the GSSA for the Icelandic cargo airline, Bluebird Nordic, an Avia Solutions Group company. Bluebird Nordic operates a fleet of 9 B737F and recently signed leases for three Boeing 777-300ER which are ... [+]

Change in Global Fuel Surcharge Application – Asia Trades

The current global political situation is creating major, and unpredictable, fluctuations on global fuel prices.Therefore, starting April 15, 2022, until conditions stabilize, MSC will be recalculating the Global Fuel Surcharge on a fortnightly basis tariff instead of a monthly basis tariff, for all spot and ... [+]

Zero Covid lockdowns – container prices

After two weeks since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, there seems to be a negligible impact on the container prices and leasing rates in China. Container availability improved soon after the Chinese New Year across key ports in China – that is until March 11. Now ... [+]

DHL and Singapore Airlines ink new agreement

DHL Express has entered into a Crew and Maintenance agreement (CM) with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to deploy five Boeing 777 freighters. This agreement marks a further step in DHL Express' expansion of its intercontinental air network to meet customer demand in fast-growing international express shipping ... [+]

Drewry and Container xChange to partner

Global shipping consultancy, Drewry and global marketplace for container trading and leasing, Container xChange, have entered a data-led partnership combining xChange’s rich platform data and Drewry’s market-leading research capabilities. Through this partnership the maritime and shipping industry will gain access to improved research, consultancy and forecasting ... [+]

TAROM signs for Traxon cargoHUB

TAROM has signed to join CHAMP’s Traxon cargoHUB community. The long-time CHAMP customer joined the largest air cargo community service, in addition to renewing for CHAMP’s Cargospot suite – including renewing for Cargospot Airlines and Revenue. These solutions are serviced through CHAMP’s state-of-the-art data center ... [+]

AA Cargo to join WebCargo’s booking platform

American Airlines Cargo is embracing Digital Cargo, providing over 10,000 global forwarders with access to live rates, capacity, and instant eBookings through partnership with WebCargo, a Freightos group company. With widespread supply chain disruptions and clogged ports creating chaos for shippers, more customers are looking ... [+]

ATA, IMCC pleased by action against foreign ocean lines

The American Trucking Associations and the ATA Intermodal Motor Carriers Conference expressed their appreciation to President Biden and his administration for highlighting the unscrupulous business practices of a monopoly of foreign-owned ocean shipping lines in last night’s State of the Union Address.“We are pleased that ... [+]

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