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Digitalize global supply chain with TradeLens

CMA CGM Group announces that TradeLens subscribers now have the possibility to retrieve booking information, visibility on their container tracking as well as B/L data for all the CMA CGM group carriers.TradeLens is the world’s largest containerized freight blockchain platform. With TradeLens, CMA CGM offers an innovative digital freight management tool to expand supply chain visibility and secure data sharing.The cooperation will soon be extended to provide booking requests and ... [+]

Freightify lands $25m to fund for tool to help forwarders

Freightify, a startup that refers to itself as the “Shopify for maritime freight,” has secured $2.5 million in pre-Series A funding to help the company with its ocean rate management platform.In 2020, The company, originally known as FreightBro, became the first platform to integrate into ... [+]

JAXPORT achieves strong cargo volumes

The Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT) recorded strong container and vehicle volumes during the first three quarters of Fiscal Year 2021. During this time, JAXPORT moved more than one million containers, a 15 percent increase over the same period last year. JAXPORT’s fiscal year runs Oct. ... [+]

LATAM Renews with WFS in Spain

LATAM Airlines has awarded Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) a cargo handling contract extension at Barcelona Airport.Having initially appointed WFS in Barcelona in 2018, LATAM has now signed a new three-year agreement for WFS to handle cargo onboard its Boeing 767 operations carrying import and export ... [+]

La Compagnie appoints WFS to support its first-ever air cargo route

La Compagnie, the 100% SMART BUSINESS CLASS airline, has appointed Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) to support its first-ever venture into the air cargo market.It has awarded WFS a three-year contract to handle cargo onboard its Airbus A321LR services from Paris Orly to New York’s Newark ... [+]

Bolloré Logistics Americas supports sustainable aviation fuel

After a first commitment taken by Bolloré Logistics to cover at least 60% of its 2021 traffic with Air France KLM Cargo (AFKLMP Cargo) flights between CDG and JFK by SAF, enabling a global CO2 reduction of 50%, its subsidiaries Bolloré Logistics USA and Mexico ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi sets new tonnage records

The Port of Corpus Christi ended June 2021 with a new record quarter and a record first half of the year, moving nearly 80.5 million tons of cargo in the first six months of the year.The Port’s first-half 2021 total tonnage yielded a 4.7% increase ... [+]

Port of Virginia sets new volume record

The Port of Virginia® set a new June cargo volume record having handled more than 281,000 TEUs, which is an increase of nearly 71,000 units year over-year.June was the tenth consecutive month of record-breaking volumes for the port and helped push its total TEU volume ... [+]

World Cargo Solutions signs with CHAMP

World Cargo Solutions (WCS) has signed a multi-year contract with CHAMP Cargosystems for its suite of cargo management applications including Cargospot Airline, Handling, GSA, and Revenue Accounting. The company has also signed for CHAMP’s regulatory compliance services, Traxon Global Customs (TGC) and Traxon Global Security ... [+]

BBAM Orders 12 Additional 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighters

Boeing and BBAM Limited Partnership (BBAM) announced on July 12 that the lessor is expanding its 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter fleet with 12 additional firm orders. The agreement brings BBAM’s 737-800BCF orders and commitments to 31 as e-commerce and express cargo markets continue to drive ... [+]

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