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Air Belgium partners with WFS

Air Belgium is partnering with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in Johannesburg and Cape Town for the launch of its first services to South Africa.The airline has awarded a three-year contract to WFS to provide cargo handling for the 1,600 tonnes per annum forecast to be carried onboard its twice-weekly Airbus A330-Neo flights connecting the two prime South African cities with Brussels.Flights, which commenced on September 14, will operate on a ... [+]

ATA Celebrates America’s Truck Drivers

American Trucking Associations leaders, on behalf of the association and the industry, are celebrating and thanking the nation’s truck drivers this week as part of National Truck Driver Appreciation Week. “Every day, our country’s 3.7 million truck drivers deliver America’s freight safely, securely and efficiently – ... [+]

Port of VA processes 341,000 TEUs

The Port of Virginia® continues processing record-setting amounts of cargo having handled nearly 341,000 TEUs in August and in doing so making the month the second most productive month in the port’s history.August’s TEU total was only 685 units shy of the previous all-time monthly ... [+]

Tentative Rail Agreement Protects America’s Supply Chains

Following the announcement made late on September 14 that a tentative agreement has been reached between freight railroads and rail labor organizations – avoiding a shutdown of the nation’s freight rail system – American Apparel & Footwear Association President and CEO, Steve Lamar, offers cautious ... [+]

Trucking Industry Delivers Water to Southeast

The American Trucking Associations’ Trucking Cares Foundation, along with Trucking Moves America Forward have marshaled industry resources to deliver water to residents of Jackson, Mississippi and to Northwest Georgia who have been without fresh drinking water because of recent flooding. “Our industry is among the first ... [+]

Turkish Cargo Carries Türkiye’s Pride Togg to Argentina

Turkish Cargo transported Togg, which is set to be one of the global brands of Türkiye, to perform its winter tests.The Togg smart device, whose road, safety, performance and range/battery tests are continuing at accredited test centers in different parts of the world, flew to ... [+]

AAL Triumphs again in 2022 at AFLAS awards

AAL Shipping (AAL) has been named ‘Best Shipping Line – Project Cargo’ at the 2022 Asian Freight, Logistics and Supply Chain (AFLAS) Awards, held in Hong Kong on September 7. The AFLAS Awards are a celebration of Asia’s freight, logistics and supply chain industry, and AAL ... [+]

Port of Long Beach Previews Path to Zero Emissions

The Port of Long Beach and its industry partners showed on September 13 how one port trucking company is converting to a full zero-emissions trucking fleet three years from now, a full decade before the 2035 zero-emissions goal set by the Clean Air Action Plan. The ... [+]

Port of Mobile headed for busiest year on record

The Alabama Port Authority announced its container volumes at APM Terminals are on track for a record year. With 364,687 TEUs moved year-to-date, the container terminal is tracking more than 10% above its 2021 numbers, the terminal’s busiest full year to date. If the current ... [+]

Port of Savannah handles 575,000 TEUs in August

In its busiest month ever, the Georgia Ports Authority handled 575,513 TEUs in August, an increase of 18.5% or 89,918 TEUs over the same month last year. “The Port of Savannah’s geographic and capacity advantages remain a driving force behind current and new customers deciding to ... [+]

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