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Air Canada Cargo selects CargoAi

Air Canada Cargo announced that it has selected CargoAi’s eBooking & eQuote platform for freight forwarders as it continues to invest in its digital transformation. “We continue to invest in our digital transformation, which is a key pillar of Air Canada Cargo’s strategy as it continues to adapt to the changing landscape in airfreight. We’re looking forward to further leveraging our API capabilities and the opportunity to reach out to additional ... [+]

Airport CEO Rick Tucker to Retire, Butch Roberts Appointed Next Airport Authority Leader

The Port of Huntsville reports that Rick Tucker, Chief Executive Officer of the international transportation and business hub that includes Huntsville International Airport, International Intermodal Center and Jetplex Industrial Park, will be retiring on Dec. 31, 2022. Tucker’s leadership “has grown the organization to superlative ... [+]

Schiphol mandates digitized shipment

Automated Nomination, the digital station declaration of a forwarder’s involvement in the handling of a shipment, has become the standard for inbound shipments at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, which no longer accepts paper declarations as of the 1st of April 2022.Prior to Automated Nomination, ground handlers ... [+]

Bolloré Africa Logistics sold to MSC Group

Bolloré Group signed an agreement on April 1 to sell 100% of Bolloré Africa Logistics to the MSC Group. The sale comprises of the Bolloré Group's transport and logistics activities in Africa, on the basis of an enterprise value, net of minority interests, of 5.7 ... [+]

CHAMP Cargosystems, Air Cargo Belgium foster innovation in air cargo

As a result of their long-term partnership, CHAMP Cargosystems and Air Cargo Belgium have launched an innovation platform - powered by CHAMP - to support innovation within the air cargo community.The new platform, which debuted March 13, 2022 at the Air Cargo Belgium Innovation Forum ... [+]

Move Cargo While Striving for Zero Emissions

On April 1, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles launched the Clean Truck Fund rate. The rate – $10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit on loaded import and export cargo containers hauled by drayage trucks as they enter or leave container terminals – will ... [+]

J.F. Hillebrand Group AG is now part of DHL

Deutsche Post DHL Group has closed the acquisition of J.F. Hillebrand Group AG (Hillebrand) and its subsidiaries at an equity value of €1.5 billion. After obtaining all necessary regulatory approvals by the required antitrust authorities, the takeover has been consummated. The companies had already signed ... [+]

Port of Corpus Christi in President Biden’s Proposed FY ’23 Budget

The Corpus Christi Ship Channel Improvement Project was included in President Joe Biden’s proposed Fiscal Year 2023 Budget under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Coastal Navigation Construction category. The President’s recommended funding targeted project closeout appropriations of $157.3 million. Once approved by Congress, ... [+]

Seattle reinstated to Eagle Service

MSC is reinstating Seattle to its Eagle Service that it omitted last October due to increased waiting time for vessel berthing at the port.The first sailing will be MAERSK SEVILLE on voyage 214N, estimated to depart Kaohsiung on April 10. The revised port rotation will be ... [+]

The Port of Virginia® on Course to Becoming US East Coast’s Deepest Port

The recently approved federal work plan contains the final piece of funding for The Port of Virginia’s dredging project that will create the deepest and widest shipping channels on the US East Coast by late 2024.The work plan, released last week by the US Army ... [+]

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