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Air Canada Cargo live on WebCargo

Air Canada Cargo announced that, starting in the next few weeks, its capacity will be available to forwarders on WebCargo, an eBooking platform that allows real-time pricing and booking for customers. As Canada’s largest air cargo provider, Air Canada Cargo has continually invested and adapted despite the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, with the acquisition of Boeing 767-300ER freighter aircraft, hub infrastructure enhancements and the continued digitization of its operations. “We are ... [+]

ATA Truck Tonnage Index Unchanged in February

American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index was unchanged in February after increasing 0.4% in January. In February, the index equaled 115.3 (2015=100) the same as January. “February was the first month that the index didn’t increase since July,” said ATA Chief ... [+]

Canaveral Port Authority officials break ground on cargo berth project

With shovels in hand, officials from the Canaveral Port Authority joined with leaders from federal, state, and municipal government, along with business and space industry representatives to ceremonially break ground on a massive $48 million project to rebuild Port Canaveral's North Cargo Berth 3 (NCB3). ... [+]

APM Terminals Itajaí resumes operation of RoRo ships

The return of operations for shipments of cars to APM Terminals Itajaí at Brazil’s Port of Itajaí took place on March 15th, with the docking of the Florida Highway ship, owned by K-Line. More than 460 vehicles in the premium segment were unloaded, all from ... [+]

Double Digit Container Volume Continues at Port of Mobile

The Alabama Port Authority released its February 2022 container volumes, increasing its refrigerated cargo by 54.2% over January 2022 volumes. Intermodal rail transfers experienced a 12.4% gain over the prior month’s volumes handling 2,898 TEUs. In assessing February 2022 containerized cargo volumes over February 2021 ... [+]

Cranes Change Power

Heerema and the Port of Rotterdam Authority are proud to announce that Heerema Marine Contractors’ largest crane vessels, Sleipnir and Thialf have officially switched from using their engines to using shore power in the Port of Rotterdam. https://youtu.be/ZctGRHSeUog [+]

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 ... [+]

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 ... [+]

PSA Halifax adds muscle

PSA Halifax LP announce a significant investment in two additional Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore container gantry cranes. They will be due for delivery in early 2023 to its Atlantic Hub terminal located at Canada’s east coast.The new Super Post-Panamax ship-to-shore cranes will offer enhanced outreach (24-wide) ... [+]

AGI Opens Building 22 at JFK

AGI opened its newest location at JFK on March 1. Building 22 has been in the JFK market for nearly 25 years, first opened by United Cargo in 1997. Working with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, AGI took possession of the ... [+]

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