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Qatar Airways Cargo is a Thoroughbred in Horse Transport

Due to the Amir Sword Festival in Doha (17-19 February), the Saudi Cup in Riyadh (25-26 February), the Commercial Bank CHI AL SHAQAB presented by Longines in Doha (24-26 February), and the Longines Global Champions Tour (LGCT) in Doha (3-5 March), Qatar Airways Cargo carried 190 of the world’s fastest racehorses and finest show jumping and dressage horses on its freighters over the past few weeks.The prestigious HH The Amir ... [+]

UPS pledges support for the crisis in Ukraine

UPS has pledged $1 million in emergency funding and in-kind support for the crisis in Ukraine. In that effort, UPS Foundation is partnering with the Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (CARE), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), the Salvation ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Amerijet International Airlines B757 Fleet Expansion

Amerijet International Airlines announced that it has introduced six B757 freighters to its fleet. The addition comes as part of a comprehensive expansion and modernization strategy launched by the company in 2020. The B757-200(PCF) freighters will offer Amerijet customers versatility, range, and payload capability ideally suited ... [+]

DB starts operations of Rail Bridge with relief goods for Ukraine

The rail bridge operated by DB Cargo and DB Schenker is picking up speed. On Friday night (March 11), a first train carrying relief goods for the people of Ukraine started at the Seddin marshalling yard near Berlin. The train is loaded with 15 containers. ... [+]

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 ... [+]

Port of Baltimore welcomes new service

The Maryland Department of Transportation Maryland Port Administration (MDOT MPA), working closely with public-private partner Ports America Chesapeake (PAC), has attracted Israel-based ZIM Shipping Line to begin calls at the Port of Baltimore. The name of the new service is the Zim e-Commerce Baltimore express ... [+]

Qatar Airways Cargo Teams Up with Cainiao

Cainiao Network (Cainiao), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, recently announced that it has partnered with Qatar Airways Cargo to support e-commerce growth in South America with the launch of a weekly B777 freighter service linking Hong Kong (HKG), China, and São Paulo (GRU), Brazil, ... [+]

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 ... [+]

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