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CBP Opens Doors with New Office at Port Freeport

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) celebrated the completion of their newly constructed offices at Port Freeport with an official ribbon-cutting on May 3. Attending the event were CBP leadership and officers, Port Commissioners, members of Port management, and several Port tenants "We are pleased to see Customs and Border Protection open the doors to their new and improved facility. The necessary upgrades and increased office space will help facilitate their ... [+]

Dubai Temporary Operational Changes During Ramadan

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) government announced the Holy Month of Ramadan will start on Wednesday, May 16 or Thursday, May 17 and continue for 30 days until Thursday, June 14 or Friday, June 15. During this period, the FedEx Trade Networks office in Dubai will ... [+]

Hapag-Lloyd shows increased Q1 operating result

Hapag-Lloyd has completed the first quarter 2018 with earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) of EUR 219.4 million, which is an increase compared to the first quarter of the previous year (EUR 135.3 million). The operating result before interest and taxes (EBIT) stood at EUR 53.7 ... [+]

New agreement sees Hacis expand into western PRD

Hong Kong Air Cargo Industry Services Limited (Hacis) - the value-added logistics arm of Hactl – and Chu Kong Shipping Enterprises (Group) Company Limited (CKS) have entered into a strategic partnership covering the development of joint logistics activity throughout the western part of the Pearl ... [+]

Port of Oakland cargo volume up 2.9% from a year ago

The Port of Oakland’s total cargo volume is up 2.9% for January-April 2018 over the same period a year ago. Oakland’s terminals handled 791,371 TEUs compared to 768,789 TEUs for 1Q 2017. April 2018 was the Port’s best month ever for imports in its 90-year ... [+]

Schiphol Cargo marks growth in Chinese, Latam, African markets in 1Q 2018

Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam has seen continued growth in both the China and Latin American markets after its results were revealed for the first quarter of 2018. China, the airport’s largest country market, showed a 2.1% increase at 30,735 tonnes from January to March 2018, ... [+]

T.S. Lines Boosts Reefer Capacity 24% with Carrier Transicold PrimeLine® Units

As part of a significant expansion of its overall refrigerated capacity dedicated to serving intra-Asia trade, Taiwan's T.S. Lines Ltd. has purchased 1,000 Carrier Transicold PrimeLINE® container refrigeration units. As a result, the shipping line's refrigerated capacity will increase by about 24%, enabling T.S. Lines ... [+]

AFF Global Logistics Acquires Alaskan Express

AFF Global Logistics (AFF), the largest U.S. domestic ocean freight forwarder specializing in less-than-container-load freight shipments, has acquired Alaskan Express (AE). AFF is currently owned by The Resolute Fund II, L.P., a private equity fund managed by The Jordan Company, L.P., and AFF's management team. Headquartered ... [+]

Emirates SkyCargo marks fruitful year with Emirates Fresh

Emirates SkyCargo has recorded a successful year of transporting perishables with Emirates Fresh- the air cargo carrier’s specialized portfolio of solutions for air-freighting different kinds of perishable cargo across its network of over 155 destinations. In the 12 months since the launch of Emirates Fresh in ... [+]

Kuebix Surpasses 10,000 Companies Using Its Transportation Management System (TMS)

Kuebix, creator of a transportation management system (TMS) that delivers true freight intelligence, is excited to announce reaching a huge milestone with the adoption of the Kuebix TMS by over 10,000 companies. This includes Kuebix Business Pro, Kuebix Enterprise and Kuebix Free Shipper, the industry’s ... [+]

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