Freight News
A Message from Sebastiann Scholte, Chairman, TIACA:
So far 2017 has proven to be a year with solid growth for air cargo across different industries in all regions. For the last four quarters, demand has outpaced supply by more than six percent points; the first time in many years. Subsequently load factors and therefore yields have improved for airlines. Air cargo revenues in 2017 have improved 15 percent, a combination of ...
[+]
Montreal Port Authority (MPA) President and CEO Sylvie Vachon was pleased to award the famous Gold-Headed Cane to Captain Rakesh Kumar, an Indian national, Master of the Ottawa Express, the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover in 2018. The ...
[+]
The joint venture formed by Japan’s big three shipping groups – MOL (31%), K Line (31%), and NYK (38%) last July 2017 will commence joint service beginning April 1, 2018 under the Ocean Network Express (ONE) alliance, a new containership company.
“I believe this new enterprise ...
[+]
Port Canaveral staff were on hand to welcome the captain and crew of the Höegh Sydney roll-on/roll-off (RO/RO) vessel on her inaugural visit to the Port. The Sydney's arrival at Port Canaveral is the first U.S. port call for the vessel on a transit that originated in ...
[+]
Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh has been elected to a second consecutive one-year term as chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority, the governing board of Port Manatee.
Baugh, who also was elected in mid-December to a one-year term as chairwoman of the Sarasota/Manatee Metropolitan Planning ...
[+]
Agility received the Third Party Logistics Award at the 2017 Automotive Supply Chain Global Awards for the third consecutive year, recognizing the company for its innovative European freight consolidation center in Stuttgart, Germany.
At the 9,000 sqm facility, Agility provides quality and quantity inspections and arranges ...
[+]
Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced it has appointed four industry veterans to oversee the consolidated lines of business under the recently formed Crowley Shipping group, which provides petroleum and chemical transportation, commercial ship management, offshore energy support, and ship assist and tanker escort services in ...
[+]
Following the success of the Day One products introduced earlier in 2017, OOCL announces the launch of the second phase of the OCEAN Alliance products in April 2018, which it dubs “an improved suite of products providing industry-leading services to customers.”
The emphasis on quality services ...
[+]
SEKO Logistics has launched a new Airfreight+ Final Mile service in North America to give retailers, marketplace merchants and consumer brands a home delivery solution for bigger, bulkier products that delivers air cargo to their door at the speed of ecommerce.
Already being used by a ...
[+]
The upward trend in passenger traffic continued at Dubai International (DXB) with the hub welcoming close to 7 million passengers in November 2017, according to the monthly traffic report issued by operator Dubai Airports.
Passenger traffic at DXB reached 6,953,596 in November compared to 6,581,805 recorded ...
[+]
« Back
More »
