Freight News

Port of Houston Authority and Freight Shuttle International Sign Cooperation Agreement

The Port of Houston Authority and Freight Shuttle International (FSI) announced Friday that they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding regarding a Joint Project to Evaluate Freight Shuttle Deployment Options in Port of Houston Area. The signing preceded a Demonstration of the Autonomous Freight Shuttle System, held in Bryan, TX, which was co-sponsored by Governor Greg Abbott, Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and ... [+]

Port of New Orleans Grant from EPA Provides Financial Incentives

The Port of New Orleans is launching its Clean Truck Replacement Incentive Program (Clean TRIP), providing financial incentives for local short-haul truck owners to voluntarily replace approximately 20 Class 8 drayage trucks from model years 1993-2006 with trucks from model year 2012 and newer. The ... [+]

Airlines Report 11 Tarmac Delays Over Three Hours

Airlines reported 11 tarmac delays of more than three hours on domestic flights and 10 tarmac delays of more than four hours on international flights in July, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report released today. All reported extended tarmac delays ... [+]

Exports Up at Long Beach, Overall Cargo Volumes Down

August exports surged 14.8% through the Port of Long Beach compared to the same month in 2015, but lower imports drove overall volumes down. Harbor terminals moved 641,029 TEUs equivalent units in August, an 8.9% year-over-year decrease. Of those, 321,625 TEUs were import containers, which were ... [+]

I.D. Systems Releases FleetView™

The Asset Intelligence® subsidiary of I.D. Systems, Inc. has released  its next generation FleetView™ transportation fleet management interface for fleets of dry van trailers, intermodal containers, chassis, and flatbed trailers. Providing online user access to the VeriWise fleet management platform, FleetView represents a major step forward ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo greets Canada with “Hello, Bonjour Canada”

A Lufthansa Cargo MD-11F freighter now bears the name “Hello, Bonjour Canada” and will carry this message with it around the world. The aircraft with registration D-ALCI received its name at Pearson International Airport in Toronto, Canada, from Bernhard Kindelbacher, Vice President for the Americas ... [+]

SEKO Logistics Appoints New VP for Home Delivery Business

SEKO Logistics has appointed Jim Mikrut as Vice President of its thriving U.S. Home Delivery Vertical business. In 2015, SEKO saw its Heavyweight Home Delivery shipments in the U.S. grow 54% year-on-year and this momentum has continued in 2016 for heavyweight and oversized products such as ... [+]

St. Lawrence Seaway sees slight uptick in August traffic

“As we approach the mid-year point of the 2016 navigation season we continue to see a diversified mix of cargoes moving throughout the Great Lakes Saint Lawrence Seaway System,” said Betty Sutton, Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. “Cargo diversification is an important ... [+]

Virginia Sets Single-Month Record for TEUs; Rail, RMT Volumes Grow

The Port of Virginia® rewrote its record books once again, having handled 235,511 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) in August, making it the single busiest month in the port’s history. In comparison with last August, TEU volumes are up 7 percent; rail units up 20 percent and ... [+]

AACargo Expands Asia Network with New Service from LAX to HKG

American Airlines Cargo launched a daily nonstop service between Los Angeles (LAX) and Hong Kong (HKG), connecting two of the world’s largest air cargo hubs. The new direct flight from LAX will complement American’s existing Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) - HKG route which began in 2014. The ... [+]

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