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DANX Carousel joins forces with ELECTRON to develop zero-emission electric cargo plane

The Carousel Group and ELECTRON aerospace are entering a strategic partnership to launch Electron 5, an electric, zero-emission cargo aircraft.DANX Carousel is investing in the Dutch aircraft manufacturer as the “Founding Logistics Partner” for the project, which aims to revolutionize the air freight industry.ELECTRON aerospace is currently developing the Electron 5 aircraft, which has been designed to transport 500 kg of cargo over a 500 km distance on a single ... [+]

New Director Leads Trailer Bridge International to Double-Digit Growth

Trailer Bridge, Inc., a full-service, asset-light transportation solution provider, today announced double-digit growth for its global shipping service, Trailer Bridge International (TBI) under the direction of a new leader, Zach Monger. Zach was promoted to the role of Director of NVOCC & Compliance in September ... [+]

Port Authorities Awarded Increased Share of FY 2023 Port Security Funding

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) released its funding allocations for the Fiscal Year 2023 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) awards, which which will be distributed to 40 port authorities along with numerous terminal operators, municipalities, and policing entities for enhancing and protecting critical port ... [+]

Comparing 3 Popular Pricing Models: Fixed-Price, Time & Materials, and Milestone by SteelKiwi Inc The Startup

You must provide for the ability to audit the overhead rate after the fact and adjust the billings to the actual rate incurred. Likewise, you cannot agree to pay all of the contractor's costs plus a fixed rate of profit on the actual costs incurred. ... [+]

Emirates Group ramps up recruitment globally

The Emirates Group is laying the groundwork for its next big growth phase with a mammoth drive to recruit the best minds and talent globally across 180 unique roles. The Group is looking to cherry-pick cabin crew, pilots, engineers, IT professionals and customer service agents ... [+]

GPA achieves record Ro/Ro in FY2023

The Georgia Ports Authority handled record Roll-on/Roll-off volumes in Fiscal Year 2023, at more than 723,500 units, an increase of 18 percent or nearly 109,000 units over the previous year. “The Port of Brunswick achieved strong growth in the import and export of heavy machinery, while ... [+]

Leaders celebrate projects to improve transportation

The Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC), Port of Oakland, and City of Oakland announced important milestones for two major transportation improvement projects at the Port of Oakland.The two projects celebrated include: A Ribbon Cutting for the Freight Intelligent Transportation Systems (FITS) Project: Installation of ... [+]

New cargo airline, One Air, takes to the skies

Britain’s new all-cargo airline, One Air, has completed its inaugural Boeing 747-400 freighter flight, operating a full charter for client Shandong Glory from China to the United Kingdom.The 100-tonne payload arrived at London Heathrow from Jinan-Shandong last night, marking the commercial launch of the new ... [+]

Phase I of channel deepening project moves forward for Port of Brownsville

The Brazos Island Harbor (BIH) Channel Improvement Project continues to move forward, as Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation announced the receipt of Notice to Proceed to perform essential improvements to the Brownsville ship channel for NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project at the Port ... [+]

Port of South Louisiana Sees Growth in Tonnage

BIZ New Orleans report that the Port of South Louisiana said it saw an annual increase in tonnage of nearly 10 million short tons of cargo in 2022. The port said it moved a total of 239,257,758 short tons last year compared to a total ... [+]

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