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David Rice Joins Sterling Transportation

Sterling Transportation is pleased to announce that David Rice has joined The Sterling team! David will be based in L.A. and will handle business development for the Western region of the U.S. David brings with him over 10 years of transportation experience, specifically in the expedited LTL market. His background includes Local and National Account Sales, operations, terminal management, and IT. He has been the recipient of numerous awards throughout his ... [+]

Lufthansa Cargo adds new destinations to its short- and medium-haul network

Lufthansa Cargo is adding new destinations to its European route network and thus successively expanding it further. The new freighter destinations include Larnaca (Cyprus), Athens and Milan. In total, Lufthansa Cargo will serve twelve destinations in the intra-European short- and medium-haul network on more than ... [+]

Port Everglades Sees Investment

Business opportunities at Port Everglades are expanding with the construction of two warehouses that will offer distribution and logistical services. Seagis Property Group reported that it's 75% complete with its 199,624-square-foot speculative development at 1700 Eller Drive in Hollywood, Florida. It expects construction to be complete ... [+]

SATS completes acquisition of WFS

SATS Ltd.  announced it has completed its acquisition of global air cargo logistics provider Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) for €1.3 billion (equivalent to approximately S$1.8 billion) from an affiliate of Cerberus Capital Management, representing an enterprise value of €2,250 million as previously announced. The acquisition received ... [+]

Best Team Practices When Working Across Time Zones

It’s nice to have periodic check-in meetings over the phone or video call, but I like to schedule them ahead of time and keep them to 15 minutes. If I’m in a creative mode and a client calls me, I’m all confuzzled and have a ... [+]

Air Canada Cargo’s First Flight to Liege

A B767 freighter operated by Air Canada Cargo touched down in Liege, Belgium, on March 30, connecting a key European destination to Toronto and the carrier’s extensive global network. Flights will operate twice per week to Liege, with service increasing to three flights per week later ... [+]

Brownsville approves Conservation of Regional Ecosystem

The Port of Brownsville continues its mission to advance business development in the Rio Grande Valley while conserving the regional ecosystem. At a regular board meeting held Mar. 15, the Brownsville Navigation District (BND) Board of Commissioners unanimously voted to pass a resolution recognizing the value ... [+]

‘More Common Ground’ in stabilizing air cargo market

Longer-term contracts between shippers and freight forwarders may signal ‘more common ground’ in a stabilizing global air cargo market which saw demand dip at a slower -3% year-over-year in March, according to the latest weekly market insight from industry analysts CLIVE Data Services, part of ... [+]

MSC teams up with GCMD

MSC and the Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD) have announced the signing of a five-year Impact Partnership agreement.This agreement sees MSC, the world’s largest shipping line combine forces and industry expertise with GCMD. GCMD, strategically located in Singapore, the world’s largest bunkering hub and ... [+]

Oceanus Line service links Florida and Texas to Mexico

A new direct liner service of Oceanus Line is now providing an efficient all-water link between key seaports of Mexico and Colombia and the dynamic U.S. ports of SeaPort Manatee on the Florida Gulf Coast and Port Freeport on the Texas Gulf Coast.With inaugural calls ... [+]

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