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Thursday, June 30, 2022

FreightWaves Classics: Drayage is first-mile logistics (Part 1)

FreightWaves Classics provides an overview of drayage.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

FedEx launches long-awaited operational integration

FedEx says its new operational integration will drive down costs and push up operating margins significantly.

Wednesday, June 29, 2022

FreightWaves Classics/Fallen Flags: Dixie Clipper began trans-Atlantic passenger flights

FreightWaves Classics profiles Pan American Airways' Clippers.

Recent Headlines

Air Cargo
Eric KulischTuesday, June 28, 2022
Silk Way West Airlines orders A350 freighters in Airbus pivot
Silk Way West Airlines, an all-cargo carrier based in Azerbaijan, placed an order with Airbus on Tuesday for two A350…
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischTuesday, June 28, 2022
Embraer notches 1st sale for E-Jet freighter conversions
Embraer is the latest manufacturer to launch a freighter conversion program for used passenger aircraft.
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischMonday, June 27, 2022
How airline’s cargo mistake led to $1.7M dispute between Kuehne + Nagel, big shipper
A Swiss logistics company and Baker Hughes, its customer, must take their dispute over a botched air cargo shipment to…
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischThursday, June 23, 2022
Texas leasing company goes bonkers for Boeing 737-800 converted freighter
Aero Capital Solutions is a mid-tier aircraft leasing firm that has quickly gone from zero freighters to soon having 40…
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischFriday, June 17, 2022
Qatar Airways achieves strong cargo growth in fiscal year
Qatar Airways posted record profit and strong cargo business for the fiscal year 2021-22.
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FreightWaves Classics
Scott MallThursday, June 16, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/Pioneers: Berliner built earliest version of the helicopter
FreightWaves Classics celebrates the 100th anniversary of the first helicopter flight.
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Air Cargo

Air Cargo
Eric KulischWednesday, June 29, 2022
FedEx pilots unhappy as UPS, United take lead on new contracts
FedEx pilots want a rich new labor deal to keep up with their counterparts at…
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Tuesday, June 28, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: Burpee and Sopwith combined for aviation first
Monday, June 27, 2022
Airbus A380 super jumbo jet makes comeback
Thursday, June 23, 2022
IATA chief accuses Europe of ‘greenwashing’ on aviation emissions
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Air cargo market heads toward 2nd best year despite softening

Drones

Modern Shipper
Jack DaleoTuesday, June 28, 2022
Zipline adds to US drone delivery footprint with North Carolina expansion
Drone delivery firm Zipline launched a commercial service in North Carolina less than a week after obtaining a historic FAA…
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Wednesday, June 22, 2022
FAA certification puts drone firm Zipline in league of its own
Tuesday, June 21, 2022
Wingcopter raises $42M to expand beyond medical drone deliveries
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Amazon Prime Air drone deliveries finally getting off the ground in California

Trade

News
Craig Fuller, CEO at FreightWavesTuesday, June 21, 2022
A potential economic recession and the supply chain bullwhip are colliding
FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller analyzes the bullwhip effect on the current retail and trucking environments.
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Friday, May 27, 2022
Bubs baby formula from Australia gets FDA import approval
Friday, May 27, 2022
FDA authorizes more baby formula imports as air cargo pipeline grows
Wednesday, May 18, 2022
Supply chains are never returning to ‘normal’

Most Popular Air Cargo Articles

News
Mark SolomonThursday, June 16, 2022
FedEx taps Carere as company’s first chief customer officer
Carere will head a new centralized group focusing on digitization.
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischThursday, June 16, 2022
South American cargo airline joins Freightos e-booking platform
LATAM Airlines’ cargo division is the first South American carrier to sell capacity on Freightos, a digital marketplace.
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FreightWaves Classics
Scott MallWednesday, June 15, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: Airmail helped build nation’s airlines
FreightWaves Classics profiles air mail, which helped the nation's fledgling airlines survive.
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Air Cargo
Eric KulischWednesday, June 15, 2022
UPS, pilots tentatively agree to extend contract 2 years
The union representing more than 3,300 UPS pilots has reached a tentative agreement with the express delivery company on a…
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Less-than-truckload

News
Todd MaidenTuesday, June 28, 2022
Saia advances terminal growth initiative
Less-than-truckload carrier Saia continues to grow its terminal map at an industry-leading pace.
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Monday, June 27, 2022
Soaring inflation and crashing rates are sparking trucking’s ‘Great Purge’
Friday, June 24, 2022
LTL steals the FedEx quarterly show
Thursday, June 23, 2022
Roadrunner adds more direct lanes, improves service times

Parcel

News
Mark SolomonThursday, June 23, 2022
Postal Service adjusts delivery times for 2 ground-parcel products
New delivery window to be set at two to five days for “Parcel Select Ground” and “Retail Ground” shipments.
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Wednesday, June 15, 2022
Postal Service hires confidant of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy as its first chief logistics officer
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
Is FedEx charting different course with board, incentive plan changes?
Tuesday, June 14, 2022
UPS names AT&T executive to lead digital transformation

Infrastructure

American Shipper
Kim Link WillsMonday, June 27, 2022
Trailer Bridge, Jaxport sign $62M terminal lease agreement
Trailer Bridge signed a $62 million lease agreement with the Jacksonville Port Authority to continue operating a Blount Island terminal…
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Monday, June 27, 2022
FreightWaves Classics/ Infrastructure: California’s SR 1 opened in Big Sur
Friday, June 24, 2022
Inflation means Biden’s infrastructure package gets less bang for the buck
Friday, June 24, 2022
FreightWaves Classics: USCGC Juniper was launched on June 24, 1995

Maritime

Maritime
Greg MillerThursday, June 30, 2022
California ports piling up again: Too many containers sitting too long
The number of import containers sitting at LA/LB terminals for nine days or more has more than doubled since February.
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Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Container ships still renting for $160,000 a day despite import fears
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Lawmakers want to favor carriers that prioritize US exports
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Port Houston marks all-time container volume record

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