Alliance Ground International has agreed to give a major union access to workers at its O’Hare airport cargo facilities, averting a potential suspension of operating rights.
Port Houston plans to begin implementing fees for long-dwell containers beginning Feb. 1.
1992: 2-D bar codes provide an almost infinite variety of codes, which could prove especially useful in international shipping.
Jason Berry was key to getting Air Canada’s new-and-improved cargo unit off the ground but isn’t sticking around to see it reach cruising altitude.
The top 10 liner operators hiked aggregate capacity by 13% in 2000-22 and continue to control 85% of the global fleet.
Flexport is hiring top tech talent to scale up its digital logistics platform.
The city of Chicago is pressuring cargo agents at O’Hare airport to make a deal with a powerful union. If they don’t, significant cargo backlogs could occur.
As cars gained popularity, ships were converted and built specifically for transporting vehicles overseas.
Specialized freighters with nose cones that open are helping National Airlines and its sister logistics company capture more oversize business.
The predicted boost to tanker rates from Russian crude disruptions has yet to materialize. Instead, rates have declined.
Bankruptcies, freight demand, trucking legislation and more dominated the headlines this year.
Just as the pandemic wound down, another market-altering event for shipping — the Ukraine-Russia war — ramped up.
Making money was more difficult for the air logistics sector in 2022, but the future remains bright.
Container shipping lines are gradually getting their services back on schedule, but they still have a long way to go.
Trans-Pacific spot rates fell first. Trans-Atlantic spot rates and Asia-U.S. contract rates look like they’re next in line.
2000: World container port throughput increased 7.8% last year to about 201 million TEUs — the first time volume exceeded 200 million TEUs.
FedEx Express is looking to trim fat at the largest cargo airline in the world and lean on rental fleets to fill in needs.
1974: They may be the last hurdles in the way of renewed trade between the
United States and Cuba. An embargo failed to work and indirect business
has begun.
Backers of a shipping regulation that begins Jan. 1 believe it will reduce carbon emissions. Critics warn it could backfire and increase them.
By the start of the 1900s, about 40 U.S.-flag ships were operated by the country’s lumber titans, proving to the industry at the time that marine transport was more efficient than rail.
