JD.com, the China-based mega e-commerce retailer, has begun operating its own cargo flights as part of its diversification into global logistics services.
Container and dry bulk shares soared last year, leaving tanker stocks behind. This pattern has now reversed.
(UPDATED: Lufthansa announced Sept. 12 that it finalized a contract with pilots that will carry through the end of June 2023. And dnata announced Sept. 8, 2022, that had reached agreement in principal on a new collective bargaining agreement with employees, forestalling a potential strike.) Airport services provider dnata is making contingency plans for a […]
IMC Companies says its SmartStacks app increases driver productivity and eliminates unnecessary container lifts.
The Georgia Ports Authority says the Navis system “eliminates data silos, improves velocity across our terminals and enables us to more easily integrate with our customers to provide the data and insights they need.”
Container vessels are expected to use auxiliary engines while in port this week to help California’s struggling electric system cope with extreme heat.
Cathay Pacific Cargo, a bellwether for trade in Asia, says slowing consumer demand and Chinese exports point to a less busy peak shipping season.
A 24-hour strike by Lufthansa cockpit crews will shut down the company’s freighters. Logistics providers worry future union actions could be more serious.
The Port of New York and New Jersey has put off charging ocean carriers for containers left at the port.
If the U.S. curbed gasoline and diesel exports, tankers would sail longer distances to replace lost volumes — a plus for tanker earnings.
Shipping line Maersk has completed the $3.6 billion takeover of Asian retail distribution specialist LF Logistics.
The U.S. and European ports are bloated by congestion — and only time can alleviate this situation.
California’s container-ship traffic jam is almost gone, replaced by stubbornly high backlogs off the East and Gulf coasts.
Flexport is taking a page from Amazon’s growth model. The logistics provider just hired its third executive from the Amazon tree.
Lufthansa is a major international cargo carrier, but it is adding smaller jets to shuttle packages on shorter routes around Europe.
UPS is buying eight more 767 cargo jets from Boeing.
The recovery of two sunken tugs in Tasmania was a big logistics and engineering undertaking.
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AELF FlightServices, a provider of operating leases, is chasing the cargo market with an order for its first 767 conversion aircraft.
Just two supertankers have been ordered in the past 14 months, raising the risk of a future shortfall in oil transport capacity.
