The second week of November was significant for the aviation industry and its future energy requirements. On Nov. 7, Continental Airlines flew the first-ever commercial domestic flight using a blend of biofuel and traditional jet fuel. The Boeing 737-800 flight from Houston to Chicago was powered by a 40 percent biofuel mix […]
The air cargo market has tapered off substantially this year after a strong rebound in 2010. September was the fifth straight month that freight volumes contracted. Air freight was down 2.7 percent compared to September 2010, after declining 2.4 percent in August, according to the International Air Transport Association.
On Sept. 23 Lambert-St. Louis International Airport celebrated the first of what officials hoped would be a continuous stream of weekly, direct all-cargo flights operated by China Cargo Airlines. The inaugural Boeing 747-400 flight carried between 80 to 100 tons of high-value manufactured goods and left for Shanghai with outbound cargo. The […]
Earlier this fall a well placed supply chain technology executive emphatically told me that “everyone is for sale right now — absolutely everyone” in this space. I had suspected it for some time but had not been able to substantiate it with inside information until that point. Since that time, the same idea has […]
Here’s a crazy idea from the out-of-the-box desk (or an out-of-the-box idea from the crazy desk): subsidize U.S. export ocean freight rates. I know, we need less government interference, not more. But it’s time to face a real problem. Liner carriers are less inclined to go out of their way to serve hard-to-reach […]
2012 Outlook – Happy New Year
Pearl River Delta terminals bank on intermodal traffic, coastal shipping to fill capacity. By Eric Johnson In 2007, American Shipper examined the container shipping landscape of the Pearl River Delta (PRD), as the Nansha deepwater port complex added a new dimension to the world’s largest manufacturing region. Four years later, it’s clear container terminals in […]
The Air Transport Association on Wednesday changed its name to Airlines for America (A4A), along with a new logo and redesigned Website. The focus shift is to international markets.
Developing an airport information webpage, increasing participation of smaller airports in strategic planning teleconferences, and better coordinating air traffic control equipment outages were among the recommendations made by aviation sector representatives at a workshop Wednesday convened to improve decision-making about flights diverted because of bad weather. The meeting at Department of Transportation headquarters […]
Mediterranean Shipping Co. and CMA CGM, the second and third largest container lines in the world, on Thursday announced an operational alliance spanning a number of global trades. The alliance will see the two carriers partner on the Asia-Northern Europe, Asia-Southern Africa, and South America trades. “The agreement, which is designed to […]
APL took delivery today of the 10,000-TEU APL Chongqing and tomorrow will receive the sister ship APL Gwangyang, its first two of 32 large vessels on order. “Today marks a milestone,” said NOL Group CEO Ng Yat Chung.
Hamburg Sud said Thursday it will expand a cooperative agreement with Seago Line between Northern Europe and the Mediterranean. “Both lines had responded to unfavorable market developments in this trade in August 2011 by combining their services,” the German line said in a statement. “Starting in January 2012, the currently existing four services […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Thursday it plans to raise eastbound transpacific rates in line with recent recommendations from the Transpacific Stabilization Agreement. The line will raise rates by $320 per 20-foot container, $400 per 40-foot container, and $450 per 40-foot high-cube container as of Jan. 1. The TSA, of […]
The liner carrier Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Wednesday it plans to raise rates from Southeast Asia to Australia from Jan. 1. The proposed increase is $200 per TEU and applies to orgins in Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Indonesia, and Singapore.
COSCO Container Lines said Thursday it is raising rates on shipments from the Far East to Australia effective Jan. 1. The increase, $500 per 20-foot container and $1,000 per 40-foot or 40-foot high-cube container, is applicable to origins in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea.
The liner carrier ANL said Wednesday it plans to raise rates from certain regions in Asia to Australia beginning Jan. 1. The increase, $200 per TEU, is applicable from origin ports in the Middle East, Indian Subcontinent, and Southeast Asia. ANL is a wholly-owned subsidiary line of the CMA CGM Group.
The U.S. Justice Department said a former Peruvian airline executive pleaded guilty in a conspiracy to fix surcharges on air cargo from the United States to South and Central America following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
Member container lines in the Canada Transpacific Stabilization Agreement said Wednesday they will amend their bunker adjustment factor effective Jan. 1. The new bunker surcharge levels will be: $847 per 20-foot container and $1,059 per 40-foot container to east coast ports. $430 per 20-foot container and $538 per 40-foot container to […]
CRST International, the parent company of Specialized Transportation, Inc., has promoted Greg Craddick to the new role of senior vice president of sales. Craddick, a 27-year transportation industry veteran, was most recently regional sales vice president for the Midwest at CRST Expedited. Prior to joining CRST, he worked at other transportation companies in various […]
Non-vessel-operating common carrier Shipco Transport has opened an operations office in Dublin, Ireland, to offer both neutral less-than-containerload and full-containerload services to Irish freight forwarders. Billy Mulligan, a 25-year industry veteran, has been hired as general manager of the new Dublin office. Shipco is a subsidiary of Scan-Group, an international shipping and transportation company […]
