Western Global Airlines is a midsize cargo carrier that can’t grow its fleet until the U.S. DOT lifts conditions placed on startups.
Supply chain crisis deepens as more imports snared in historic ship queue off Los Angeles/Long Beach.
A union that recently wrested allegiance of pilots at Cargojet away from a competing union now says the company fired some members for their organizing activity.
Ocean carrier detention and demurrage practices will be the target of an upcoming proposed rule from the Federal Maritime Commission.
Atlas Air pilots are peeved that an outside arbitrator jammed a new labor contract down their throat. Union says many are threatening to leave.
“The NTSB determined the probable cause of the capsizing of the Golden Ray was the chief officer’s error entering ballast quantities into the stability calculation program.”
The Department of Transportation seeks “practical solutions” from the freight industry to alleviate container shortages and supply chain chokepoints.
DHL Express is one of Atlas Air’s biggest customers. It just renewed leases for 20 planes.
Container ships named The Brady, The Belichick and The Gronk just sold for six to eight times their purchase price, spurring a nine-figure payday.
August was a record month for the Port of Virginia in Norfolk, and the trend of higher year-over-year volumes could persist through the rest of 2021 as peak season approaches.
The Ever Ace is at nearly 24,000 TEUs, but ports may not be able to handle that much capacity.
Nicholas made landfall as a Category 1 hurricane in Texas Tuesday morning, bringing high winds and torrential rainfall.
Dry bulk and LNG shipping stocks now at 52-week peaks with container stocks not far from the top.
A messy leadership change is underway at all-cargo airline Amerijet.
U.S. agribusiness exporters claim they are poised to lose 22% of sales due to massive increases in container shipping rates.
Container terminals will cease ingate operations and remain closed through Tuesday morning.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: Slync.io launches integrated strategy for ocean containers; chip shortage continues to impact Mexico’s commercial truck industry; automotive parts supplier invests $102M in Mexico expansion; and Aeronet Worldwide opens operations in San Antonio.
National Tree Co. tells American Shipper it is warning customers not to sit on their wallets until Black Friday because the items they are coveting might already be sold out.
Demand for container ships is so extreme that some operators are paying unprecedented sums to rent them.
Two of China’s main ports are preparing for the arrival of Typhoon Chanthu, which could slam Taiwan first.
