Amazon planes are shuttling between more than 40 airports in the U.S. That translates into faster e-commerce deliveries by eliminating trucks.
E-commerce spurs a year-over-year container volume hike of 43.6%.
The Biden administration has issued a Jones Act waiver amid fuel shortages and rising gas prices sparked by a pipeline outage.
Alaska Airlines is building back its fleet.
Containers, vehicles and rail moves contribute to a record April for the South Carolina Ports Authority.
Ocean container shipping company CMA CGM has a new cargo airline that’s flying to more places.
A “truly outstanding quarter” lifts net profit from $27 million in 2020 to $1.45 billion this year.
Leasing companies are investing in pre-owned passenger planes that can be converted into freighters, and production companies are stepping up to meet their need.
Danaos will stockpile cash from the current boom and spend it on new ships when environmental regs are clearer.
The Biden administration is considering waiving the Jones Act in the wake of the Colonial Pipeline shutdown.
Airfreight markets around the world are facing serious capacity constraints. Trade growth is overwhelming the physical ability of carriers to move goods and it’s reflected in transport prices.
Trans-Atlantic product tanker rates have spiked, but a quick pipeline restart would curb future upside.
1978: More than a decade ago, someone accepted the measurement given in a manufacturer’s advertisement at face value. The figure has been used since then to compute ocean freight rates on certain chemicals. Who is liable? The shipper or the carrier?
The Air Line Pilots Association has accused the bargaining unit for Cargojet pilots of going along with the company’s effort to weaken new anti-fatigue rules.
Airbus is competing not only against Boeing to sell small converted freighters, but it now has a new U.S. competitor in retrofitting A321s.
Formerly containerized cargoes are being loaded onto bulkers. Box-ship orders are keeping future bulker growth in check.
Exported empties contribute to the Port of New York and New Jersey’s monthly volume record.
China’s potential monopoly over containers and intermodal chassis is the target of an investigation by FMC Commissioner Carl Bentzel.
Tanker execs explain lack of distress sales and scrapping this time around, and why new orders will be more curtailed.
In the next two weeks, only two container ships are slated to berth at the new Leatherman Terminal. Forty are scheduled at the Port of Charleston’s neighboring Wando Welch Terminal.
