Aircraft conversion houses tear apart passenger aircraft, then reinforce the walls and floor so they can handle heavy cargo on the main deck. Business is growing along with trade.
Purolator is considered the FedEx or UPS of Canada. The express delivery company has hired an airline to help it move more packages between the U.S. and Canada.
Maersk reveals more details on its shift toward long-term contracts at the expense of spot exposure.
Importers are scrambling as demand sails past ocean transport supply. The numbers paint an ominous picture for cargo shippers.
Cargojet wants a bigger slice of the U.S. e-commerce and heavy air cargo market. It’s looking for an investment opportunity and has identified new trends in e-commerce that will keep volumes high in North America.
he microgeometry of a shark’s skin reduces friction and allows it to move faster in the water. Lufthansa Cargo is applying that same capability to its aircraft to save fuel in a fascinating case of man copying nature.
2001: Several shipping lines are close to ordering the first container ships of 8,000- to 9,000-TEU capacity, but others in the industry are warning of the associated risks.
Silk Way Airlines is flying freighters to Europe, North America, the Middle East and Asia. One of its airplanes may be delivering goods to an airport near you.
COVID has been great for stocks. In ocean shipping, container and dry bulk shares rode the wave. Tankers stocks sank.
The Port of Montreal is a major trade gateway for Canada. The Canadian government busted up a strike by unionized dockworkers and cargo will start flowing again.
Chinese container production still trails torrid demand. Ever Given accident was ‘icing on the cake’ — making box shortfall worse.
Container rates doubling from a year ago is a lesson for port investment, according to Port of Long Beach’s Mario Cordero.
Canadian lawmakers approve legislation to force an end to a strike by Port of Montreal longshoremen.
Now that shipping lines hold the pricing cards, importers must reset strategies, says Sea-Intelligence’s Jochen Gutschmidt.
You may not have heard of Cainiao, but you know parent company Alibaba is the Amazon of China. Cainiao is powering Alibaba’s logistics and recently arranged air transport from Singapore to duty-free shops in China.
Ag letter is the latest in a series of urgent pleas to stop the denial of trade and increased demurrage costs.
West Coast congestion could last into the fall as retailers face stockouts on essential goods, says ocean carrier Matson.
Trans-Pacific container crunch is about to become even more severe, warns Flexport, with May sailings now effectively sold out.
“Both Hapag-Lloyd and USMX were well aware that the work in question would have been handled by ILA members” if the vessel had gone to another port, the International Longshoremen’s Association lawsuit asserts.
Some importers are rethinking how to move their products due to the Ever Given’s “very sorry situation.”
