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Global trade fallout from the crew-repatriation crisis has begun — and looks poised to snowball.

Carrier recognizes ‘the importance of digitalization across the shipping industry.’

Work stoppage will impact operations at two port terminals.

Shipboard COVID cases will make it even harder to roll back travel restrictions that block crew changes.

Delta Air Lines was closed for most cargo business at Chicago O’Hare airport. Now it has a schedule for reopening.

Governments, container carriers and port authorities agree it’s about time communications among them were improved.

Pilot Freight Services, which operated under a national franchise network for decades, now owns 90% of its offices and monitors for future acquisitions.

Glass half empty – cargo business and finances are bad for the airlines. Glass half full – they’re not as bad as they were two months ago.

German express carrier considers aircraft fuel, cleanliness and flight path for July 1 “perfect flight.”

A language barrier of sorts may be blocking shipping lines and ports from adopting common technology platforms.

O’Hare Airport in Chicago is facing cargo congestion and now Delta Air Lines is not accepting any more cargo at its facility until further notice.

Robots make work easier at Amazon fulfillment centers. Now, the robots are coming to Australia.

E-commerce and coronavirus fallout are buoying container services from Asia to the West Coast.

Search underway for gunmen after prospective employee is slain in Jacksonville.

TV news reports at least one person critically injured at facility in Jacksonville, Florida.

CIO Claas Matthies is tasked by SAL Heavy Lift with implementing a digital strategy to streamline and improve the financial outcome for one of the most complex forms of ocean transport – project cargoes.

Long Beach mayor taps ILWU officer Bobby Olvera Jr. to serve as commissioner.

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HC-130 Hercules aircraft deployed on mission covering a 4,000-square-mile area.

South Carolina Ports Authority adopts financial plan for fiscal year 2021.