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Following 15 months of challenges, U.S. ports are once again experiencing substantial growth in inbound containers.

New cyber-risk requirements for container terminal owners and operators are part of a major maritime cybersecurity initiative announced by the White House.

Newbie airline Starlux in Taiwan has signed with Airbus for five large A350 freighters, an aircraft that is still under development.

Expeditors makes less money than it did five years ago.

With the addition of two secondhand Boeing 737-800 freighters, Kenya Airways Cargo is more than doubling capacity and extending its reach to the Middle East and India.

Teamsters Canada said negotiations with Canadian National Railway Co. and Canadian Pacific Kansas City have stalled over issues of pay and working conditions.

Spot-exposed carriers are likely to see a boost to their Q1 2024 financials.

The Airforwarders Association has begun to collaborate more with international counterparts and moved the date of its annual event away from Super Bowl Sunday.

A recent string of Houthi attacks have reignited concerns about the Red Sea crisis, raising the floor for tanker rates.

The Georgia Ports Authority sets export record in 2023; the Alabama Port Authority and CSX partner to launch an intermodal facility; and the Port of Cleveland receives $32 million for upgrades.

The downward slope in cargo revenue at Air Canada began to level out during the fourth quarter, and management is optimistic 2024 will be better for airfreight than last year.

The crisis in the Red Sea will require companies to start planning for peak season in the next few months.

UPS is rationalizing its air network as demand falls, but it is still adding aircraft when it makes sense.

Port director Gene Seroka cited replenishing inventory and consumer spending as drivers of growth.

Alaska Air Cargo will debut its second Boeing 737-800 freighters next month, opening the door for the first all-cargo service between Alaska and Los Angeles.

Angela Chao, CEO of global shipping firm Foremost Group and Mitch McConnell’s sister-in-law, died in a car accident.

How do you spend $41 billion without buying more ships?

Despite concerns about the impact of international tensions on global trade, shipyards are flooded with orders.

A rise in Chinese imports indicates seasonal trends are playing out as usual, very much unlike 2023’s anemic performance.

The air cargo market has certainly turned around from the depths of last summer, but the extraordinary increase in January volumes should be taken with a grain of salt. Conditions are improving, but short-term factors inflated the January numbers.