It’s over: Labor deal ends strike at Vancouver, Prince Rupert ports
The extended strike in western Canada was beginning to affect U.S. supply chains. Its resolution limits the fallout.
The extended strike in western Canada was beginning to affect U.S. supply chains. Its resolution limits the fallout.
Delta Air Lines has seen cargo revenue slide by more than a third in the past year.
Although international intermodal traffic has come to a halt at the Canadian West Coast ports since the start of the work stoppage on July 1, carload volumes for commodities such as coal and grain have grown, according to supply chain data visibility firm RailState.
Sulfur pollution addressed by IMO 2020 created a health risk, but that pollution had a cooling effect, which has now been reduced.
The agreement should keep tanker and bulker orders in check, while increasing the risk of a future carbon tax on container shippers.
Freightos, a digital marketplace for international air and ocean shipping, announced Tuesday that it will reduce staff levels by 13% and lowered its full-year outlook again in an effort to stem mounting losses as revenues fall short of expectations because of a prolonged downturn in freight markets. The news is the latest example of the […]
The Cargo Airline Association has a new president for the first time in 40 years.
Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus, Ohio, caters to cargo. It is targeting the medicine, vaccine and biologics business with a new temperature-controlled facility.
Ships continue to stack up as Canada’s port strike continues, according to new data from the ITS Logistics Port/Rail Ramp Freight Index.
June volumes of containerized imports were higher than normal and the National Retail Federation predicts more gains ahead.
A major air cargo terminal in Hong Kong is deploying robots to monitor security and damaged shipments.
U.S. import demand is likely peaking and could soon begin a steady decline toward a “new” bottom in the back half of 2023.
U.S. imports via Canadian ports face rising fallout as the war of words escalates between dockworkers and employers.
Cargo pilots at Western Global Airlines are in the difficult position of negotiating their first collective bargaining agreement as questions mount about the company’s ability to stay in business.
New Jersey container imports are unscathed “so far” but the port’s automobile trade faces fallout from the ongoing fire.
An article published in the July issue of American Shipper in 1975 tells the stories of two steamships when they ruled the seas. The stories are full of adventure, mishaps and big wins, giving a glimpse into the life of a sailor in the late 1880s.
As the labor strike continues at the ports of Vancouver and Prince Rupert, Class I railroads are taking steps to ensure that their networks face minimal disruptions.
Amazon’s private airline that outsources cargo flying to third parties has ended its partnership with Silver Airways, a small regional carrier that operated five small ATR72-500 turboprop planes on small feeder routes, FreightWaves has confirmed. Silver Airways, a privately held regional airline based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, that operates passenger service in the Southeast, the […]
DHL Express cut the ribbon Thursday on the first hub ever opened in Atlanta by an air express carrier.
Two New Jersey firefighters died fighting a blaze aboard the Grimaldi car carrier Grande Costa d’Avorio at Port Newark on Wednesday night.