Under the agreement, Air Canada Cargo will launch dedicated freighter services from Canada to Latin America and Europe with Cargojet-operated 767-300ER freighter aircraft.
During the month, London Heathrow Airport handled 131,661 metric tons of cargo, a 3.8 percent decline from March 2015.
The logistics services provider opened a new branch office in Miami, Fla. at the beginning of the month.
Meanwhile, Ed DeNike, president of SSA Containers, says truckers picking up import boxes at the Oakland International Container Terminal will need an appointment.
With freight rates already 20 percent lower than in 2015, the London-based shipping consultant is predicting prices will continue to slide in the second quarter of 2016.
An annex to the International Maritime Organization’s Convention on Facilitation of International Maritime Traffic aims to harmonize procedures for ship’s arrival, stay and departure from port.
The governments of the United States, Canada and Mexico are increasingly alarmed by the deteriorating conditions of their domestic steel industries due the overcapacity of steelmaking in the global market.
The status of BNSF Railway’s Southern California International Gateway project, a proposed intermodal rail facility near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, is “uncertain” following a recent court ruling, the company said.
The Overland Park, Kan-based less-than-truckload provider introduced its new “Accelerated” service, allowing shipments to reach their destinations one to two days quicker than standard transit times.
The deployment of megaships, road congestion, and a decline in rail cargoes such as coal and crude oil are some of the reasons the Port of Long Beach is taking another look at the idea of moving more cargo out of the port using short-haul rail.
Melbourne International RoRo & Automotive Terminal (MIRRAT), a subsidiary of Wallenius Wilhelmsen Terminal Holdings, has opened its new auto-handling terminal at Australia’s Port of Melbourne.
In addition, the cryogenic logistics services provider began providing logistics solutions that support ProteoGenex Inc’s shipping of biological specimens.
The United States exported 779,010 net tons of steel in February, a 0.4 percent decline from the previous month and an 11.3 percent year-over-year drop.
Estes Express Lines has opened a new terminal in Markham, Ill., to meet increased demand for the company’s services throughout the Midwest.
Longshore workers at Greece’s largest seaport walked off the job on Friday, shutting down container terminals, and marched in central Athens in protest against the government sale of Piraeus Port to China COSCO.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has issued a request for proposals to develop a long range plan to guide future growth and development of the port’s 3,000 acres of marine facilities for the next 25 to 30 years.
Ports covered by the Global Port Tracker handled 1.54 million TEUs in February, a 3.7 percent increase from January, according to the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.
The “K” Line container terminal will have its berth rebuilt and four cranes added so that it will be capable of working two ultra-large 18,000-TEU containerships simultaneously.
Norwegian shipping company DSD Shipping has been sentenced to pay a $2.5 million fine resulting from convictions in Mobile, Ala., for dumping oily waste and garbage into the sea, according to the U.S. Justice Department.
Although airfreight volumes fell compared to last February, the results were skewed from the impact of the U.S. port strikes in early 2015, which caused a surge in airfreight volumes, along with Chinese New Year falling in February this year.
