President Donald Trump is trying to fast-track a COVID-19 vaccine and appears ready to mobilize military assets. A possible scenario involves an airlift with Air Force cargo jets, which offer two advantages: speed and cold storage.
The 3PL will add up to 8,000 employees to handle the seasonal increase in e-commerce shipments on top of its ongoing effort to raise its profile in the American market.
Cargo is no longer the stepchild at passenger airlines. Strong cargo sales have helped keep airlines afloat as revenues plunge during the coronavirus. Will we see airlines start to buy freighters to capitalize on cargo demand?
Georgia Ports Authority heralding performance before the month is done.
For DHL Global Forwarding, the coronavirus pandemic is no excuse for the ocean freight industry to neglect sustainability initiatives in the supply chain.
French shipping giant says in a tweet expected some 24 hours earlier that all maritime and port operations are functioning normally.
$4.9 billion funded through FHWA road and bridge emergency program so far under Trump administration.
FedEx doesn’t just operate big cargo jets. It has small delivery planes too. ATR completed a test flight of a propeller aircraft that will carry freight for FedEx Express.
Insight Partners’ investment will allow PayCargo to build new online freight payment services and tools for shippers, 3PLs and transportation providers.
German gas manufacturer Linde GmbH allegedly blew hot air at U.S. Customs in its import declarations to fake the value of goods and lower its duty liability.
The French shipping giant’s network is down.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views of FreightWaves or its affiliates. Pre-COVID-19 Cargo claims have been heavily neglected by shippers and consignees for decades — mainly due to the time involved to chase a claim, lack of specific legal knowledge to be able to […]
Making more money doing less less work. That’s air cargo in a nutshell. Volume is down from 2019, but yields are up.
Marine fuel prices are down 30% year-on-year despite the IMO 2020 regulation.
From trucking, security and data exchange to customs and civil aviation permissions, the Amsterdam airport is covering all the bases for rushing out approved coronavirus vaccines.
Executive Director Gene Seroka shines spotlight on trade gap on “Squawk Box Asia.”
1963: Trucks have moved into the lead as the primary mode of transportation for Florida’s half billion dollar citrus and vegetable crops.
French ocean carrier CMA CGM is diversifying into a multi-modal transport and logistics company, dipping its toe into the air cargo market after buying a huge third-party logistics company last year.
Shipping channel widening is expected to begin next year.
Good luck finding an available aircraft to haul your goods at a reasonable price for the next three months. Competition for airlift is fierce these days. Find out why.
The Ocean Carrier Equipment Management Association says the Federal Maritime Commission’s jurisdiction does not apply to a domestic transport dispute with container-hauling truckers.
JAL supports testing drone systems to safely and efficiently deliver essential goods to the country’s health care network.
South Korean carrier announces opening of fleet control center but doesn’t open up about sailing plans.
Bullish signal: Strong demand for box equipment extends into 2021.
Credit agency raises flag on long-term funding issues.
The Jacques Saadé is the first of nine vessels designed to reduce CMA CGM’s environmental footprint.
Earnings reports from retailers show a clear shakeout between winners and losers.
Bias-ply tires persist within the nation’s container chassis fleet, but equipment providers vow that their days are numbered with the ongoing switch to radial tires.
Teddy brings high winds and flooding to highways as it makes landfall in Nova Scotia, Canada, as a post-tropical storm east of the Port of Halifax.
Logistics companies are making lemonade from lemons during the coronavirus. New processes and workarounds keep freight moving, but often at extra cost.
Analysts point to upside prospects for container-ship stocks as charter rates rebound.
Naval architect says the release of 1,500 tons of ballast left the ro-ro vessel without the needed energy to make a turn leaving the Port of Brunswick.
Pittsburgh International Airport is a diamond in the rough when it comes to air cargo. The airport sits in a geographic sweet spot for reaching a huge chunk of the U.S. population by truck. Airlines and logistics companies are beginning to diversify their supply chains to cargo-friendly airports like Pittsburgh.
Ocean shipping stocks remain mired in a sea of red. A bad year is getting worse.
Northwest Seaport Alliance CEO John Wolfe is encouraged by an increase in imports so far this month.
Court-approved access to $2.45 billion is expected to help the South American carrier weather the pandemic.
The 737-800 and 767-300 passenger planes are ripe for converting to all-cargo configurations due to their age and capabilities. Boeing is adding extra capacity to keep up with orders.
Tom Williams has led companies through initial public offerings and acquisitions.
Companies have to spend more time trying to find cargo space for their goods with more than half the global passenger fleet still grounded by the coronavirus. The good news is carriers and logistics companies continue to add services.
Port of Brunswick pilot recounts harrowing moments when car carrier tipped over.
Voluntary redundancy is the term used when an organization has more jobs than it needs — or can afford. It’s a nice way of letting people go compared to forced layoffs. IATA has offered deals for employees to leave early, and cargo chief Glyn Hughes has accepted.
The CBP must establish reasonable suspicion a good is made with forced labor in order to institute a WRO.
Newly released case study says gateway’s work could become model for other Canadian ports
The U.S. government is coordinating with the private sector how to quickly deliver a COVID-19 vaccine, but under one scenario officials are contemplating the military could deploy giant cargo planes to carry refrigerated trucks full of vaccines.
Campaign to end cargo-related accidents continues with flow of information in multiple languages.
China could decide enough is enough if trans-Pacific rates rise too high.
Automated freight forwarding can transform the international shipment of perishable goods by bringing efficiency and transparency, Transship CEO says at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit.
Rosenthal predicts Internet-based distribution to jump as high as 50%.
The pandemic is forcing companies to innovate and adapt to laws and regulations to protect employees, attorney Gerald Maatman Jr. says during the American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit
“China and tariffs: Why COVID has actually increased cargo yields” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at the American Shipper Global Trade Tech Summit.
Ryder System’s chief technology officer tells American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech Summit that the time is right to explore future supply chain technologies.
Technology and an abundance of data have brought more venture capital investors to the supply chain industry.
The unprecedented supply and demand shocks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic will lead to a focus on resilience, the development of regional supply chains, and the absorption of more buffer inventory in warehouses to ensure that companies have enough product on hand should a similar crisis occur, said Pervinder Johar, CEO of the Pleasanton, California-based […]
Retail giant will be the first tenant in the port-owned Ridgeville Commerce Park.
Open networks allow companies in the supply chain to nimbly handle disruptions and collaborate outside their ecosystem, project44 CEO and SAP executives say.
New Panjiva survey reveals extent of coronavirus fallout on global supply chains.
At the American Shipper Global Trade Tech summit Wednesday, Cambridge Capital partners discussed what they look for in an investment.
Companies present their latest offerings in rapid-fire demos.
“Forager: Manically focused on cross-border with tech” was the topic of a virtual fireside chat at American Shipper’s Global Trade Tech summit.
It’s hurricane season in the U.S. and typhoon season in Asia. Planes on the ground are vulnerable. United Airlines and Hong Kong International Airport reveal their playbooks for securing parked planes.
Some of the most disruptive companies in the logistics industry came together to show off their latest products and solutions during American Shipper’s first-ever Global Trade Tech summit.
Continuous intelligent planning can help companies avoid stock outs and drive on-shelf availability.
Effective communication, great talent and good problem solving are three keys to withstanding supply chain disruptions.
Gene Seroka says the “disruption and breakdown of the global medical supply chain” during the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the need for change in the maritime sector.
When some passenger planes get long in the tooth, they get a second life in cargo. The latest candidate for conversion in the Airbus A321. It offers more shipping space than a Boeing 737 and could be flying to an airport near you soon with your online order.
There were no balloons or cake when the Port of Los Angeles announced its record-breaking August volumes.
Under-21 CDL program, ag-hauling flexibility included in Republican infrastructure agenda.
The Malaysia captain and crew followed instructions from the Coast Guard in the rescue of four people aboard the sailboat Yes Dear.
U.S. announces it is dropping tariffs on Canadian aluminum as Canada prepared to unveil countermeasures.
“Our August volumes surpassed expectations, reflecting the best year-over-year month since the pandemic began impacting global supply chains in March,” says SCPA President and CEO Jim Newsome.
The National Customs Brokers and Forwarders Association of America said its members are tired of ocean carriers charging them hundreds of dollars over their service contract rates.
(Updated Sept. 15, 10:20 A.M. ET with information on FedEx) Worsening smoke conditions prompted Alaska Airlines (NYSE: ALK to suspend all flights for 24 hours in Portland, Oregon, and Spokane, Washington, beginning at 3 p.m. on Monday. Otherwise, airline and parcel delivery networks have experienced limited disruption from the devastating wildfires that have impacted millions […]
The 15,072-TEU CMA CGM Brazil earns the honor as the biggest container ship to call the East Coast.
The freight-forwarding arms of DHL and DB Schenker are adding air capacity by leasing aircraft from all-cargo operators. The new services and features from DHL and FedEx are designed to meet growing demand associated with COVID and greater temperature requirements.
Technical difficulties plague the first day of a livestreamed hearing conducted by the Coast Guard.
Amid talk of more floating storage, Kpler data reveals most of round-one storage volume is still on the water.
COVID-19 may have disrupted supply chains but not the U.S. Federal Maritime Commission’s regulatory and policy focus on ocean container shipping, FMC chairman says.
Katharina Rath will be tasked with driving German logistics giant’s “global transformation process.”
Hyster introduces newest double-empty container handler to marine terminal and intermodal rail yard operators.
Air cargo capacity is tight out of key areas in Southeast Asia, but Chinese exporters enjoyed a week of flat to lower rates as supply exceeded demand
Amazon is pushing the envelope on fast delivery, increasingly replacing long-haul trucking with air transport. A new report shows how the retail giant is expanding its Air wing to do that.
As prosecutors rack up guilty pleas in 2019 case, more coke crosses via ship from South America to Europe in 2020.
Ro-ro vessel remains on its side awaiting dismantling and removal off the Georgia coast.
Iowa transportation company Travero plans to open a multimodal cross-dock operation by next September.
1969: The system will cut baggage delivery time by at least 50% while protecting luggage from loss and damage.
New medicines and life science products are more valuable and temperature-sensitive than before, requiring special storage and transportation conditions. Will there be enough of this infrastructure to handle a COVID vaccine?
Whether or not President Donald Trump’s optimism about an October surprise comes to fruition, there could be an approved coronavirus vaccine next year. A giant flotilla of all-cargo planes will be deployed to deliver the medicine around the world, but airlines are already short of capacity and there isn’t yet enough refrigerated infrastructure to safely store that much vaccine. Airlines are issuing a call to action.
More than 20 years of investment and dedication to the U.S. wind energy industry pays off for Anderson Trucking Service even during the worst of times.
Shipping line works with APM Terminals Mobile, the Alabama State Port Authority and Team Rubicon to get 36,000 pounds of needed goods to the people of Louisiana.
New ocean container floor design developed and tested by the Institute of International Container Lessors over the past 10 years reduces wood use by up to 45%.
Just over a month after a massive explosion killed nearly 200 people, Lebanon’s capital city again filled with choking smoke
Information sharing is part of Executive Director Gene Seroka’s quest for more efficient operations.
$305 billion, five-year FAST Act is set to expire Sept. 30.
U.S. importers now paying three times more per mile than Europeans for transport of Chinese goods.
Amazon has outsourced aircraft operations again to long-standing vendor Air Transport Services Group. But Amazon is diversifying how it operates, adding an owned aircraft to its fleet.
On the whole, deregulation of transportation is beneficial to the economy.
Foreign-flagged tanker receives 225 metric tonnes of LNG at the Talleyrand Marine Terminal in Jacksonville, Florida.
“Look, Mom, no seats!” That’s Korean Air saying it’s flying a passenger plane with the seats removed because it can make more money putting cargo on the floor.
After decades of safety improvements, a deadly stretch of casualties for ocean shipping.
ArcBest, Crane Worldwide, Fullen Dock & Warehouse, Grupo TMM, Premier Manufacturing, Southeastern Freight and United Airlines announce promotions and hires.
