Archive for January 2019 - page 2

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Israel’s Top Cargo Shipping Firm Zim Opens Blockchain Platform to All Clients cointelegraph.com Israel’s largest cargo shipping company Zim has opened its blockchain platform for electronic bills of lading (eB/Ls) to all clients in selected trades. Global […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US government shutdown hits 24 days and starts to impact air cargo theloadstar.co.uk The US government shutdown, now in its 24th day and the longest closure to date, has started to impact aviation. Air traffic controllers, via […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Extreme Congestion at Los Angeles and Long Beach Ports and Increasing Demurrage Charges morethanshipping.com As a result of this unusual period of extreme congestion, thousands of dollars in demurrage and detention charges are being assessed and charged […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air freight cargo deals for 2019 will include fewer blocked space agreements theloadstar.co.uk Forwarders and airlines are concluding the first round of negotiations for 2019, which is expected to lead to fewer blocked space agreements (BSAs) than […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES IATA: air cargo volumes lost momentum towards the end of 2018 iata.org Industry-wide FTKs were unchanged in year-on-year terms in November – the slowest growth rate since March 2016. All told, FTKs increased by 3.9% in annual […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Disruption from Brexit and trade wars could mean uplift for air freight theloadstar.co.uk The global air freight market is likely to benefit from a no-deal Brexit and from potential crises around the world this year. Read more here.  […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Delhi on a monthly high for airport cargo volumes in October aircargonews.net Cargo throughput at airports in the Asia-Pacific and the Middle East regions grew by +2.6% and +1.8% respectively in October 2018, amid the ongoing trade […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Full opening of Istanbul’s new airport pushed back to March 3 aircargonews.net This week’s full opening of the new Istanbul Airport for passenger flights has been delayed for the second time, until March 3, according to press […]