Archive for February 2019 - page 2

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Forwarders slow to get on board screening program americanshipper.com The Airforwarders Association has found that direct participation by smaller forwarders in the Air Cargo Advanced Screening program remains minimal. Read more here.  Commentary: Stop flying backward on U.S. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES European airports say declining freight volumes are “hard to ignore” aircargonews.net European airports saw freight traffic slow as 2018 drew to a close, with demand decreases registered in the last two months of the year. Data from […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Brussels Airlines Cancels All Wednesday Flights news.airwise.com Brussels Airlines has cancelled all flights for Wednesday, February 13th due to a nationwide strike in Belgium. Read more here. OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES OOCL cancels 14 Trans-Pacific sailings on Chinese New […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air Canada Cargo links with GTA dnata in Toronto for pharma shipments aircargonews.net Air Canada Cargo is collaborating with GTA dnata which will handle all the airline’s export and import pharmaceutical shipments at Toronto Pearson International Airport […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airlines and air cargo – why not look on the bright side? theloadstar.co.uk Blue Monday is supposedly the most depressing day of the year in the northern hemisphere; this year it fell on January 21. The formula […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES European airports say declining freight volumes are “hard to ignore” aircargonews.net European airports saw freight traffic slow as 2018 drew to a close, with demand decreases registered in the last two months of the year. Read more here.  […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air Canada, Chorus Agree Extended Capacity Deal news.airwise.com Air Canada and regional airline parent Chorus Aviation have agreed an extended capacity purchase agreement (CPA), with the flag carrier investing CAD$97.26 million (USD$74.2 million) in Chorus.  Read more here.  […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Photos: Fire Break Out on APL Container Ship maritime-executive The Vietnamese Coast Guard is responding to a cargo fire aboard the container ship APL Vancouver off Vung Ro, Vietnam. It is the latest in a series of […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES IATA likely to downgrade 2019 air freight forecast lloydsloadinglist.com The International Air Transport Association (IATA) seems set to downgrade its 2019 air freight forecast after world trade figures and air freight traffic figures for the final quarter […]