Archive for February 2020 - page 2

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES France’s Le Havre port hit by protests, prompting officials to offer discounts seanews.com HAROPA, the union of the French ports of Paris, Rouen and Le Havre, is to offer commercial rebates and tariff discounts to container shipping […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Reports re-emerge suggesting Swissport is up for sale aircargonews.net Reports have re-emerged suggesting that cargo handler Swissport is up for sale. Reuters reports that the handler’s owner, China-based conglomerate HNA, is looking to offload Swissport at a […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES American Airlines Extends China Flight Suspension To Late April simpleflying.com Just a day after British Airways extended its suspension of flights to mainland China until the end of March, American Airlines has also extended its flight suspension […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Breaking: Air Italy Announces Liquidation And Suspension Of Operations simpleflying.com Air Italy has announced that it will suspend operations from the 25th of February. The Italian carrier will be liquidated following a meeting of shareholders today. Qatar […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Quebec premier says returns will fly high with $30 million airship investment canadianshipper.com Montreal, QC — Quebec Premier Francois Legault is dismissing naysayers who are accusing his government of wasting $30 million on a company that wants […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Foreign Pilots Placed On Unpaid Leave In China simpleflying.com News has emerged that China Southern Airlines, Hainan Airlines, as well as a number of other mainland Chinese carriers have been placing foreign pilots on indefinite unpaid leave. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Cathay Pacific Asks Entire Workforce To Take 3 Weeks Unpaid Leave simplelfying.com Cathay Pacific is asking all of its employees to take three weeks of unpaid leave. The move reveals how hard a perfect storm of external […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Transatlantic ‘revolution’ as AF-KLM, Delta and Virgin cargo businesses link up theloadstar.com Shippers and forwarders will receive better connections, routing options, trucking facilities and digital solutions, claims a new transatlantic joint venture from Delta Cargo, AF-KLM Cargo […]