Archive for April 2021

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES As it ‘awakes’, is Delta Airlines, with a new cargo chief, finally getting it right? theloadstar.com Delta Airlines last year achieved the unenviable distinction of being one of the very few major carriers to see cargo revenues […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Commons approves back to work legislation for Port of Montreal dockworkers insidelogistics.ca The House of Commons has approved legislation to put an end to a strike that has shut down the Port of Montreal. Conservatives joined forces […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES What Does It Take To Put A Plane Into Long Term Storage? simpleflying.com The last 12 months has seen a seismic shift in aircraft fleet management at airlines. With passenger demand down in most markets and not […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES More air cargo carriers ban Vivo phone shipments as probe into HK fire begins theloadstar.com Increasing numbers of airlines are banning the shipment of Vivo mobile phones, following a pallet fire at Hong Kong Airport at the […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US puts new drone rules in force, regulating their use and utility seanews.com.tr THE US Department of Transportation has promulgated new rules on remotely identifying drones and allowing operators of small drones to fly over people and […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES New lockdown and suspension of passenger flights hit Bangladesh exports theloadstar.com A capacity crunch, caused by the suspension of international passenger flights, has increased air freight rates out of Bangladesh by up to 30%, with a particular […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air freight market ‘going nuts’, with volumes and rates climbing theloadstar.com The air freight market is “going nuts”, with “monstrous rates”, with lanes into the US particularly affected. Volumes out of China have been increasing “week by […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES The Fall Of The Airbus A300 simpleflying.com As a boy, I used to watch the Airbus A300s cruise in over the suburbs to land in Sydney. When I was older, I got to fly in them occasionally. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Hong Kong-North America rates soar as capacity crunch tightens aircargonews.net Average airfreight rates on services from Hong Kong to North America last week breached the $9 per kg mark as stricter quarantine rules and strong demand hit […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES North America responsible for the world’s container shortages splash247.com New analysis from Danish consultancy Sea-Intelligence shows just how much North America is to blame for the severe equipment imbalances challenging the global container shipping industry. The continent’s […]