Archive for December 2021

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Lufthansa Now Offers A Train For All Domestic Frankfurt Feeder Flights simpleflying.com German flag carrier Lufthansa now offers a rail option of all domestic feeder flights bound for its main Frankfurt hub. The move makes it easier […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES New Bangladesh airline to enter market in 2022 aircargonews.net NXT Air has released a statement to local media confirming it has received a No Objection Certificate (NOC) from the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB). Cox’s Bazar […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Relief as Bangladesh air cargo handling monopoly looks set to end theloadstar.com Bangladesh is preparing to allow private and foreign investment in air cargo handling, breaking the monopoly of state-owned Biman Bangladesh Airlines. The policy, drafted recently, […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air freight rates soar to new record highs lloydsloadinglist.com Ex-Asia air freight rates have soared again to new record highs, especially on the transpacific where average Shanghai to North America spot prices reached almost $16 per kilo […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES ‘Halloween costumes are still coming through the ports’ freightwaves.com When you look at the millions of containers processed through our nation’s ports, many Americans do not realize that a single container can have hundreds of different products […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US airline group warns 5G deployment could delay cargo aircargonews.net US aviation groups are warning that the deployment of certain 5G mobile networks in the country could result in disruption to flights, including delays to air cargo […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES 101 ships spread across 1,000 miles waiting for berth space at LA and Long Beach splash247.com Out of sight, yet growing day by day, the number of containerships straddling the Pacific shoreline waiting for berths to open […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Seroka: National Guard is ‘backup plan’ for LA port congestion freightwaves.com The Port of Long Beach reported Thursday it handled 8.6 million shipping units through November, smashing its all-time annual volume record before the year is done […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Dhaka Airport gets new scanners at last, but now volumes are falling theloadstar.com Two new explosive detection scanners (EDSs) came online on Tuesday at Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport in Dhaka, raising cargo handling capacity by 600 tons […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Omicron set to restrict cargo capacity and keep rates high aircargonews.net The Omicron variant is set to keep air cargo capacity tight and as a result air cargo rates will remain at an elevated level. In the […]