Archive for January 2023

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES End of production era, but 747 freighters will fly for decades freightwaves.com Boeing will hand over the last 747 ever made to Atlas Air on Tuesday, marking the end of an era for an iconic aircraft that […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Early Chinese New Year impacts global air cargo demand aircargoweek.com This year’s early Lunar New Year has interrupted air cargo’s normal January recovery, with falling tonnages to and from China and Hong Kong pulling down overall worldwide […]

​​​​​​​ OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Ocean rates ex-Asia under pressure, while PSSs return to the transatlantic theloadstar.com Container freight rates from Asia are expected to come under renewed pressure in the usual soft-demand period following the Chinese New Year. However, with […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Jon Turner Appointed Vice President, Cargo media.aircanada.com MONTREAL, January 25, 2023 – Air Canada today announced that Jon Turner, currently Vice President, Inflight Services, has been appointed Vice President, Cargo effective February 18, 2023. An accomplished airline […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES International airfreight rates hit turbulence and ocean freight prices sink. Will shoppers benefit? aircargoweek.com Global airfreight rates will continue to fall for the first half of 2023, the international delivery expert ParcelHero stated. It says airfreight rates […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES London Heathrow: 15% Of Departures Canceled & 67% Delayed By Freezing Fog simpleflying.com With the UK currently in the grip of an icy blast from Scandinavia, much of the country has been affected by plunging overnight temperatures […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Sask. seeking to limit fees on exports going through Port of Vancouver ckom.com Saskatchewan is heading to court to get involved in a case based in B.C. In a media release Tuesday, the provincial government said it […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES New cargo verification data rules costly and testing for UAE importers theloadstar.com Importers in the UAE – already squeezed by demand woes — face additional costs and more red tape with customs regulatory changes, which include cargo origin […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Hapag-CMA deal sees re-emergence of cross-alliance slot chartering theloadstar.com As their network coverage becomes compromised by an aggressive blank sailings strategy, ocean carriers are turning to slot charter deals with members of rival ocean alliances to cover their […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Hapag-CMA deal sees re-emergence of cross-alliance slot chartering theloadstar.com As their network coverage becomes compromised by an aggressive blank sailings strategy, ocean carriers are turning to slot charter deals with members of rival ocean alliances to cover their […]