Chris Lewis
Caribbean Airlines Cargo can now offer real-time air cargo pricing and booking on WebCargo’s freight booking platform. The rollout enables WebCargo’s 3,500-plus forwarders to access and book spot rates to key Caribbean and North American destinations.
Up to now, the carrier’s rates have been available via WebCargo and 7LFreight’s air freight rate management and quoting tools but forwarders can access and book spot rates. “
WebCargo global vice president of business development ...
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DB Schenker has completed its previously announced acquisition of USA Truck. Founded in 1983, USA Truck operates a fleet of about 1,900-unit vehicles and has 2,100 employees, and partnerships with more than 36,000 active contract carriers, with terminals across the Eastern half of the US and a nationwide third-party logistics ...
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Karina Perez Perez from the Americas region, representing the Canadian International Freight Forwarders Association, has won the FIATA/TT Club Young Logistics Professional award for 2022.
Other finalists at the awards, held at the 2022 FIATA World Congress in Busan, Korea, were: Asia Pacific, Avishkar Srivastava, India; Africa and Middle East Ruvimbo ...
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DHL says that global trade has proved to be surprisingly strong despite recent shocks in its latest report. The DHL Trade Growth Atlas, produced in conjunction with NYU Stern School of Business, found that international trade in goods was as much as 10% above levels before the Covid-19 pandemic. Moreover, ...
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Shipping analyst FourKites says delays caused by the Felixstowe strike have largely been eliminated.
Average Dwell time for ocean shipments at terminal had increased from 5.3 days on average on 21 August, the day the strike began but increased to 9.9 days by 30 August but, by 10 September, this had ...
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American Airlines Cargo has appointed Greg Schwendinger as president. It follows the departure of Jessica Tyler in May who moved to another leadership role within the airline. Schwendinger has held various roles across the airline and most recently led the finance team at health care services provider, AccentCare.
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Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) has become the first cargo terminal operator in Hong Kong to achieve IATA’s new Competency-Based Training and Assessment (CBTA) Center Certification.
Hactl has been an IATA Accredited Training School (ATS) since 2003, offering training both for its own staff and those of third parties ...
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AV Dawson, owner and operator of Port of Middlesbrough has acquired the Cobra Middlesbrough dry bulk business.
It will increase the directly adjacent Port of Middlesbrough’s footprint by eight acres and has a rail connection. In 2015, AV Dawson struck a deal with Network Rail to take full control of the ...
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Global container shipping turned a corner in the second quarter of 2022 with a fall in average earnings per container carried for the first time since 2020, according to the latest quarterly review by MDS Transmodal and Global Shippers Forum (GSF).
Covid lockdowns in China suppressed the supply of manufactured goods ...
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DHL Supply Chain is to invest €500 million in India over the next five years to increase its warehousing capacity and workforce and in sustainability initiatives. It plans to own and operate wholly-owned large multi-client sites in India, adding 12 million sq ft of warehousing space to its existing portfolio.
The ...
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