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January 2021

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s 2020 Year End Cargo Figures Down

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol’s total cargo volume for 2020 declined by 8% to 1.44 million tonnes compared to 2019. Last year freight volumes were shipped in three categories of flights; full freighters, which accounted for 61% of total volume, pax-cargo-only, which includes passenger flights with only freight on board at 10%, and passenger flights at 29%. Inbound cargo volumes declined by 4.7% to 754,361 tonnes in 2020 compared to 2019, and outbound cargo ... [+]

Canaveral Port Authority to Waive Fee for Companies Seeking to Operate in FTZ #136

The Canaveral Port Authority announced it will waive the standard application fee for businesses located in Brevard County seeking to establish a designated usage driven site within Port Canaveral’s Foreign Trade Zone (FTZ) #136. The fee waiver is effective immediately and will be available to applicants through December 31, ... [+]

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution Acquires Temp-Distribution of Maryland

East Coast Warehouse & Distribution, a leading temperature-controlled logistics provider to the food and beverage industry strategically located on the Port of New York/New Jersey and in Philadelphia, announced it has acquired Temp-Distribution of Maryland, Inc., a temperature-controlled transportation and warehousing provider located on the I-95 corridor just outside the ... [+]

Kerry Logistics Network Opens Chemical Logistics Center in China

Kerry Logistics Network Limited opened a logistics center in the Cangzhou Lingang Economic and Technological Development Zone in Hebei province, China under Kerry IMS Chemical Logistics to capture the market potential in chemical logistics. The logistics center was opened and commenced operation on 8 January. The Kerry IMS Chemical Cangzhou logistics ... [+]

Port of Oakland loaded imports up 11% in Dec. 2020

The Port of Oakland today said December imports grew 11% compared to December 2019. Containerized export volume was up 0.9% during the same period. Total TEUs for December were 208,341 which is up 7.4% compared to the same time last year. The Port said it expected the increase in December's ... [+]

Atlas Air Worldwide Orders Four New Boeing 747-8 Freighters

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced it has ordered four new Boeing 747-8 freighters in a transaction that furthers the company’s strategic growth plan. The aircraft will enable the company to meet strong customer demand in the airfreight market, particularly the fast-growing e-commerce and express sectors. The company’s business model provides the flexibility to operate these ... [+]

B&H Worldwide appoints new head of global sales

B&H Worldwide, a leading global provider of aerospace time critical logistics solutions, announced the appointment of Michael Haskins as its Head of Global Sales. The position is effective January 4th, 2020. Haskins joins B&H Worldwide with over 20 years of experience leading multinational operations in aerospace time critical logistics. He was ... [+]

C.H. Robinson, SAS join forces

C.H. Robinson and analytics company SAS have announced a partnership to rewrite the way global supply chains work as they become increasingly more complex. Until now, supply chain demand planning and shipping execution often worked in autonomous siloes without connection, digital integration, or real-time visibility. This partnership will solve that ... [+]

CHAMP Cargosystems, Qatar Airways Cargo and Agility complete the IATA ONE Record pilot

CHAMP Cargosystems, along with Qatar Airways Cargo and Agility has completed the first phase of the IATA ONE Record pilot to showcase the benefits and feasibility of the initiative. The ONE Record project proposes a solution by defining a common API (Application Programming Interface) for all electronic platforms used ... [+]

Delta Cargo Bolsters Commercial and Operations Leadership

Delta Cargo announces two key leadership positions in the organization. Jannie Davel joins the airline as Managing Director-Commercial, and Vishal Bhatnagar has been promoted to Managing Director-Global Cargo Operations, effective immediately. "Jannie and Vishal are visionary industry leaders, providing real strength to our leadership team as we ... [+]

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