May 2021
This spring, Alaska Air is increasing the number of cities with year-round nonstop service to Anchorage (ANC) – adding routes to Chicago (ORD) and Las Vegas (LAS), and expanding service to Phoenix (PHX) and Maui (OGG) from seasonal to year-round. Three new cities also will get summer-season nonstop routes: Denver (DEN), Minneapolis (MSP) and San Francisco (SFO). With 11 destinations, this gives the carrier more nonstop flights between ...
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American Trucking Associations’ advanced seasonally adjusted (SA) For-Hire Truck Tonnage Index decreased 0.3% in April after increasing 2.3% in March. In April, the index equaled 114.7 (2015=100) compared with 115.1 in March.
“After a revised increase in March of 2.3%, the April index declined just slightly,” said ATA Chief Economist Bob ...
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A coalition, including the Port of Oakland, wants California to spend $2.25 billion on emissions-free freight hauling. Supply chain and environmental groups sent their request to Sacramento in mid-May, seeking surplus state revenue to finance: zero-emission trucks and cargo handling equipment; infrastructure such as electric charging stations, and training to ...
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Dnata has signed a five-year lease with Sydney Airport to expand its existing cargo facility at the international airfreight terminal by an additional 4,800 sqm.
The enlarged 16,300 sqm site with direct ramp access will feature an increased number of landside and airside docks as well as enhanced processing capacity and ...
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The European Commission said on May 17 it is temporarily suspending the additional set of tariffs on U.S. goods due in June as talks proceed over a possible deal. The United States imposed a 25% tariff on European steel and 10% tariff on aluminum in June 2018 on the ...
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An international alliance of 45 companies, knowledge institutes and port authorities, headed by the Port of Rotterdam Authority, has been awarded nearly € 25 million in EU funding. The consortium will be using this grant to execute 10 pilot projects and demonstration projects that focus on sustainable and smart logistics ...
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Amazon Air touched down for the first time at Kansas City International Airport on May 13. The first flight, on Amazon Air's branded 737-800 cargo aircraft, arrived from Lakeland Linder International Airport in Florida. Service will continue daily. “The addition of Amazon Air at the airport strengthens KCI’s impact as ...
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Port of Oakland passes milestone, sets all-time cargo record
Another month, another record at the Port of Oakland. Port officials reports that the Port of Oakland handled 100,096 TEUs in April - the most for a single month in the port’s 94-year history. It marked the first time that Oakland has ...
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An ongoing cargo boom largely driven by online purchases lifted the Port of Long Beach to its strongest April on record.
Dockworkers and terminal operators moved 746,188 TEUs in April, a 43.6% increase from the same month last year. It was the first time the nation's second-busiest seaport handled more ...
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SmartKargo, a leading Cloud provider of air
cargo solutions that extend markets for global airlines, has announced
the successful Go-live of its state-of-the-art e-commerce shipping
solution for Norwegian-based Widerøe Airlines. The partnership enables
Widerøe to take a giant leap and empowers entry into the promising
e-commerce shipping and delivery ...
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