October 2021
Specialist heavy lift project carrier, AAL Shipping (AAL) has acquired two heavy lift 'mega-size' 33,000dwt W-Class multipurpose vessels (MPVs) from the second-hand market, the 'AAL Mars' and the 'AAL Merkur'. The vessels have been serving within the Carrier's operating fleet worldwide on a commercial management basis. Along with four other acquisitions made by AAL over the past eight months – comprising two heavy lift G-Class MPVs (25,800dwt each) the 'AAL ...
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Just prior to the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, DB Schenker, Lufthansa Cargo and Nokia announced their efforts to join forces for more climate friendly air freight.Towards a greener future: DB Schenker and Lufthansa Cargo is already extending their weekly CO2-free freighter flights between ...
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The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has entered into a Purchase and Sale Agreement (PSA) to acquire the former Georgia Pacific Mill site. The Port and the current owner, CDC Inc. of St. Louis, MO have negotiated the terms of the PSA with the goal of job creation on ...
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The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) reiterates its firm commitment to sustainable development by joining the 200 signatories of the Call to Action for Shipping Decarbonization. Launched by the Getting to Zero Coalition in partnership with the Global Maritime Forum, World Economic Forum and Friends of Ocean Action, this action calls ...
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To improve cargo movement amid congestion and record volume, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles will begin assessing a surcharge to ocean carriers for import containers that dwell on marine terminals.Under the new policy, the ports will charge ocean carriers for each container that falls into one of ...
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Hongyuan Group, a corporation providing global trade, supply chain finance, logistics real estate and freight services, has entered into a five-year unit load device (ULD) supply and management partnership with Unilode Aviation Solutions, the market leader in outsourced ULD management and repair services.
Hongyuan Group operates a fleet of B747-400F aircraft ...
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CEVA Logistics became the world’s first company to receive IATA’s new CEIV Lithium Battery certification at the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) annual World Cargo Symposium (WCS) in Dublin, Ireland, in mid-October.CEVA had teamed with IATA to support the development of the new certification program.The certification confirms each facility’s ability ...
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Container xChange, a tech company involved in trading and leasing of containers, finds that the market situation is improving for the leasing of containers as one-way leasing charges, spot rates and other freight costs are starting to stabilize and average standard container prices are witnessing a drop for the first ...
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dnata, a leading global air and travel services provider, continues to invest in cutting-edge technologies to maximize efficiency and deliver the highest value for its customers. Thecompany has partnered with Gather AI, a US-based technology start-up, and launched autonomous drones in its warehouses at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) ...
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Lufthansa Cargo has finalized the implementation of its production planning and control (PPC) transformation project.Based on DELMIA Quintiq -part of Dassault Systèmes- software and Ab Ovo’s industry expertise, the cargo airline implemented a production planning application as one element of the PPC system that enables it to maximize capacity of ...
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