Archive for May 2018

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Air Canada Cargo Launches Daily Service from Montreal to Tokyo source: CIFFA Beginning tomorrow, Air Canada Cargo offers a new daily service from Montreal to Tokyo-Narita, on a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner.   New tech allows pet owners […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Shippers lash emergency bunker surcharges source: splash247.com Leading shippers have hit out at the rush by struggling boxlines to implement emergency bunker surcharges. After a series of weak first quarter result from the worlds’s top containerlines, mnany […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Analysis: investors may be feeling queasy as Maersk financials hit choppy water source: theloadstar.co.uk Is Denmark’s AP Møller-Maersk Group (APMM) kicking the can down the road? This is the obvious, and entirely legitimate, question that arises if […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Liners urged to rethink emergency bunker surcharges source:splsh247.com Maersk Line and MSC, the world’s two largest containerlines, have introduced emergency bunker surcharges, with other lines expected to follow suit in the coming days.  Read more here. DP World […]

AIR FREIGHT Once written off as dead, 747s come back as freighters source: shippingazette.com BOOMING trade is stoking the need for big, long-range jets to haul time-sensitive goods, from Apple iPhones made in China to fresh flowers grown in Latin […]

AIR FREIGHT E-commerce boom brings operational challenges for bigger airlines source: theloadstar.co.uk The rise in e-commerce volumes is posing operational challenges for air cargo carriers. At the Air Cargo China event in Shanghai last week, airline executives told The Loadstar […]

AIR FREIGHT Joint IATA-CIFFA Letter Confirms Suspension of IFACP in Canada; IATA Canadian Air Cargo Program Remains Active source : CIFFA On May 22, IATA and CIFFA released a joint letter to all forwarders participating in the IATA Canadian Air […]

AIR FREIGHT TIACA rebranding and new website source: aircargonews.net The International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) is rolling out a new look with a fresh logo and redesigned websites to “underpin its new vision supporting the development of an efficient, modern, […]

AIR FREIGHT Singapore Airlines To Merge With Regional Carrier SilkAir Source: Airwise Singapore Airlines will merge with its SilkAir unit in 2020 after a major cabin makeover gets underway at the regional carrier. Read more here Cathay Pacific enjoys April uptick […]

AIR FREIGHT Europe’s smaller cargo airports scramble to grab China trade from major gateways source: theloadstar.co.uk Europe’s secondary cargo airports are jockeying for a greater slice of Chinese trade as the continent’s major gateways struggle with congestion and traffic restrictions. […]