Newsletter: April 27, 2022

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES

Air Canada buys two B767-300Fs as revenues climb

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Air Canada has purchased two new Boeing 767-300F freighters that are due to be delivered this year.
The two factory-built freighters will be in addition to the eight Boeing 767-300s that are being converted for Air Canada Cargo operations. Earlier this month, Air Canada Cargo added its second B767-300ER freighter conversion. Read more here. 

Drone Delivery Canada to develop drone technology with Bell Mobility

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Drone Delivery Canada (DDC) will collaborate with Bell Mobility to develop products and services to improve technology as it relates to 5G network and multi-access edge computing in a bid to advance autonomous drones. Read more here. 

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES

Hapag-Lloyd Equipping All Containers with Real-Time Tracking Devices

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Hapag-Lloyd will equip its entire container fleet with real-time tracking devices. After successfully introducing real-time monitoring for its reefer container fleet in 2019 with the IoT product Hapag-Lloyd LIVE, the company will start to install newly developed devices to all standard containers of its 3-million TEU fleet. Hapag-Lloyd continues to further digitalize container shipping and Hapag-Lloyd LIVE will become available for customers of its standard containers during 2023.
The devices will be able to transmit data on a real-time basis from each container, making the supply chain more transparent and efficient. They can supply location data based on GPS, measure temperature and monitor any sudden shocks to the container. Read more in a press release from Hapag-Lloyd. Read more here.

GROUND AND RAIL FREIGHT UPDATES

Xi’s lockdowns will pull the rug out from under US truckers this summer

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While the motivations of the Chinese government are unclear, one thing is certain – anyone subjected to a Chinese state lockdown compares it to being imprisoned in their own homes. As seen in several widely shared media posts, the Chinese government has started to erect metal barricades to block people from leaving their homes, preventing passage even for food or medicine. Read more here.

Viewpoint: China COVID policies to squeeze flow of European exports to North America

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China’s zero-COVID measures are producing another problem in trade. Logistics providers in Europe told American Shipper they are concerned about an impending empty-container-supply crisis. A bitter combination of blank sailings and an increase in delays of Europe-bound shipments from China have created a cocktail of capacity constriction. Read more here.

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS – GOVERNMENT UPDATES

Russia shifts its commodities attention to Asia

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Oil prices are increasing, and diesel becoming costlier, as Russia moves to cut off natural gas supplies to two neighbouring European countries, Poland and Bulgaria, in the latest shift of the global commodities map in the wake of the war in eastern Europe. Read more here.