Air Freight News
US Bank Freight Payment Index: Number of shipments drop, cost to ship climbs
Lack of available capacity, early holiday shipments led to freight truck volume slowdown of 5.1% in Q42021 compared with same period in 2020.
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DHL Supply Chain to invest $15 million to further automate warehousing in North America via Boston Dynamics collaboration
• DHL is the first commercial customer for Boston Dynamics’ Stretch® robot • Multi-year agreement furthers DHL’s commitment to accelerating digitalization of the end-to-end supply…
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Ethiopian ramps up cargo investment for African E-commerce hub
Ethiopian Airlines Group will ramp up investment in cargo services and infrastructure and is looking to become a logistics hub for Africa’s growing e-commerce market.
Rail traffic for the week ending January 22, 2022
The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending January 22, 2022.
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Lufthansa bans freight through Frankfurt hub due to omicron
Deutsche Lufthansa AG banned cargo from moving through its Frankfurt hub due to surging Covid-19 infections and related staff shortages in the German city.
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Hendry Marine Industries announces industry veteran McCreary as President of Gulf Marine Repair
Hendry Marine Industries has announced the appointment of Richard McCreary as President of Gulf Marine Repair effective January 31, 2022. Richard brings a wealth of…
one.network and North Carolina DOT launch first statewide work zone data exchange initiative in US
one.network, a leading transportation technology provider of real-time work zone, road incident and event information data, announced a partnership agreement with the North Carolina Department…
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Patriot Rail appoints Sexhus as President and COO
Patriot Rail Company LLC, a leading U.S. operator of shortline and regional freight railroads and rail services, announced the appointment of Sam Sexhus as president…
Azul says Latam Air didn’t give its $13 billion offer a fair shot
(Bloomberg) -- Latam Airlines Group SA “flatly rejected” Azul SA’s offer to buy the bankrupt carrier even though the sale would be a better deal…
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Air travel consumer report: November 2021 numbers
The U.S. Department of Transportation today released its Air Travel Consumer Report (ATCR) on airline operational data compiled for the month of November 2021 for…