Air Freight News
NRF announces Target CEO Cornell as The Visionary 2022 
The National Retail Federation today announced that Target Board Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Cornell will receive The Visionary award, given each year to…
Amazon boosts pay, Targets 125,000 hires amid labor shortage
Amazon.com Inc. boosted pay as it looks to hire 125,000 warehouse and shipping workers amid a tight U.S. labor market.
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Shanghai resumes flights, some port operations after typhoon
Shanghai is restarting flights and some container port operations as weakening Typhoon Chanthu heads slowly out to sea.
Colonial shuts key products pipelines amid Houston power outages
Colonial Pipeline Co. proactively shut its Lines 1 and 2 refined products pipelines early Tuesday due to power outages in the Houston area following landfall…
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Shipping lines think spot rates have peaked
One of the world’s biggest shipping lines has decided to stop increasing spot freight rates on routes out of Asia to Europe and the U.S.…
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Commodity shipping rates post biggest daily gain in a decade
In an already banner year for shipping, commodity carriers just saw their biggest daily gain in a decade.
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U.K. delays Brexit border checks on EU food as shortages hit
The U.K. delayed new post-Brexit border checks on food from the European Union to mitigate a supply chain crisis in a move that was immediately…
Shanghai resumes fights after being spared hit from typhoon
Shanghai is restarting flights as weakening Typhoon Chanthu hovers off the coast, prompting the Chinese government to issue a rainstorm warning.
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Kansas City Southern to accept CP Rail offer, rebuffing CN
Kansas City Southern said it’s backing out of a merger agreement with Canadian National Railway Co. and plans to accept a competing offer from Canadian…
Seaport industry to convene at AAPA 2021 convention—Hearing from notable speakers on predictive insights on the global supply chain
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA)— the unified voice of seaports in the Americas— will hold its Annual Convention and Expo September 26-29, 2021…