By Patrick Burnson ·
January 3, 2022
Air rates are feeling even more upward pressure than usual from reduced passenger jet capacity—which could be made worse by omicron fears—and congestion due to labor shortages among overwhelmed ground crews.
By Jeff Berman ·
October 20, 2021
With the company deep into Peak Season, Mike Short, president of Global Forwarding at C.H. Robinson, provided Logistics Management Group News Editor Jeff Berman with an overview of how the company approaches Peak Season and works with shippers to meet their objectives, at a time which may be the most unique and challenging market conditions the sector has ever seen.
By Jeff Berman ·
August 12, 2021
DHL said its objective is to establish what it called an unparalleled electric Express network and make what it called a “pioneering step into a sustainable aviation future.” And it added that Evation’s Alice planes, as fully electric aircraft, enables both cargo and passenger airlines to operate a zero-emissions fleet, with DHL noting that Eviation has a 2024 target date to deliver the Alice aircraft to DHL.
By Karen E. Thuermer ·
July 12, 2021
Air cargo continues steady climb in volumes, rates.
By Karen Thuermer, Contributing Editor ·
July 8, 2021
High demand for cargo space created capacity constraints and consequential high rates over the past year on a majority of lanes. And while it appears the height of the pandemic crisis is in the rear view, shippers most likely won’t see relief from elevated rates until demand and available capacity level out.
By Patrick Burnson ·
July 8, 2021
Global airlines are scrambling to meet the gap between cargo demand and available lift by all means possible.
By Patrick Burnson ·
June 16, 2021
The International Air Transport Association renewed its call to governments to take urgent measures to ensure that vital air cargo supply lines remain open, and effective. In the United States, meanwhile, The Airforwarders Association is asking the Biden Administration to review regulatory ordinances that are preventing progress and inhibiting efficiency across a wide range of businesses.
By Karen E. Thuermer ·
April 5, 2021
There is no telling just how stormy air cargo markets may be in 2021, but one thing is certain: The passenger side is rocky because capacity remains tight.
By Peter Moore ·
March 29, 2021
Air cargo providers need to be creative and agile in order to demonstrate their professional abilities to shippers across the globe.
By Patrick Burnson ·
March 19, 2021
Two leading industry associations have issued positive forecasts for 2021, with Boeing telling shippers it will produce aircraft to meet their future payload needs.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 10, 2021
Late last month, Brandon Fried, Executive Director of the Washington, D.C.-based Airforwarders Association (AfA), a diverse coalition comprised of more than 275 companies with more than 500,000 employees focused on moving cargo efficiently and quickly throughout the supply chain, penned a letter to President Joe Biden. In the letter, Fried addressed, on behalf of AfA membership, that the White House consider various priorities, as agencies within the new administration set their legislative agenda for the coming years.
By Brooks A. Bentz, Contributing Editor ·
March 9, 2021
The increased e-commerce volume generated by the pandemic has no end in sight—and signals a permanent behavioral shift of an indeterminate magnitude. In fact, it has provided an opportunity for carriers, vehicle manufacturers and tech companies to research, test and invest in alternative ways to provide pick up, transport, sortation and delivery.
By Jeff Berman ·
March 4, 2021
Memphis-based global freight transportation and logistics services provider FedEx announced this week it is making a $2 billion investment in order to have carbon-neutral operations by 2040, which it said will be focused on by initial investments in vehicle electrification, sustainable energy, and carbon sequestration.
By Jeff Berman ·
January 6, 2021
Seattle-based global e-commerce titan Amazon is taking significant steps to expand its growing transportation fleet, purchasing 11 Boeing 767-300 aircraft. This marks the first time the company has purchased aircraft, as it has traditionally procured airfreight capacity through leases.
By Jeff Berman ·
October 22, 2020
After stating it would decrease COVID-19-Peak Surcharges from China mainland to the United States on October 4, global freight transportation and logistics services provider UPS said this week that those surcharges will be increasing, effective October 25. UPS originally stated its intention to implement COVID-19-related Peak Surcharges in late May.