A movement of change is taking place in the air cargo industry after a long decline in profits According to a latest analysis by investment firm Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. and U.K. research firm Transport Intelligence Ltd., more than 80 percent of transporters and freight forwarders think to transfer from air cargo to marine. The shift of […]

Delivery giant UPS says 5 percent rise in freight rates for overland, air and freight UPS is raising ground, air and cargo charges by average of around 5 percent as it pursues to increase revenue that has declined this year. According to the Atlanta-based package delivery company cargo rates will raise an average of 4.9 […]

TAPA launches new programmes to protect goods against cargo theft   Recently the Transported Asset Protection Association (TAPA) has introduced a new admission system for its certification programs for transportation and logistics companies, seeing to the execution of industry’s leading security standards to support and defend the customer assets and freight from cargo criminals. It […]

  US airlines officials meet with government about air freight subsidies, practices by Gulf carriers The global air cargo market has always been competitive, but over the previous few years the expressions from American carriers about partial practices injuring the North American market for pricing and capacity have been climbing higher. Allegations that big subsidies […]

A cargo manifest is an important document that makes your cargo exists at the cargo carrier   Manifest usually denotes to a customs document in which all the things loaded and passengers on the plane or on the ship are registered for official and administrative purposes. There are two types of cargo manifest Air cargo […]

  21 domestic and international flights has been cancelled after a strike driven by airline pilots There is a serious dispute between Pakistan International Airline management and PALPA (Pakistan Airline Pilots’ Association). The reason of this anarchy between the both is the suspension of licences of two pilots by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). PALPA […]

  A new competitor is arriving in the circle for express air cargo in Asia. ATSG and Okay Airways join hands with three other companies to generate United Star Express Airlines. A general study of Alibaba’s scheduled increase of Chinese online shopping business to worldwide e-commerce power, and the connected developer of the Cainiao logistics […]

An unfortunate Malaysian Airline disappeared after taking off for China and never found again. What it was carrying? According to the report, there were 221 kilograms of lithium ion batteries in the belly hold of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 that disappeared in the month of March last year. According to the newest report of the […]

XPO Logistics spends billions to acquire Con-way and the jewel in its peak, Menlo   XPO Logistics has ready for a new multi-billion dollar purchase: it had decided to purchase US trucking and logistics company Con-way. The agreement standards publicly-listed Con-way at $3bn, and a tender proposal will be transferred to Con-way investors. Buying large […]

Industry fears, law on container weight verification could bring cargo chaos   Delivery services, freight forwarders, and vessel stations immediately want to start considerations over the facts of carrying out the new negotiations of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on vessel weights. That was one of the main decision of International Cargo Handling Coordination Association […]