Archive for July 2020

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Market talk: Looks like air freight will be oh, so quiet in August theloadstar.com It’s only anecdotal, but forwarders are reporting the likelihood of a quiet August in air freight. Rates next month look set to fall, […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Strike at Montreal port to extend for a fifth day splash247.com Further to the strike action announced by the Montreal Longshore Union CUPE 375, which started at 07:00 on Monday, and is scheduled to end at 06:59 […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Vietnam Suspends Danang Flights As Covid Cases Spike simpleflyling.com Starting from yesterday, all flights in and out of Danang, Vietnam are suspended. The suspension will last 15 days, as the city reported at least 15 new cases […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Airfreight rates expected to shoot up by September freightwaves.com Stability in the airfreight market may be short-lived, with outbound China rates rising this month and big high-tech product launches poised to soak up cargo aircraft in several […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Rival air cargo booking platforms expand to keep pace with demand theloadstar.com Covid-19 is accelerating the digitisation of the air cargo industry: severe capacity problems, volatile rates and remote working are driving demand for real-time online bookings, […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Taiwan’s China Airlines To Get Renamed simpleflying.com It may have been a long time coming, but the Taiwanese parliament has today passed a bill to rebrand the islands’ largest airline to avoid confusion with mainland carriers. For […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES An Ethiopian Airlines Boeing 777F Is On Fire In China simpleflying.com An Ethiopian Boeing 777F has caught first at Shanghai Pudong International Airport. The aircraft had flown in from Brussels overnight, touching down in China this morning. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES US Passenger Growth Begins To Stall As Virus Surges simpleflying.com US passenger numbers have begun to stall amid surging numbers of COVID infections. After weeks of gains, passenger growth has slowed. In fact, on the weekend of […]