Archive for January 2021

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Hong Kong traders see Biden bounce for airfreight aircargonews.net Hong Kong traders are optimistic about the airfreight outlook, following the inauguration of Joe Biden as the US president, which might ease tensions between China and the US. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES China Misses Expected Boost from Lunar New Year simpleflying.com China’s lunar new year is in mid-February. It is China’s most important holiday. Typically, hundreds of millions of travelers go on the move, heading home for the holiday. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES China Misses Expected Boost From Lunar New Year simpleflying.com China’s lunar new year is in mid-February. It is China’s most important holiday. Typically, hundreds of millions of travelers go on the move, heading home for the holiday. […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Cathay Pacific To Make Further Route Cuts Due To Crew Quarantine Rules simpleflying.com Following a disastrous December where passenger numbers were down by 98.7% compared to the year before, Cathay Pacific is looking at further capacity cuts […]

 AIR FREIGHT UPDATES Plans for tighter Covid restrictions in Hong Kong threaten airfreight xref to KLM theloadstar.com One of the most important global airfreight gateways is facing the spectre of tighter measures that could have a profound impact on cargo […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES British Airways’ UK cargo workers call off first three days of strike aircargonews.net British Airways’ cargo handlers in the UK have called off the first three days of strike action that were due to start today. The […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES  Hong Kong Considers Implementing 14-Day Crew Quarantines simpleflying.com Hong Kong is looking over plans that would make it mandatory for all arriving airline crews to quarantine in a hotel for 14 days. These talks have emerged amid […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES FAA approves unattended drone flights insidelogistics.ca American Robotics has received approval to operate drones without operators on site. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) no longer requires the company to station observers along the drones’ routes. With […]

AIR FREIGHT UPDATES   More misery for apparel houses as air freight rates ex-Bangladesh double theloadstar.com Air freight rates out of Bangladesh have doubled in recent months, spiked by a severe capacity crunch due to coronavirus-linked operational suspensions and growing […]

OCEAN FREIGHT UPDATES Carriers cancel fewer services over Chinese New Year period seanews.com.tr FIGURES from liner database eeSea’s Blank Sailings Tracker indicate that container carriers are expected to provide more deepsea capacity out of Asia over the Chinese New Year […]