Thursday, July 25, 2013

shipntrak, a subscription free online freight exchange, has been launched at the Logistics Link Live exhibition in Birmingham. The system, which uses smartphones to track shipments, has been designed for simplicity and is powered by global vehicle tracking company Simplytrak, It connects shippers and hauliers on a subscription-free auction style platform and enables subscribers to match cargo with available space. It allows live tracking of the cargo from pick up to delivery, which the company...
Track your Ocean Cargo by Container or BL (Bill Of Lading) - Number. Click on the links below to visit the tracking and tracing of the various carriers: ACL Atlantic Container Line Alianca Navegaceo e Logistica Ltda. ANL Container Line APL American President Line ARKAS LINE Bahri (NSCSA National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia) (by BL only) CCNI CSCL CHINA SHIPPING CONTAINER LINES alternate CSCL tracking link CMA-CGM CNC LINE Cheng Lie Navigation COSCO CONTAINER LINES CP SHIPS -...
Taipei, July 24 (CNA) China Airlines (CAL), Taiwan's largest carrier, said Wednesday that it will launch temperature-controlled air freight services later this year to meet logistical needs, primarily in the healthcare industry. Through a joint campaign with Envirotainer, a Sweden-based company that supplies cold-chain management of pharmaceuticals and biotech products, CAL said it could elevate its international competitiveness by offering more diverse air cargo services. CAL said it will participate...
Saudi Airlines Cargo has grown belly cargo by almost one-third during the first half of the year. In the period from January to June 2013, Saudia Cargo moved 270,000 tonnes of cargo, breaking last year’s record of 250,000 and achieving a 6 percent revenue increase and 4 percent tonnage increase. Belly cargo grew by 29 percent, with the main contributors being the U.S. (+50 percent) and the UK (+40 percent), while cargo in the freighter network grew by 3 percent. The airline’s growth is the result...
Prolonged weakness continues in June for the Asia Pacific air cargo markets, according to preliminary traffic figures from the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines. Asia Pacific airlines carried more international passengers, but international air cargo demand, expressed in freight tonne kilometers, was 2.2 percent lower year over year, reflecting continued weakness in key export markets. Offered freight capacity increased marginally, by 0.3 percent, leading to a 1.7 percentage point fall in...
New containers will resist fires of up to 1,200 degrees for up to 4 hours UPS plans to add fire-resistant air cargo containers to its fleet by next year, the delivery company announced this week as officials blamed the fatal crash of a UPS plane three years ago on a shipment of hundreds of lithium batteries that caught fire. The battery fire moved quickly inside the plane...
The Vice President and Minister of Women’s Affairs, Dr. Isatou Njie-Saidy yesterday, Tuesday 23 July, deputizing for the Gambian leader, laid the foundation stone for the new project of Trade Facilitation Through Increased Logistics Infrastructure and Services worth US$ 3 million dollars at Banjul International Airport. The Vice President reading the statement of the President told participants that the project is a significant milestone on the development of the country. “I am happy to note that...
KUALA LUMPUR - Preliminary traffic figures for the month of June released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed sustained growth in international passenger traffic, but prolonged weakness in air cargo markets.  Asia Pacific airlines carried a combined total of 18.3 million international passengers in June, a 7.1% growth compared to...
New York-based business search engine Reportlinker.com said it has released a new market research report focused on the world air cargo and freight logistics market 2013-2023. According to the report, the market is currently in a state of flux, with shifting results since the 2008 financial crash. Investor confidence has been hit, hard, by a series of forecast upswings which failed to materialise in any sustainable sense.  Rampant fuel price rises remain the single largest factor in the...
Reeling from fines for their part in a global cartel, airlines are finding it tougher to make a dollar from the freight market as their margins are squeezed. Cathay Pacific chief executive John Slosar does not mince his words when he talks about the airline industry's version of the canary in the coalmine. ''I think the canary probably passed away a long time ago, mate....
The world air cargo and freight logistics market is currently in a state of flux, with shifting results since the 2008 financial crash. Investor confidence has been hit, hard, by a series of forecast upswings which failed to materialise in any sustainable sense. Rampant fuel price rises remain the single largest factor in the forecast, bringing carrier capacities into sharper focus and asking questions as to the cost-effectiveness of air cargo deliveries. The global macroeconomic climate is also...