The global air cargo industry will return to Miami from 13–15th May 2025 for the CNS Partnership Conference, one of the most important annual gatherings on the North American logistics calendar. Hosted by Cargo Network Services Corporation (CNS), an IATA company, this year’s event will bring together approximately 700 stakeholders from across the airfreight value […]
Logistics and supply chain operations sit at the heart of business performance, influencing everything from efficiency and cost control to customer satisfaction. One of the most critical strategic decisions for a business is deciding whether to maintain logistics functions in-house or outsource them to specialist providers. Internal logistics delivers greater oversight, faster decision-making and the […]
Baltic Ground Services (BGS), a leading ground handling service company and a subsidiary of Avia Solutions Group, has recently extended its 14-year partnership with Europe’s fastest-growing airline Wizz Air. The agreement, valid for another year, covers aviation fuel supply for the airline’s aircraft at Vilnius, Kaunas, Riga and Tallinn airports. Vitalis Dudys, Head of Commerce […]
Global air cargo volumes grew +4 percent year-on-year in April but with today’s removal of the de minimis threshold for shipments from China into the United States expected to dramatically disrupt e-commerce volumes in the coming weeks and massive uncertainty hanging over the macroeconomic outlook, the question for the air cargo market in 2025 has […]
Ascend Airways UK, a subsidiary airline of Avia Solutions Group – the world’s largest ACMI (Aircraft, Crew, Maintenance, and Insurance) provider, has successfully operated the inaugural flight from London Gatwick to Freetown, Sierra Leone. This marks a re-establishment of direct air connectivity between the two countries after a 12-year hiatus. The historic flight took place […]
Kuehne+Nagel, the world’s largest freight forwarder, has entered a global partnership with cargo.one, the leading digital air freight platform, to enhance its airfreight procurement and sales capabilities. By integrating cargo.one’s Offer & Book API Suite, Kuehne+Nagel gains seamless e-booking access to dozens more airlines and general sales agents across the globe. With cargo.one’s API Suite, […]
Effective Wednesday, logistics giants DSV and Schenker have merged into one company under the DSV banner. The megamerger reinforces DSV’s position as a leader in global logistics, with 160,000 employees and about $46 billion in annual revenue. “With this acquisition, we have become a world-leading player in global transport and logistics, at a time […]
Six days after a spill began at a marshland well site in the Pass a Loutre area of the Mississippi Delta, the Coast Guard has decided to federalize the response effort and tap the Oil Pollution Liability Trust Fund. As of Thursday, the well was still not under control and was continuing to spray […]
Port Canaveral located in central Florida is continuing to experience strong growth as not only the second-busiest cruise homeport, but also in its cargo operations and support of the space programs. The port mapped out a comprehensive five-year plan to expand capacity and capabilities across all aspects of its business operations which include investing […]
The Mediterranean Emission Control Area officially launched today, May 1, under the MARPOL Annex of the International Maritime Organizations. Officials are hopeful that it will help to clean the Mediterranean region and contribute to the overall improvements already seen in air quality since the launch of the first ECA in the Baltic and the addition […]
The U.S. Coast Guard has signed off on the transition to full production of the first hull in the Polar Security Cutter series (PSC). The long-delayed project is a mission-critical replacement for the Polar Star, the United States’ sole remaining heavy icebreaker. The service said that the transition to production status allows the Coast […]
Just over a month after becoming the new Secretary of the Navy, John Phelan visited two of South Korea’s large shipbuilders as part of his tour through the Indo-Pacific region. The shipyards are anxious to build their ties with the U.S. Navy which Phelan was quick to point out would be part of the efforts […]
