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Tag: Cargo
Billionaire Enrique Razon’s ICTSI Proposes Doubling Cargo Handling Capacity In Australia
Enrique K. Razon Jr., chairman and president of ICTSI. courtesy of Gio Panlillo for Forbes Asia Global port International Container Terminal Services Inc (ICTSI)—controlled by billionaire Enrique Razo...
Amazon dials back air cargo service as demand cools, contractor says
An Amazon-branded Boeing 767 freighter, nicknamed Amazon One, flies over Lake Washington during the Seattle Seafair Air Show on Aug. 5, 2016 in Seattle. Getty Images One of Amazon‘s key air carg...
This Robot Electric Cargo Plane Could Be The Start Of A Wave That Transforms Shipping
Pyka’s autonomous electric Pelican cargo carrier is an adaptation of a plane it developed for crop spraying. The Oakland-based startup sees it as a step on the road to developing a zero-emission...
Hawaiian Airlines Stock And The Amazon Cargo Deal
| Getty Images Key Takeaways Amazon is taking a 15% stake in Hawaiian Airlines, which will now move cargo for the retail giant. The deal helps the air carrier generate income as passenger volume has y...
Amazon hires Hawaiian Air to fly rented Airbus cargo jets to replace older freighters
Air cargo containers with the logo of Amazon are seen at Miami International Airport, in Miami, Florida, United States on June 16, 2021. Marco Bello | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Amazon has hired Ha...
Brazil Has So Much Fertilizer That Cargo Is Being Rerouted
(Bloomberg) — Fertilizer firms are starting to see farmers in one of the world’s biggest food suppliers pushing back on high prices for crop nutrients. Most Read from Bloomberg Brazil has so muc...
Air cargo rates slump but some companies see long-term strength
The cost of shipping air freight around the world is slumping, but some companies say the world’s shift to flying goods around the world will keep the market attractive for years. “I don&#...
Singapore’s SATS To Buy Worldwide Flight Services For $1.1 Billion To Create Biggest Air Cargo Handler
SATS Ltd. workers tow a cool dolly loaded with cargo from a Singapore Airlines cargo aircraft at … [+] Changi Airport in Singapore, on December 16, 2020. Lauryn Ishak/Bloomberg SATS Ltd. has agr...
U.S. Flights And Cargo Play Key Role In Recovery
Bilal Eksi, CEO, general manager and member of the board of Turkish Airlines Turkish Airlines Bilal Ekşi, CEO, general manager and member of the board, of Turkish Airlines is bullish on the airline’s ...
Mullen Shares Pop On Cargo Van Deal With Amazon Delivery Services Partner DelPack
TheStreet.com Ford Having Some Really Bad Luck With Its Vehicles Ford Motor Co. would probably like to hide under the hood of its vehicles lately, but that might not be such a good idea with the all b...
Hackers can now bring cargo ships and planes to a grinding halt
Container cargo ships sit off shore from the Long Beach/Los Angeles port complex in Long Beach, CA, on Wednesday, October 6, 2021. Jeff Gritchen | MediaNews Group | Getty Images Armed with little more...
Aergility To Unveil Hybrid VTOL Cargo Drone
Rendering of ATLIS hybrid vertical takeoff and landing cargo drone. Aergility What’s shaping up to be a dogfight for a place in the burgeoning unmanned aircraft delivery industry is about to see...
Aircraft Startup Beta Raises $375 Million For Electric Cargo Copter, Charging Business
Beta Technologies’ Alia eVTOL aircraft during a test flight. Beta Technologies/Brian Jenkins Beta Technologies, an electric aircraft startup working with UPS and backed by Amazon AMZN , said it ...
Alaska Airlines to convert 2 more Boeing jets into freighters in bet on air cargo boom
Alaska Airlines employee Jeff Ferguson loads cargo at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Mark Thiessen | AP Alaska Airlines is turning two of its midlife Boeing 737-800s...
Billionaire Lucio Tan’s Philippine Airlines Plots ‘Comeback’ As Carrier Boosts Passenger, Cargo Flights
Lucio Tan arrives in Davao City, on the southern island of Mindanao, to meet Philippines’ … [+] president-elect Rodrigo Duterte. NOEL CELIS/AFP via Getty Images Philippine Airlines—control...
Russia’s invasion is driving up air cargo costs
A Boeing 747-8F operated by AirBridgeCargo takes off from Leipzig/Halle Airport. Jan Woitas | Picture Alliance | Getty Images The cost of transporting goods by air has surged since Russia’s inva...
Airbus to rent out its giant Beluga aircraft in bet on air cargo boom
An Airbus Beluga transport aircraft takes off from the Airbus plant in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. Marcus Brandt | picture alliance | Getty Images Airbus on Tuesday said it is renting out its giant Beluga a...
At-Home Covid Test Deliveries Delayed By L.A. Train Robberies
Thefts reminiscent of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid are worsening supply-chain woes. Packages boosted from a Union Pacific train and then abandoned are pictured here in Los Angeles on January 14....