Air Cargo

On February 16, 2012, several major international freight forwarding companies were added to the U.S. Government's Excluded Party List System (EPLS) when the U.S. Air Force proposed these companies for mandatory debarment after they pleaded guilty to violating the Sherman Antitrust Act for their... This is a summary of the article. Click on the above link or visit www.tradelawnews.com to read the entire article.  

Précis:  DHL Global Forwarding/Freight, the air and sea freight forwarding arm of Deutsche Post DHL, is going to increase its use of rail transport for the transportation of containers to the loading terminals of selected shipping companies.   From now on, DHL will be using the rail network for consolidated freight containers which have to be transported from its transhipment...  

The Concert Group Logistics unit provides domestic and international freight forwarding services through a network of independently owned stations. Its domestic freight forwarding services include air charter, expedites, and time sensitive services ...  

UK – Specialised logistics movements require bespoke solutions and Kuehne + Nagel say their new airside service at Heathrow airport is tailored to enhance its critical spare parts logistics offering to the aerospace industry. Now the freight forwarder is ...  

Customs Brokers, H.W. St. John & Company have been in business for over 100 years. They are clearly well know in the freight forwarding industry. With such services such as ocean forwarding, air forwarding, H.W. St. John & Company has really made a name ...  

Livingston International offers consulting and global trade management services as well as international freight forwarding across North America and around the globe. With its US air/sea hub located in Chicago and regional centres in Los Angeles ...  

The arrival of AirAsia X into Sydney further expands the carrier's reach across Australasia and opens new possibilities for freight forwarders between Australia and Malaysia. AirAsia X, now operates daily flights from Kuala Lumpur LCCT to Kingsford Smith ...  

Third party logistic companies and freight forwarders that are not in possession of such certification may only ship using passenger air carriers through companies with IAC approval from the TSA. International Logistic Solutions was able to ...  

The App enables forwarders to review the status of shipments on Air France, KLM and Martinair Air Waybills. The tracking tool follows the Cargo2000 (C2K) industry standard milestones. The App is very user friendly and contains the same level of detailed ...  

The U.S. Transportation Security Administration and U.S. Customs and Border Protection are moving forward with their joint Air Cargo Advance Screening pilot program, TSA Administrator John Pistole told AirCargo 2012 attendees in Miami.  

Nomura’s own air cargo volume index has been a rather good leading indicator of global industrial production growth (correlation at 0.85). Currently, their own index shows that air cargo volume declined by 7.8% yoy for April.  

The Chennai Port Trust plans to build an air freight station (AFS) near the airport under public-private-partnership mode. The Port Trust owns 2.13 acre of land about 2 km from the Anna International Airport.  

NEWARK, CA-- - Morpho Detection, Inc. , the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group's security unit, today announced its next-generation Itemiser® DX desktop explosives trace ...  

NEWARK, CA-- - Morpho Detection, Inc. , the explosives and narcotics detection business of Morpho, Safran group's security unit, today announced it has entered into a teaming agreement with Cargobox, a ...  

Air cargo traffic to and from Israel was 4.3% lower last month than it was in April of last year, the latest indication of a decline in the volume of cargo.