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Delta Airlines announced last week it would take back control of cargo handling operations from a contractor at Atlanta-Hartsfield International Airport. The move reflects Delta's increased emphasis on improving cargo operations the past nine months. Many airlines have outsourced cargo acceptance, delivery and gate operations in an effort to save mone...
Robert E. Perez was formally sworn in Monday as director of field operations in New York for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at the U.S. Custom House at Bowling Green in lower Manhattan. He replaces Susan T. Mitchell, who was appointed executive director of operations at CBP headquarters in June. Perez will manage operations and enforcement...
Penske Logistics has appointed Ivanyra Correia to chief financial officer for its South American operations. Correia will operate from Penske Logistics Sao Paulo, Brazil office and report to Bill Scroggie, managing director of the company's South American business. Prior to joining Penske Logistics, Correia served as Latin American finance superin...
Air Force Gen. Duncan McNabb is expected to soon take command of the U.S. Transportation Command. The Senate confirmed his appointment on Aug. 1. He replaces Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, who became the Air Force chief of staff. To finalize the appointments, President Bush must officially offer the positions to McNabb and Schwartz. McNabb previously se...
Ocean freight rates between India and the United States are up 25 percent to 30 percent over the past few months as fuel surcharges and peak season surcharges kick in on contracts signed between American retailers and their shipping lines, Live Mint reported Sunday. The rate for shipping a container to the U.S. is currently $2,100-$2,200, up from abou...
Singapore-based Neptune Orient Lines on Monday said Eng Aik Meng will succeed Ron Widdows as president of its APL container-shipping unit. Eng is deputy chief executive officer with Singapore-headquartered shipping and industrial supply chain company IMC Corp. Group, and also managing director of its Aurora Tankers business. Eng has previous exper...
C.H. Robinson said it has acquired certain operating subsidiaries of the Calgary, Canada-based project freight forwarder Transera International Holdings Ltd. Robinson said Transera is one of the largest privately owned project forwarders in North America, with annual revenue of about $125 million. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Transera, es...
British Airways World Cargo said Friday its freight volume increased 4.1 percent for the first quarter of the financial year while cargo capacity was down 3 percent. Driven yield (commercial revenue per cargo ton kilometer) rose 14.6 percent for the quarter ending June 30. Revenue, after adjusting for currency exchange rates and including fuel surchar...
Port of Tallinn is the biggest port authority in Estonia and as far as both cargo and passenger traffic are taken into account, the biggest port on the shores of the Baltic Sea.
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