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UPS is ramping up the electrification of its fleet as part of efforts to be carbon neutral by 2050.
CHINA REPORTS GROWTH IN CROSS-BORDER E-COMMERCE
23 May 2022China has seen cross-border e-commerce "grow rapidly" in recent years, with imports and exports of these platforms jumping 18.6% year on year to 1.92 trillion yuan (about US$284.5 billion) last year, according to state media.
UPS ACHIEVES MORE IATA CEIV PHARMA CERTIFICATION IN ASIA
18 March 2022UPS announced that three of its freight forwarding operations located at Narita International Airport and Kansai International Airport in Japan, and Incheon International Airport in South Korea, have received the IATA CEIV Pharma Certification for ex...
Ocean Network Express (ONE) announced that it is expanding its current refrigerated container (reefer) fleet by adding another 6,500 new units (including 500 units equipped with advanced Controlled Atmosphere (CA) technology) to meet the growing dema...
The Port of Long Beach and the Port of Los Angeles have announced further delay in the consideration of the "Container Dwell Fee" for another week until March 25 citing continuous improvement in port movements.
Hutchison Ports Port of Felixstowe said it continues the work to expand its ability to handle the world's largest containerships after breaking its own record for the most containers handled on a single ship for the third time in two months.
Frankfurt Airport (FRA) expects to record another growth this year after a positive performance in 2021 which pushed the Group back to the positive territory after being in the negative in 2019.
HYDI WEBB NAMED PORTMIAMI PORT DIRECTOR
17 March 2022Hydi Webb has been named as director of PortMiami after serving as Deputy Port Director for the last four years.
Cainiao Network, (Cainiao), the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, has begun to utilize electricity generated with photovoltaic (PV) power generation systems on its bonded warehouses, which span over 100,000 square meters.
VIENNA AIRPORT RECORDS STRONG GROWTH IN BELLY CARGO
17 March 2022Vienna Airport reported a continuing stable cargo business at the beginning of the year with a notable increase in belly cargo as passenger flights start to resume.
Air Charter Service has announced that it will be strategically investing further in Singapore and the Asia-Pacific citing the rapidly growing market for charter aviation in the region.
Wan Hai Lines announced that it will expand further on its already extensive Asia and East India network by launching a new weekly service between South China – Vietnam and East India (CI7).
Gebrüder Weiss announced that the first hydrogen truck it introduced in its fleet has so far saved 80 tons of CO2 emissions in a year after covering 70,000 kilometers (43,495 miles).
The ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles announced that it will begin collecting a rate of US$10 per twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) on loaded import and export cargo containers hauled by drayage trucks as they enter or leave container terminals sta...
Air Canada Cargo announced that phase 1 of its US$16 million new expanded cold chain facility in the Toronto Pearson International Airport cargo hub has been completed.