All Entries in the "AIR FREIGHT" Category
VIP’s (Very Important Pandas) Arrive in Paris on the FedEx Panda Express
PARIS – / N2N / – FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) and the world’s largest express transportation company, safely delivered two three-year-old giant pandas from Chengdu, China, to Paris, France. The pandas, Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, arrived on a specially-chartered Boeing 777F flight known as the “FedEx Panda Express” and [...]
Are Transportation Companies Notorious for Cheating One Another?
- / N2N / – I have an acquaintance who owns a small, non-asset third party logistics (3PL) company. He is constantly complaining to me about how cutthroat the transportation business is and how his customers and vendors are always cheating him out of money. He spends a great deal of time trying to collect [...]
Los Angeles NVOCC Obtains C-TPAT Status
Los Angeles, Calif. – / N2N / – Airlift (USA), Inc., a Los Angeles-based NVOCC (Non Vessel Operating Common Carrier) has obtained its C-TPAT Certification through U.S. Customs. C-TPAT stands for “Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism”. It is a voluntary program administered by U.S. customs and requires participating companies to create a business profile and a [...]
DHL Deploys Disaster Response Team & Aid to Pakistan
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – / N2N / – DHL – the world’s leading express and logistics company, announced that it has deployed a team of logistics experts from its Middle East Disaster Response Team (DRT) to manage a temporary warehouse at Islamabad International Airport. The DRT will provide its services pro bono in close [...]
Two UPS Crewmembers Killed in Dubai Crash
- / N2N / – UPS now confirms that two of its crewmembers, Captain Doug Lampe of Louisville, Kentucky, and First Officer Matthew Bell of Sanford, Florida, lost their lives in the crash of Flight 6 Sept. 3, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The two pilots were flying a 747-400 en route to Cologne, Germany, [...]
FedEx Announces Higher First Quarter Earnings
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – / N2N / – FedEx Corporation (NYSE: FDX) announced that it expects earnings to be in the range of $1.05 to $1.25 per diluted share for the first quarter ending August 31, up 81% to 116% from $0.58 per diluted share a year ago. The company’s previous guidance for the quarter was [...]
Non-Profit Group Shipping Pizzas to Troops for July 4th
PLANTATION, Fla. & CHICAGO – / N2N / – Pizzas 4 Patriots, a non-profit organization, is teaming up with DHL Express, the world’s leading global express delivery and logistics company, and AT&T to send thousands of Edwardo’s Natural pizzas to U.S. servicemen and women overseas in time for Independence Day, 2010. This Independence Day, U.S. [...]
Rescued Lions Set Free After Complex Logistics
SAN FRANCISCO – / N2N / – Four lions, rescued by Animal Defenders International (ADI) from a Bolivian circus when the country banned the use of animals in circuses, will be landing today at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and then heading on to a life of luxury at the ARK2000 sanctuary in Calaveras County. [...]
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 0.9% in March
- / N2N / – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.9 percent in March from its February level, rising for the third consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The March Freight TSI rose 2.6 percent from March 2009, the first year-to-year increase in the freight [...]
Volcano Forces New Round of Airport Closures in British Isles
A n umber of airports in Northern Ireland and Scotland have been closed due to a new plume of volcanic ash rising into the sky. Great Britain and Wales may also shut down their air traffic later today. The volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier of Iceland is at it again. spewing a cloud of ash [...]
Electronic Seals Improve Trailer-Container Security
LEAMINGTON SPA, UK, – / N2N / – Netto, one of the UK’s leading discounters, has enhanced the security of its new fleet of delivery vehicles by fitting the Manta electronic seal to each trailer. Developed and supplied by Unisto, the world’s leading supplier of reusable electronic security seals to the transport industry, Manta provides [...]
DOT Study Blames U.S. Freight Trucks & Others for Greenhouse Gas
- / N2N / – A number of strategies can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, such as using low-carbon fuels, increasing vehicle fuel economy, improving system efficiency and reducing travel that involves high levels of carbon emissions, according to a report released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT). “Reducing [...]
Air Traffic Still Disrupted by Volcanic Ash
- / N2N / – The eruption of a volcano under the Eyjafjallajokull glacier of Iceland on Wednesday, April 14, sent ripple effects around the globe as it halted international flights to and from Northern Europe. Airborne volcanic ash posed a threat to jet engines, and to prevent disaster, air traffic controllers grounded planes. From [...]
