by Chris Barnett Nov 05, 2024
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Pacific Air Cargo expands to Sydney, Guam and is eyeing Mexico
Heading into its 25th anniversary next year, tiny Pacific Air Cargo, (PAC), which has been operating for most of its existence with a single leased freighter aircraft, has added giant Atlas Air to its Kalita Air ACMI partner network and is providing shippers with added capacity through eight 747-400F ACMI weekly flights from Los Angeles to Honolulu and on to Guam.
Personal touch triumphs over technology, seasoned air freight executive contends
Technology, computerized tracking, and tracing, the continuing demise of high-season, slack season shipping largely driven by the steady surge of e-commerce have dramatically altered the worlds of air cargo and freight forwarding and depersonalized global logistics, contends Angel Rodriguez, a 30-year-veteran of the supply chain’s most time-sensitive transportation sector.
Miami International seeking to boost tonnage
Miami International seeking to boost tonnage as top US global cargo airport
Avianca Cargo is throttling forward
Avianca Cargo is throttling forward with strong partner and more capacity.
Hawaii’s Kamaka Air says no plans to fly to US mainland
Kamaka Air, the 25-year old interisland air cargo airline that recently hired two former Southwest Airlines senior executives to expand the carrier’s footprint, will not jump into the Hawaii to US West Coast market to fill in the void left when Aloha Air Cargo bailed out of the Honolulu to Los Angeles route earlier this year.
World’s largest industrial warehouse owner says customer demand is subdued but improving
Twenty centuries after archeological excavators unearthed the first warehouse—140 rooms covering 225,000 square feet—on the banks of Rome’s Tiber River, San Francisco’s Prologis Inc. introduced the first multi-story storage structure in the US.
The challenge to electrify California-Mexico truck traffic
California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) Advance Clean Fleet’s regulation would require motor carriers with 50 or more big rigs to switch over to electric battery-powered zero-emission trucks. But how to accomplish this on California-Mexico cross border trade is a conundrum.
Industrial warehousing on the rise
Investing in warehousing is on the rise as the need for more space to support supply chain operations increases.
Aloha Air Cargo to cancel Honolulu - LA - Honolulu freighter June 1
Aloha Air Cargo is exiting its Honolulu to Los Angeles to Honolulu B767-300 freighter service June 1, citing the route’s unprofitability.
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