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Asia Pacific Airlines report sustained growth in passenger and cargo markets (2024-10-02)

Asia Pacific airlines recorded a 21.7% August increase in international passengers and a 12.2% raise in international air cargo ...

Cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers up 0.45% in July (2024-10-02)

Canadian General Freight Index shows base rates and fuel surcharges increased ...

U.S East Coast and Gulf of Mexico port strike started on Tuesday (2024-10-01)

The ILA union strike is expected to cause delays and snarl American supply chains ...

Port of Montreal longshoremen on 3 day strike at 2 terminals (2024-10-01)

A partial strike affecting the Viau and Maisonneuve terminals began Monday morning ...

Port of Long Beach achieves new air quality improvements (2024-09-29)

Since 2005, diesel particulates are down 92%, nitrogen oxides have decreased 71%, and sulfur oxides are 98% lower ...

Canada's gross domestic product grew 0.2% in July (2024-09-29)

Statistics Canada says overall, 13 of 20 sectors expanded in July despite negative impacts from wildfires ...

Port of Oakland container volume continued to grow in August (2024-09-27)

Loaded imports jumped 14.9%, recording 83,272 TEUs in August 2024, versus 72,481 TEUs in August 2023 ...

Canadian railways total freight volume was up 1.6% in July (2024-09-27)

Statistics Canada announced that the country's railways carried 29.9 million tonnes of freight in July ...

Port of San Diego unveils first all-electric mobile cranes in North America (2024-09-26)

The all-electric cranes built by Konecranes are replacing the Port's old diesel-powered crane ...

American truck tonnage index grew 1.8% in August (2024-09-26)

American Trucking Associations say tonnage levels rose in August to the highest level since February 2023 ...

Port of New York and New Jersey issues work stoppage operational plan (2024-09-25)

Preparations are underway for a potential strike effective 12 a.m. Tuesday, October 1st ...

JAXPORT getting ready for possible longshoremen strike impact (2024-09-25)

Port is already struggling with weather issues and expecting sustained gale force winds ...

Strike begins at the Port of Vancouver's six grain terminals (2024-09-24)

Picket lines have gone up at six grain terminals in Vancouver as workers began a strike ...

August cargo volume at Port of Los Angeles approaches 1 million TEUs (2024-09-24)

The port handled a near-record 960,597 TEUs in August, a 16% increase over the previous year ...

Global airports association projects 10% growth for passenger traffic in 2024 (2024-09-24)

Airports Council International anticipates global passenger traffic to reach 9.5 billion in 2024 ...

Loadlink reports August 2024 was a strong month for the Canadian freight industry (2024-09-22)

Outbound cross-border trade grew significantly while inbound remained relatively flat ...

JAXPORT gets $23 million for container crane purchase and refurbishment (2024-09-22)

The crane addition and upgrades will increase the Florida port's cargo handling efficiencies ...

St. Lawrence Seaway signals increases in several kinds of cargo so far this season (2024-09-20)

As of the end of August, 19.5 million metric tons of cargo were shipped on Seaway so far this navigation season ...

Ports of Seattle and Tacoma TEU volumes increased 49% in August (2024-09-20)

Northwest Seaport Alliance's year-to-date, volumes are up 14.1% over last year to 2,137,902 TEUs ...

North American transborder freight was up 5.6%in July (2024-09-19)

Freight between the U.S. and Canada was up 2.8% from July 2023 and freight between the U.S. and Mexico was up 8.2% ...

U.S. airlines carried 87.1 million scheduled service passengers in first month of summer (2024-09-19)

BTS reported 72.3 million domestic passengers and 10.7 million international passengers ...

U.S. Customs processed more than 2.9 million entry summaries in August (2024-09-18)

August imports valued at more than $289 billion, with estimated customs duties of nearly $7.5 billion ...

First direct ocean freight from Vietnam reaches Port of Montreal (2024-09-18)

Maiden voyage attests to the growing strength of trade relations between the Port of Montreal and Vietnam ...

Largest ship to call the Northwest Seaport Alliance's Tacoma Harbor also operates on green fuel (2024-09-17)

The Maersk Alette is the first dual-fuel vessel capable of sailing on green methanol to have called the gateway ...

Canadian manufacturing sales rose 1.4% to $71.0 billion in July (2024-09-17)

Statistics Canada reports increase was driven by higher sales of petroleum and coal and chemical products ...

Port of Long Beach achieves busiest month on record (2024-09-16)

The peak shipping season boosted the Port in August to its strongest month in its 113-year history ...

Canadian wholesale sales were up 0.4% to $82.7 billion in July (2024-09-16)

Sales increased in four of the seven subsectors, led by the agriculture supplies industry group ...

U.S. freight transportation services index down 0.2% in July (2024-09-13)

The drop is due to decreases in pipeline and water, while rail carload, rail intermodal, trucking and air freight grew ...

Gross domestic product growth remains relatively stable in G20 countries (2024-09-13)

China, India, and the United States contributed the most to G20's economic growth in Q2 2024 ...

Great lakes shipments of limestone and iron ore were down in August (2024-09-12)

Iron ore decrease by 1.5 percent and limestone was down 7.7% compared to a year ago ...

Valenciaport's solar energy saves emission of over 100 tonnes of CO2 in seven months (2024-09-12)

Valenciaport's solar power generation facilities have been working at full capacity during the summer months ...

U.S. ports handled 2.32 million twenty-foot equivalent units in July (2024-09-11)

The U.S. National Retail Federation reports volumes were up 8.1% from June and up 21% year over year ...

Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd announce two ocean network options (2024-09-11)

The ambition is to deliver a flexible ocean network with industry-leading schedule reliability above 90 percent ...

Port of Los Angeles terminal getting $52 million for on-dock rail project (2024-09-10)

Project will expand capacity and cargo efficiency, provide environmental benefits ...

Philippines container terminal raises efficiency, safety with modern equipment (2024-09-10)

Two new mobile harbor cranes will elevate the standard of port operations in the region ...

World's first hybrid wind-powered cargo ship makes inaugural U.S. visit to Port Canaveral (2024-09-09)

The vessel uses both wind and fuel for propulsion and is the first large-scale hybrid sailing cargo vessel ever constructed ...

Global air passenger demand was up 8 percent in July (2024-09-09)

IATA reports international demand rose 10.1% and domestic demand was up 4.8% compared to July 2023 ...

Port of New York and New Jersey sees busiest July ever (2024-09-06)

With a total volume of 806,015 TEUs, it was the busiest July in the port's history ...

Draft of Canada's ocean noise strategy was published for public feedback (2024-09-06)

Fisheries and Oceans Canada launched a 60-day consultation period to gather feedback ...

OOCL works with partners to advance low-carbon shipping with biofuel (2024-09-05)

Biofuel is considered a viable transitional solution towards long-term decarbonization goals ...

Container carriers global schedule reliability drops by 2.1 percentage points in July (2024-09-04)

Schedule reliability in July is almost at the same level as it was at the start of the year ...

Cost of ground transportation for Canadian shippers kept rising in June (2024-09-04)

Canadian General Freight Index shows base rates and fuel surcharges increased ...

Asia Pacific Airlines passenger and cargo demand still growing strongly (2024-09-03)

Asia Pacific airlines recorded a 22.6% July increase in international passengers and a 12.3% raise in international air cargo ...

Canada's gross domestic product was unchanged in June (2024-09-03)

The country's goods-producing industries saw the largest decrease since December 2023 ...