NEWS\\\ News Roundup


As part of a partnership between the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) and AMACARGA, the Mexican Association of Freight Forwarders, order to grow the Association’s presence in Latin America and support the air cargo community throughout the region, the two organizations will cooperate on their signature events including TIACA’s Air Cargo Forums 2018 and 2020, as well as explore joint training and networking initiatives. AMACARGA will send a delegation to the 2018 ACF this October in Toronto, Canada, to promote trade links and the airfreight industry in Mexico, whilst also looking to have a key presence at the 2020 event, being held in Miami, FL.


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AeroLogic will receive a brand-new Boeing 777F freighter in January. Shareholder Luſthansa Cargo will lease the jet from Boeing specifically for this purpose. The fleet of this equal partnership joint venture with DHL Express will then total eleven aircraſt. Luſthansa Cargo will market all of the new freighter’s capacity. The new aircraſt is expected to receive the registration D-AALK and be ferried from Seattle to Leipzig in January 2019. DHL Express recently introduced two freighters of the same type and has since been marketing their capacity exclusively. The cargo capacity of the other eight aircraſt is mainly used by Luſthansa Cargo at the weekend and DHL Express at other times.


Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. announced that its Atlas Air, Inc. unit has entered into an agreement to add a second Boeing 747-400 Freighter for Asiana Cargo. The aircraſt will be operated by Atlas Air and be flown on key global routes across the fast-growing transpacific market, connecting South Korea with several destinations in the United States. The aircraſt is an incremental unit in Atlas Air’s fleet in response to customer demand and will enter into service this month.


Turkish Cargo, one of the fastest growing air cargo brands among the global air cargo carriers, keeps extending its cargo flights network. Turkish Cargo included Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, and Muscat, the capital of Oman, to its direct cargo flights network. Following launch of these new cargo flights, Turkish Cargo increased the number of its cargo flights destinations to 85.


B&H Worldwide has signed an agreement to handle AOG and routine traffic as service cargo to and from London Gatwick on behalf of airBaltic. airBaltic operates a fleet of 34 aircraſt offering direct flights from the Latvian capital, Riga, to more than 70 destinations with additional direct flights from Tallinn and Vilnius to various European destinations. Under the new contract, which is effective immediately, B&H will exclusively manage all AOG traffic, time-critical spares and routine shipments.


Emirates SkyCargo has announced that it has transported the one millionth Unit Loading Device (ULD)* through its bonded corridor


trucking service connecting Dubai International


Airport (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC). The trucking service allows for rapid connection of cargo between Emirates’ passenger and freighter aircraſt. Emirates SkyCargo launched the trucking corridor in April 2014, when the air cargo carrier first commenced freighter flights from Dubai World Central. A fleet of 49 trucks, including 12 refrigerated trucks for temperature sensitive goods, link cargo between the two airports on a 24/7 basis.


Construction of Budapest Airport’s (BUD) new dedicated freight center, Cargo City, part of the EUR160 million BUD:2020 Development Program at the Hungarian hub, has begun. The EUR32.6 million investment into a new 20,000 sq m cargo handling facility and new dedicated B747-8F freighter stands, will centralize cargo operations and expand the airport’s handling capacity to handle increasing air cargo volumes at BUD in the years to come.


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Continued strong growth


in loaded containerized cargo has resulted in Port Houston becoming the fiſth largest container port in the US, reports JOC Piers data for Second Quarter 2018. Port Houston


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handled 1,057,964 TEUs during that period and catapulted up from a sixth spot. Led by strong imports, Port


Houston is outpacing trade for the US as a whole this year, says JOC Piers. For example,


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during the first six months of 2018, Port Houston imports from the Trans-Pacific region jumped by 24%, a significant hike compared to overall US Trans-Pacific imports, which increased by 5%.


Port of Halifax is going digital


The Port of Halifax is taking steps to become one of the most digitized ports on the eastern seaboard. The Port Operations Centre


on the port’s website, www. portofalifax.ca, has become a critical digital tool for the sharing of real-time information with customers and the larger community. Shippers and cargo owners can find up-to-the


minute information on terminal gate metrics, weekly dwell time, predictive air gap, arrivals and departures, and special alerts. The Port Operations


Centre on the Port of Halifax website is this year’s American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) winner in the IT Awards program in the Port Operation and Management Systems category.


“We are focused on digital


transformation,” said Karen Oldfield, President and CEO, Halifax Port Authority. “With our partners, we are taking existing information that was once paper-based, digitizing it and then sharing that information broadly to drive efficiency.” It was announced earlier


this year that the Halifax Port Authority is joining TradeLens,


Port of Oakland imports up 9.2% in August from year earlier


Peak season is off to a record start at the Port of Oakland. Port officials say that Oakland handled the equivalent of 85,166 loaded TEUS in August, making it the busiest August in the port’s 91-year history.


Oakland’s August import


volume was up 9.2% over August 2017. The previous record for August imports was set in 2015 with 82,492 TEUs. Port officials attributed the gains to strong


US consumer spending at the beginning of peak season. “We’re encouraged by the


solid start to peak season, but there’s still uncertainty in the trade environment,” said Port of


a blockchain-focused digital global shipping platform developed


by Maersk and


IBM through a Collaboration Agreement. The Halifax Port Authority also provided an update on infrastructure planning efforts to date including a temporary berth extension that


will provide


Halifax the capacity it needs going into 2020.


Oakland Maritime Director John Driscoll. “Let’s see what the next few months bring.” For the first eight months of


2018, Oakland’s total cargo volume – which includes imports, exports, and empty containers, is up 3.3%. If the trend holds, the port would break its all-time cargo volume record for the third consecutive year.


Exports drive strong August cargo flows at Port of Virginia


The Port of Virginia® processed a record-setting 258,821 TEUs in August, an increase of nearly 8% when compared with the same month last year. “August was the second most


productive month in our history and in the first two months of fiscal year 2019, our TEU volume has increased by more than 36,600 units, or about eight% (compared with FY18),” said John F. Reinhart, CEO and executive director of the Virginia Port Authority (VPA). “In addition to peak season volumes, we are seeing some


inbound cargo that is moving in anticipation of expanded tariffs on select imports. Overall, our team, from Virginia Inland Port to Richmond to the Norfolk Harbor, handled the volume with efficiency and performed well.” August’s growth was driven


by exports: loaded exports were up 11% while import volumes grew by 3.4%. The port’s inland operations also grew, as volumes at Virginia Inland Port (VIP) and Richmond Marine Terminal (RMT) were up 21% and 58%, respectively. Truck


volume was up 5%, rail was up 10% and total barge volume increased 27%. Reinhart said as the port


expands its container handling capacity and capability at Virginia International Gateway (VIG) and Norfolk International Terminals (NIT), volumes, efficiency and service levels will climb. At VIG, all 26 of the new rail-mounted gantry cranes (RMGs) have been delivered and the operations team is testing the equipment and preparing to bring it into service. “The last stack at VIG comes


ATA forecast projects continued growth for trucking


Trucking volumes are projected to increase 4.2% in 2018 and increase 35.6% by 2029, according to the latest edition Freight Forecast, which was recently released by the American Trucking Associations


The report projects that total


tonnage transported will reach nearly 16 billion tons in 2018 – a figure that should rise 35.6% to 21.7 billion tons in 2029; truck volumes are expected to grow 2.3% per year from 2019-2024 and 2.2% annually for the


next five years; and changes in demand for commodities – notably commodities moved by pipeline – will alter trucking’s share of freight volumes. While in 2018, trucks are


projected to move 70.2% of total tonnage, that share is


online at VIG in January 2019, but all others will be operational by October,” he said. “At NIT, we took delivery of six more RMGs this past weekend (Sept. 8-9) and the first stack is on schedule to be completed the end of September. We’re making significant progress and are tracking for completion of work at VIG by early summer 2019 and summer 2020 for NIT. From there, we will shiſt our focus to the work on Wider, Deeper, Safer – 55 feet — to create the most modern, deep-water port on the U.S. East Coast.”


expected to sink to 65.9% in 2029. Nonetheless, the trucking industry will remain the single largest mover of freight. The


report also expects


the transport of freight by rail, including intermodal, to account for 12.6% of tonnage this year. But that figure is expected to drop to 10% in 2029 – again, due to strength in pipeline, not falling rail volumes.


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