Land, Sea and Air shipping / transportation news for North, Central, and South Americas
Global Aperture While IATA’s latest report shows year-over-year volume gains in June, passenger belly capacity is still far below pre-pandemic levels—offset in part by a nearly 30% increase in freighter capacity. Air freight recovery efforts in North America, Asia, and…
Latest News Canadian border workers may strike as soon as Aug. 6 Union representing 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency employees voted in favour of striking, jeopardizing border reopening plans. Canadians could be facing mail disruptions and slowdowns at the border…
Latest News Ontario imposes restrictions in northwest as wildfires burn. New restrictions on mining, rail, construction, and transportation industries. Ontario imposed new restrictions on mining, rail, construction, and transportation industries in the province’s northwest on Tuesday to reduce the likelihood…
Latest News Global Aperture: Global air cargo demand was up 9.4% on-year in May, according to the latest data analysis by IATA, with the economic recovery of most regions excluding Latin America contributing to this increase. Global air cargo capacity,…
Air Freight Hat-trick of new cargo airlines plan for take-off. The past week has seen three new companies – in the UK, Italy and Vietnam – reveal plans to enter the allcargo market as prices and availability of capacity make…
Overview That old industry adage about how 90% of the world’s goods move by ship is due for a revision with updated passenger destinations for the summer and stagnant sea freight conditions. With new long-haul flights poised to uplift pax-belly…
More and more airlines tap into cargo service expansion on word that the current global cargo crisis may not abate until the final quarter of 2021, while passenger confidence takes a turn for the volatile in both domestic and international…
Copper. Rubber. Plastics. Cotton. Chicken wings. Day in and day out, business journalists are reporting more raw material shortages across industries—a consequence of the metaphorical wedge that the global pandemic has driven between suppliers and consumers. But carriers—namely ocean alliances—show…
IATA’s latest data shows global air demand is back to pre-pandemic levels, but capacity is still playing catch up as nations struggle to vaccinate populations and contain new outbreaks. Chartered cargo flights will see a demand uptick in the coming…
Latest News Ottawa ready to force a return to work. (Ottawa) The Trudeau government intends to act quickly if the longshoremen at the Port of Montreal go on strike. A bill to force people back to work is in the…