ROCKFORD, Ill. — A $9 million federal grant will pay for expanded parking for cargo jets at Chicago Rockford International Airport, where the nation’s 22nd-busiest airfreight hub soon will add 500 jobs.
May 16, 2019BusinessLogistics
B&H Worldwide Expands European Network
British aerospace logistics provider B&H Worldwide announced the opening of two offices in Europe as well as the launch of a Europewide road freight network to provide an alternative road transport solution to current airfreight services.
October 19, 2018BusinessLogisticsTop 50
AIT Worldwide Logistics Acquires WorldFresh Express
AIT Worldwide Logistics acquired WorldFresh Express, a Los Angeles-based freight forwarder that handles perishable food products, in a deal completed Oct. 17.
October 19, 2018GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA
Eastern Iowa Airport Gets $8.8 Million Grant for Cargo Facility Overhaul
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — The Eastern Iowa Airport has been awarded nearly $9 million in federal funds, which officials say will be used to relocate and expand the airport’s rapidly growing cargo operations.
September 19, 2018BusinessLogisticsTop 50
South Korean Giant CJ Logistics Buys DSC Logistics
South Korea’s CJ Logistics will take majority control of Des Plaines, Ill.-based DSC Logistics in a deal expected to close in the third quarter.
June 11, 2018GovernmentBusinessLogisticsTCA
Philadelphia Airport, in Effort to Bolster Shipping, Buys More Land
A massive, mostly vacant land parcel beside Philadelphia International Airport could become a bustling shipping hub for everything from medicine to car parts under a plan to develop the site into a new air-freight complex serving a swath of the northeastern United States.
February 14, 2018Business
Global Airfreight Demand May Have Bottomed Out, IATA Says
The decline in global demand for airfreight may be bottoming out, with cargo volumes growing month-on-month in November, the International Air Transport Association said Jan. 11.
January 11, 2016Business
Global Airfreight Slows in First Half of Year
Global air cargo demand slowed in the first half of the year as trade activity fell, according to the International Air Transport Association.
August 6, 2015Business
Global Air Cargo Traffic Rises in July
Worldwide air cargo traffic rose 22.7% in July from a year ago, the International Air Transport Association said.
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