by CanadianSailings | Dec 8, 2019 | Air, Business and Economy, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
DHL Express announced its latest gateway expansion in Canada: a new $100 million facility at Hamilton’s John C. Munro International Airport. This new facility will replace its existing one to meet double-digit growth in shipment volumes. “Hamilton International...
by CanadianSailings | Sep 30, 2019 | Air, Business and Economy, Keith Norbury, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Keith Norbury For 20 years, University of Manitoba professor Dr. Barry Prentice had advocated for lighter-than-air ships as a solution to transportation challenges of remote regions like Canada’s north. No such airships have been flown commercially — at least not...
by Canadian Sailings | Dec 12, 2018 | Air, Alex Binkley, Ocean, Other, Safety and Security
By Alex Binkley Fatigued flight, railway and ship crews are a long-standing concern of the Transportation Safety Board and it hasn’t seen enough improvement on the issue to remove it from its watchlist of safety concerns. Board Chair Kathy Fox told a news conference...
by Canadian Sailings | Sep 13, 2018 | Air, Other
By Ian PutzgerThe much-discussed lack of maindeck capacity in air cargo has given a new lease of life to aging freighters that seemed headed for oblivion. However, not every viable cargo plane is being rushed back into action.Amid a growing shortage of widebody...
by Canadian Sailings | Sep 13, 2018 | Air, Other, Supply Chain and Logistics
By Ian PutzgerAeronaves TSM, the aviation arm of Mexican expedited trucking firm Grupo TSM, is turning into the largest operator of Bombardier CRJ200 freighters in North America, if not the world, according to Grupo TSM President Hugh Cutler.The carrier is poised to...
by Canadian Sailings | Aug 29, 2018 | Air, Other
By Alexander WhitemanConfidence is flying high in air cargo, with Boeing buoyed by the strength of its freighter orderbook for the next two decades. At July’s Farnborough Air Show, Boeing’s Vice-President of Marketing, Randy Tinseth, said: “Air cargo is back”. Driving...
