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World’s Top 50 Cargo Airports - 2008

By SwizStick • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Air Cargo, Airlines, Featured

It’s that time of the year again and Air Cargo World has published their annual list of the top 50 cargo airports in the world. Click here for the full article:
The latest Air Cargo World list of the world’s largest cargo airports, compiled from numbers from Airports Council International and the airports, shows Memphis International, [...]



(UPDATED July 29) ILWU / PMA West Coast Labor Contract 2008 - TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED!

By SwizStick • Jul 1st, 2008 • Category: Featured, Seafreight

Updates have been bumped to the top of this post.
Update: July 29th: Is it over? Can we get the ports back to normal now? Apparently a tentative deal has been reached! This is good news for shippers:
Negotiators for 25,000 West Coast longshore workers and the shipping companies that employ them reached a tentative [...]



(UPDATED JULY 31) Beijing Olympic Games : Logistics / Supply Chain impact update

By SwizStick • Jun 17th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Update: July 31st: Don’t say we didn’t warn you - the smog in Beijing is still a problem, despite all the measures Beijing has already taken, so they are now considering even further measures in a drastic effort to reduce pollution before the games. Via the International Herald Tribune:
Earlier this week, China’s state media [...]



Trucker Strikes / Fuel Protests go global - Spain truckers still on strike

By SwizStick • Jun 9th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Updated title of this post to better reflect the global nature of these protests.
Updated 6-13-08: Spain is still a mess and striking drivers actually tried to burn a fellow driver who broke the strike. Luckily the man escaped, but with severe burns. But it should be noted that the government reached agreement with non-striking [...]