Air Cargo World articles from December 2008

Air Cargo World archives from December 2008

Stimulating Shanghai?(Company overview)
December 1, 2008... Long known as China''s cultural capital, Shanghai has become an economic powerhouse in its own right. Home to the world''s fourth-busiest cargo airport by freight tonnage, Shanghai continues to develop into an increasingly strategic logistics...

UPS Mechanic-What''s in a Name?
December 1, 2008... Currently, close to 1,400 Teamsters mechanics are negotiating a new contract with UPS Airlines. They are worried about their jobs being outsourced to other countries. The United Parcel Service employs nearly 240,000 Teamsters. It is the...

Japan Tries to Find Bottom.
December 1, 2008... Currently, close to 1,400 Teamsters mechanics are negotiating a new contract with UPS Airlines. They are worried about their jobs being outsourced to other countries. The United Parcel Service employs nearly 240,000 Teamsters. It is the...

Face Time.
December 1, 2008... BYLINE: Simon Keeble Despite a grim forecast, there''s no shortage of events in the global air cargo calendar next year, with several major gatherings on three continents between January and April. Will they be as big a draw as TIACA?...

Going Green, Going Global-Gone DHL?
December 1, 2008... Parcel mover DHL Express has set the ambitious target of achieving a 30% improvement in carbon efficiency across its entire network by 2020 in what will be a truly global sustainability initiative. But as if that were not enough, it is also...

No Break in the Storm.
December 1, 2008... BYLINE: Jan Maurits de Jonge Parcel mover DHL Express has set the ambitious target of achieving a 30% improvement in carbon efficiency across its entire network by 2020 in what will be a truly global sustainability initiative. But as...

Federal Screening is Unworkable.
December 1, 2008... BYLINE: Brandon Fried, Executive Director, Airforwarders' Association As the mandatory screening deadlines approach for air cargo, all industry stakeholders have experienced a shared sense of urgency and concern. Industry associations...

News Updates.(briefs)
December 1, 2008... USPS Can Fly Foreign Airlines President Bush has signed into law an amendment to section 5402 of title 39, United States Code that allows the United States Postal Service (USPS) to have broader access to non-U.S. air carriers. ...

People.(briefs)
December 1, 2008... USPS Can Fly Foreign Airlines President Bush has signed into law an amendment to section 5402 of title 39, United States Code that allows the United States Postal Service (USPS) to have broader access to non-U.S. air carriers. ...

Airport Screening from the TSA?
December 1, 2008... But when the U.S. Congress passed a law in 2007 saying 50% of cargo shipped on passenger aircraft leaving the U.S. after Feb. 3, 2009, must be screened, the legislators never really considered the problem of airport implementation-in either...