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Air cargo traffic rebounds after two years of either flat or slightly negative growth, with demand for air cargo transport beginning to grow slowly and steadily.

The Independent Pilots Association (IPA), a trade union representing pilots at UPS, said its leadership has called on its 2,528 members to authorize a pilot strike against UPS.

The Aeroscraft is a vertical-lift and hover capable vehicle that significantly reduces infrastructure development, operational, and maintenance costs, while eliminating traditional LTA ground-handling limitations.

The Aeroscraft Corporation revealed another milestone completed in the development of the world’s first "Vertical Takeoff and Landing" capable heavy-lift cargo airship, the Aeroscraft, featuring independence from external ballast.

UAS must be integrated into the NAS without reducing existing capacity, decreasing safety, negatively impacting current operators, or increasing the risk to airspace users or persons and property on the ground any more than the integration of comparable new and novel technologies.

The deal, announced in a statement by the US cargo operator, includes options for another 50 767Fs and is worth $9.97 billion at list prices, although customers typically receive an undisclosed discount off the list prices.

One forwarder told The Loadstar the market was “on its knees” as WorldACD showed that yields have continued to fall, losing some 11% of their value since this time last year – and it is expected that they will remain low.

An estimated $1 trillion dollars in goods moves through those ports annually, and when those goods stop moving, supply chains nationwide get broken.

German rail operator Deutsche Bahn (DB) is filing a billion-euro lawsuit against more than a dozen airlines over allegations of running a 'global cargo cartel.' Germany's Lufthansa is reportedly the main target.

Rates for eastbound transpacific increased particularly fast, indicative that pricing on that route was inflated somewhat by a modal shift from ocean to air in response to potential delays at US West Coast ports.

Aircraft in flight anywhere in the world automatically report back via satellite to the Rolls-Royce Service Operations Room where our team looks at, compares and reports on half a billion engine data reports every year. The data is analysed, trends extrapolated, anomalies detected and, often unknown to the pilot, preparations are made at the arrival airport to take remedial action and send the aircraft on its next leg with no delays.

The unveiling of the Aeroscraft, a 266 feet long and 110 feet wide lighter-than-air craft by the now Californian based Worldwide Aeros company simply shows that some maintain faith that the concept so enthusiastically pursued by Count Zeppelin still has a place in the modern age, at least in selected logistics situations, carrying suitable freight to and from certain inhospitable regions.

Marine cargo insurance policies are unique compared to other insurance policies. This is because international ocean and air shipments are subject to a unique set of laws that limit the liability of carriers. So how do you better protect your freight in transit? Here are six things you may not have known about marine cargo insurance and why it’s a good idea to add a policy.

The FAA has selected six UAS test site operators that will allow the agency to develop research findings and operational experiences to help ensure the safe integration of UAS into the nation's airspace as we transition to a system featuring NextGen technologies and procedures.

Amazon's plans for using drones to deliver packages is just one example of the potential this technology offers consumers, and a reflection of the ingenuity of American business.

As the shale energy revolution is gaining speed in the U.S., transportation and logistics companies are experiencing an immediate and dramatic impact, according to a new PwC US report, Shale Energy: A potential game changer – Implications for the US transportation & logistics industry.

All eyes are on Congress regarding funding to keep the U.S. government open. If the government does shutdown, between 800,000 and 2.1 million employees across the federal government will not be at work. This will include some who work to keep our freight moving safely across the country and the world.

"I believe we’re witnessing the birth of a new transportation mode, one that will take many years to develop and mature (but will probably happen sooner than we think)."

So, what is the implication for logistics? Well, just like what I have been discussing relative to 3D Printing, there is a chance this could revolutionize air freight delivery in the package space.

The air cargo business continues to suffer the brunt of the impact of the weak outlook in developed economies. Freight volumes are expected to be basically stagnant at 52.1 million tons, and there has been no significant growth since 2010 when freight volumes were 50.7 million tons.