Thursday, June 02, 2011

Freight (Domestic and International combined)

1. Domestic air freight is about 12% of total freight shipments. Commentary for this section focuses on combined (international and domestic figures). Load factors which stood at 46.5% for April, have dropped by some 4 percentage points compared to last May’s peak. This is reversing the strong boost to profitability that freight delivered in 2010.
2. Although world trade has been expanding at an annualized rate of 10%, air freight markets have shrunk by 6% compared to their post recession peak in May 2010.

   Read more: IATA releases April freight performance numbers

18.03.2010

Despite the international economic downturn, the Port of Miami and Miami International Airport -- key drivers of the South Florida economy -- reported 2009 results that were down but still relatively good compared to other parts of the United States.

Speaking at the annual State-of-the-Ports briefing Wednesday in Miami, Bill Johnson, director of the Port of Miami, pointed out Miami was ``the busiest cruise ship port in the world'' with more than 4.1 million passengers in 2009. That was slightly off the 2008 figure.

Read more: Futures of Port of Miami, MIA are bright, directors say

12.01.2009

Globex Logistics started business activities at their new office in Shanghai, China, which is to be the company's main base in Asia. 

"We are proceeding with our expansion plans and are aware of the importance of being active in this important world business center. Among other projects that will soon be revealed, we are now consultants to the exportation of mineral water from Minas Gerais to China." - says Ramaya Vallias, Director of Globex Logistics.

Read more: Globex Logistics opens branch in Shanghai - China

12.01.2009

2008 was undoubtedly a year of growth and the implementation of a new set of global strategies for Globex, which has always placed its clients first. Also in 2008, the implementation of a policy for solid and sustainable growth has enabled the group to accomplish goals that were once unreachable. 

Read more: Globex Logistics - Persistency and Perseverance

29.06.2009

Pursuing sustainable growth and entrepreneurship, Fast Global has been working hard to establish a new worldwide insurance service with a 'door-to-door' coverage and extremely competitive rates worldwide.This new service has been launched in June 2009 and intends to be a great tool for major export & import companies as well as freight forwarder and logistic operators that demand this kind of high quality insurance coverage with low rates. The project extends the coverage in a worldwide concept for all kind of products and different rates for different merchandizes.

Read more: Fast Global Logistics Innovates with the new Worldwide Insurance Service