Following similar investments on the U.S. West Coast, UPS announced plans to nearly double the footprint and make sorting technology upgrades at its San Antonio-based ground sorting facility. Craig Wiltz, president of UPS’ Red River District, said, “population and business growth throughout Texas” were the main drivers for the expansion project. When the project is[…]

J. Scott Nelson, founder and chairman of Trax Technologies This year will be the scene of a major showdown over the issue of “big data,” as companies such as Amazon make their moves into the logistics sector. To keep up, integrators, shippers and carriers are seeking a deeper understanding of the enormous amounts of information[…]

For the first quarter of 2016, Agility yesterday reported a net profit of US$43.5 million, a respectable increase of 10.9 percent compared with the first quarter of 2015, which itself was a strong quarter for the air cargo world, due to the U.S. West Coast port slowdown. Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA)[…]

UAE-based Emirates reported a record profit of US$2.2 billion for the year 2015, in spite of softer revenues, which dropped 3 percent, year-over-year, to $25.3 billion. Revenues from the group’s SkyCargo division comprised 14 percent of the airline’s overall transport revenue, even as Skycargo unit revenues dropped 9 percent to $3 billion. Lower yields were[…]