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Trump’s tariff shift sends shockwaves through air cargo, threatening $22B in revenue

April 23, 2025 -

Starting May 2, stringent new U.S. trade policies targeting shipments from China—most notably a 145% duty on imported goods and the end of tariff-free access for low-value items — will disrupt global supply chains, slash air cargo revenue and force a dramatic overhaul of cross-border e-commerce models. The White House’s move, framed as a counter to Chinese economic aggression and illicit goods like opioid fentanyl, will punish companies from Apple ...

Hospitals are literally SUFFOCATING patients with plastic bags; AIR CARGO will be halted this winter due to collapsing airplane parts supply chain

October 13, 2021 - air cargo industry will collapse.

Since the international shipping / logistics supply chain is already in a state of collapse, air cargo has been the only remaining option for transporting goods around the world. Starting in December, that transportation infrastructure will begin collapsing. It's questionable whether air cargo will function at all by the spring of 2022, unless the vax mandates are reversed.

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Shanghai lockdown causing cargo backlog ripples throughout China

April 14, 2022 -

According to reports, freight is having to be rerouted around Shanghai due to the extended lockdown, resulting in higher costs and greater difficulties getting cargo from point A to point B.

Cargo facilities in other Chinese cities that are having to accommodate the changes are fast becoming overloaded, which is causing a ripple effect throughout the logistics sector.

According to American Shipper (Freight Waves), the supply chain problems that have developed throughout ...

Amazon, DHL reduce cargo flights as consumer demand weakens

February 10, 2023 - air cargo ambitions, including 10 Airbus A330-300 converted freighters, which the retail company is leasing through Altavair.

According to an Amazon official at that time, the A330s are replacement aircraft for older Boeing 767s that will exit the fleet in the next two years as their leases expire.

"These A330s will not only be the first of their kind in our fleet, but they’ll also be the newest, largest aircraft for Amazon Air, allowing us to deliver more ...

Houthi missile hits U.S.-owned cargo ship, says U.S. government

January 16, 2024 -

Gibraltar Eagle, the vessel in question, reported "no injuries or significant damage," according to the United States military command for the Middle East (Centcom). Despite the damage, the Marshall Islands-flagged vessel is continuing its journey through the Gulf of Aden.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) is claiming responsibility for the attack, which is a clear escalation of the situation in the Middle East and a spillover from the conflict in Gaza.

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China’s secret naval fleet: Cargo ships converted into missile platforms threaten Taiwan

December 29, 2025 -

A startling new report reveals the next frontier of naval warfare, and it’s hiding in plain sight. China has converted a commercial cargo ship into a heavily armed missile platform, a move that signals a dangerous shift in military strategy and directly threatens global shipping lanes and regional stability. This revelation, detailed in a report from The War Zone, shows a medium-sized cargo ship packed with approximately 60 vertical launch system cells ...

Tragedy in Louisville: Cargo plane crash claims multiple lives, sparks urgent investigation

November 05, 2025 -

A fiery cargo plane crash near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport on Tuesday evening left at least seven dead, 11 injured and a community in shock as authorities scramble to determine what caused the disaster.

The United Parcel Service (UPS)-operated McDonnell Douglas MD-11 freighter, Flight 2976 bound for Honolulu, exploded shortly after takeoff around 5:15 p.m. local time, engulfing nearby industrial buildings in flames and sending ...

Yemen’s Houthis sink cargo ship, kill mariners in renewed Red Sea assault

July 09, 2025 -

The Red Sea erupted in violence this week as Yemen’s Houthi rebels launched deadly attacks on two commercial ships, killing three mariners and forcing crews to abandon vessels in a dramatic escalation of their ongoing campaign against Israeli-linked shipping. The new assaults, which are the first since late 2024, come as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Donald Trump, underscoring the explosive geopolitical stakes of a conflict ...

Cargo ship with Israeli ties hijacked by Houthi rebels; 25 hostages taken

November 22, 2023 -

The attack involved the Japanese cargo ship Galaxy Leader and came just a few days after the Houthis released a graphic of an Israeli commercial ship in flames with a caption stating, “We will sink your ships.” The group has been fighting against the military of Yemen with backing from Iran for longer than a decade.

U.S. officials reported that the attack was carried out by helicopter at around 1:00 pm local time on Sunday. Armed rebels rappelled down to the deck of ...

Houthis escalate attacks as Dutch cargo ship set ablaze in Gulf of Aden

September 30, 2025 -

The Red Sea crisis just took another dangerous turn. A Netherlands-flagged cargo ship, the Minervagracht, was struck by an explosive device and set ablaze in the Gulf of Aden on Monday, marking the second attack on the vessel in a week. The incident, which wounded two crew members and left the ship adrift, suggests the Iran-backed Houthis are expanding their maritime campaign beyond Israeli-linked targets despite no clear connection to Israel.

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Chinese cargo ship’s covert Crimea visit signals dangerous new phase in sanctions evasion

September 27, 2025 -

In a bold move that challenges international law and Western sanctions, a Chinese-owned cargo ship has been documented docking in the Russian-occupied port of Sevastopol, Crimea. This event, reported by the Financial Times on Tuesday, Sept. 23, marks the first known instance of such a vessel calling at the annexed peninsula since 2014. The journey of the Panama-flagged Heng Yang 9, operated by China's Guangxi Changhai Shipping Company, was pieced together ...

Cost of shipping cargo across the seas in freefall due to lower demand

May 02, 2023 -

Container rates have sunk since peaking in August last year, with long-term ocean freight rates falling by as much as 24 percent. (Related: Global shipping to split into Western and Eastern blocs soon.)

According to the Freightos Baltic Daily Index, one of the main indexes for gauging the cost of transporting freight  containers across the Atlantic, the average rate for shipping cargo from Europe to the American East Coast was hovering a little above $3,000 per forty-foot ...

Cargo ships now waiting a record 17 days to unload at California ports

November 17, 2021 -

California Governor Gavin Newsom is trying to address the bottleneck problems by doubling capacities at the state's Department of Motor Vehicles in an effort to conduct more commercial driving tests to ease truck driver shortages. It will also remain open on Saturdays at various test sites.

"With today's announcement, we'll get more truckers on the road to get goods where they need to go faster. The supply chain crisis is not a California-specific problem, but we've ...

Cargo ship backlogs in California hit record high as supply chain crisis worsens

October 22, 2021 -

Both figures are a lot higher than the 17 ships normally anchored at the ports before the pandemic.

Holding areas that have not been used since 2004 are now open to accommodate the surge of container, bulk and cargo ships. Cargo carriers have to wait up to five weeks for their turn to unload goods. Once the containers reach land, it takes weeks more to queue and unload them. Of the 100 vessels at the harbor on Monday, 33 container ships were in holding areas.

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Startup announces plans to use bike lanes for delivery robots to move cargo

September 11, 2020 -

The company, a brainchild of University of Michigan professors Ram Vasudevan and Matthew Johnson-Roberson, is pitching its five-foot-tall REV-1 as a lightweight, low-cost, autonomous delivery robot that can zip around at up to 15 miles per hour in both bicycle lanes and roadways, making for more efficient last-mile deliveries.

“We have created the Goldilocks of autonomous vehicles in terms of size and shape,” said Johnson-Roberson, who serves as the CEO of Refraction ...

Air fresheners are filling cars with toxic air

April 04, 2019 -

Although most car air fresheners do not provide a list of ingredients on their packaging, nearly all contain Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs). VOCs are organic compounds that easily convert into gas or vapors.

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“Volatile organic compounds are released from burning fuel, such as gasoline, wood, coal, or natural gas. They are also emitted from oil and gas fields and diesel exhaust. They are also released from solvents, paints, glues, and other products ...

Air purifiers using ozone can make air quality worse when combined with air freshener chemicals

March 21, 2007 - Air purifiers using ozone can make air quality worse when combined with air freshener chemicals

Wednesday, March 21, 2007 by: M. T. WhitneyTags: air purifiers, indoor air quality, health news

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Cargo ship that hit Baltimore Bridge was also involved in Belgium collision in 2016

April 02, 2024 -

The Singapore-registered container ship Dali, chartered by Maersk and operated by Synergy Marine Group, is a massive vessel measuring approximately 948 feet long and capable of carrying 10,000 containers.

According to authorities in Antwerp, on July 11, 2016, Dali's bow veered off course and collided with a quay as it attempted to depart the North Sea container terminal. the collision caused substantial damage to several meters of the container ship's hull due to structural ...

Cargo processing operations in El Paso temporarily suspended due to flood of illegal immigrants

September 28, 2023 -

According to the announcement of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), this suspension was necessary to redirect CBP personnel toward processing illegal migrants who had arrived in El Paso and Eagle Pass. Trade stakeholders were advised to reroute their cargo to alternative processing facilities during the suspension.

Democratic State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, whose district includes El Paso, reported that wait times for truck crossings at the nearby Ysleta Bridge in southern ...

Cargo thefts up during second quarter of 2020, threatening supplies of food and fuel

August 27, 2020 -

In total, the firm recorded 227 cargo thefts since federal authorities declared the pandemic in March: 96 of these thefts occurred in April, 67 in May and 64 in June. The average value of the stolen goods per incident during the said quarter is just over $200,000.

These figures correspond to a 56 percent increase in thefts and an 80 percent increase in theft value compared to those recorded in 2019. Texas also overtook California for the first time since the third quarter ...