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Trade group wary of unfunded mandate to curtail fentanyl smuggling

20 February 2024

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Airforwarders Association is interacting with more international organizations to gain wider influence for issues important to U.S. logistics providers. Other priorities this year involve funding to improve airport cargo flows and preventing the White House and Congress from putting the onus on logistics providers for stopping cross-border shipments of fentanyl.

Executive Director Brandon Fried expressed concern during the general membership meeting here last week that the...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/airforwarders-association-takes-advocacy-to-international-stage

Burrell Aviation taps former Southwest exec for cargo push

6 February 2023

Burrell Aviation, a new venture offering cash-strapped secondary airports a unique model of private-sector financing and operational capabilities to spur development of cargo and other non-passenger infrastructure, has hired a former sales chief at Southwest Airlines Cargo to attract airfreight subtenants.

It’s even considering starting an express regional airline to round out a comprehensive airport service bundle aimed at enticing logistics companies.

The investment group appointed Dave...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/burrell-aviation-taps-former-southwest-exec-for-cargo-push

Breaking: Congress approves $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill

6 November 2021

A historic, $1.2 trillion infrastructure package that folds in a reauthorization of the highway bill for the next five years — including a load of new provisions that affect trucking — is finally headed to President Joe Biden’s desk for signing.

After months of political gamesmanship between the progressive wing of the Democratic party in The House of Representatives and conservative Democrats in the Senate – both trying to use leverage to affect passage of the related budget reconciliation bill...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/congress-approves-12-trillion-infrastructure-bill

Cargo handlers move to airport suburbs to escape O’Hare congestion

9 June 2021

An airport worker with a yellow vest walks towards an airplane and a ground tug.

Ground service providers drowning in shipments delivered by airlines are responding to massive gridlock at Chicago O’Hare by permanently relocating some warehouse operations outside the property to increase capacity in what could increasingly become a model at major U.S. airports that haven’t prioritized investment in cargo facilities.

Alliance Ground International (AGI), with stations around the country, and local ground handling agent Maestro International Cargo this month are both opening...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/cargo-handlers-move-to-airport-suburbs-to-escape-ohare-congestion

When pigs fly

13 November 2020

St. Louis Lambert International Airport celebrated the departure of a special export cargo this week: 200 breeding hogs destined for Sao Paulo.

The hogs were shipped on board an Atlas Air 747-400 freighter on Wednesday from the Midwestern airport to Sao Paulo’s Viracopos International Airport. The shipment marked the airport’s first attempt at conducting a large livestock shipment.

Seven years ago, the St. Louis airport authority began developing its program to transport U.S. livestock shipments...

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