Airports

Hawaii shipping braces for Hurricane Douglas

Hawaii shipping

Hurricane Douglas, the first eastern Pacific hurricane of the year, is expected to sweep across the Hawaiian Islands between Saturday evening and Sunday, bringing potentially damaging wind, according to FreightWaves meteorologist Nick Austin.

In addition to the high winds, FreightWaves and other weather forecasters warn that the storm brings the potential of flash floods and heavy surf to the islands.

The state’s population has been urged to shelter in place during the storm.

The storm has also...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/hawaii-shipping-braces-for-hurricane-douglas

Touchless Technology, UV Sanitation – How Airports Coping With COVID19

With COVID-19 ravaging the aviation industry, airlines and airports worldwide are reining in costs and halting new spending, except in one area: reassuring pandemic-wary passengers about travel, says an article published in Reuters

“Whatever the new normal (…) it’s going to be more and more around self-service,” Sean Donohue, chief executive of Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport (DFW), told Reuters in an interview.

New facilities 

The airport is working with American Airlines – whose home...

https://mfame.guru/touchless-technology-uv-sanitation-how-airports-coping-with-covid19/

Cargo-friendly airports shine during COVID crisis

Big cargo plane being unloaded in the rain at airport.

Secondary airports geared toward cargo are proving their value during the coronavirus pandemic as a faster alternative for delivering goods. 

Airports outside major metro areas have always had a speed advantage over international passenger gateways such as Chicago O’Hare and New York’s JFK airport. An onslaught of freighter aircraft full of medical supplies for the COVID response has magnified congestion at those hubs and forced shippers to consider other options.

Good infrastructure, customer...

https://s29755.pcdn.co/news/cargo-friendly-airports-shine-during-covid-crisis

How artificial intelligence is keeping time-critical shipments on track during pandemic

Consumers are seeing and feeling the impact of COVID-19 supply chain interruptions and delays in their everyday lives, from shortages of paper goods and cleaning supplies in grocery stores, to rising prices for beef and poultry.

For specialized industries such as health care and aerospace, however, the stakes of supply chain interruptions and service failures have perhaps never been higher. So far the traditional hub-and-spoke time-critical logistics industry has largely struggled to adapt,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/how-artificial-intelligence-is-keeping-time-critical-shipments-on-track-during-pandemic

+ More