CASS

A Yacht Whose Construction Took A Total Of 20 Years

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The story of Cass: a yacht that was 20 years in the making, states a Yachting World news report.

Gravity takes over and you hope you make a safe landing

Cass is a Holman & Pye design from the early 1970s, whose build was a remarkable labour of love stretching over 20 years. Nigel Sharp reports.

“I used to do a lot of skydiving,” Simon Mitchell told me. “While you’re still in the aircraft you have options but, once you leave the door, gravity takes over and you...

https://mfame.guru/a-yacht-whose-construction-took-a-total-of-20-years/

`All gas. No brakes’

U.S. freight rates surged in December, setting the stage for a powerful pricing tailwind in 2021, according to a monthly index published by freight audit and payment firm Cass Information Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CASS) and released on Thursday.

The Cass freight expenditures index jumped 13% year-on-year, according to the index, which is based on about $28 billion in annual freight payments that Cass audits. The freight expenditures subindex, which measures changes in pricing action, rose 6.8%...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/all-gas-no-brakes

The Daily Dash: Freight volumes, capacity and earnings remain strong

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening today in the state of freight.

Freight volumes remain strong through July 

There was little evidence that freight volumes would weaken beyond the Fourth of July holiday peak — and this bullish outlook proved correct. The outbound tender volume index (OTVI) remains strong after the traditional holiday peak and finished this week 25% above 2019 volumes. Truck capacity remains tight. Tender rejections climbed again this week and are now at 16.55%. 

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PayCargo instant payments system takes off in air cargo

PayCargo has launched itself with much fanfare into the air cargo industry.
The firm began its business – instant payments between forwarders/agents and carriers – a decade ago in the ocean freight trade, building up some 2,500 vendors on its books and nearly 13,000 payers. 
And its popularity is continuing, according to its chief executive officer for the Americas, Lionel van der Walt. 
“This is a big marketplace that’s so behind in terms of tech,” he said. “There is …

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