NYK Line bucks trend, exits cargo airline business

Japanese ocean shipping and transport company Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, also known as NYK Line, on Tuesday announced it will sell Nippon Cargo Airlines to All Nippon Airways. The decision reverses a new trend of vessel operators establishing their own freighter airlines.

Publicly traded NYK Line said it is exiting the air cargo business because it has become too expensive to run a profitable airline and grow to meet new demand. NCA owns and controls 15 Boeing 747 jumbo freighters: eight...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/nyk-line-bucks-trend-exits-cargo-airline-business

More air and sea carriers take the digital plunge to offer online freight booking

The transport industry – particularly air and sea – has taken one step further towards online pricing, and a subsequently improved relationship with forwarders, according to carriers.
Cargosphere has launched eSUDS Connector, a universal rate structure and API (application programming interface) for ocean carriers to offer digital rate distribution to customers.
The connector enables shipping lines to transfer confidential customer contracts, amendments and global surcharge tariffs to the...

https://theloadstar.com/more-air-and-sea-carriers-take-the-digital-plunge-to-offer-online-freight-booking/