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Rickenbacker Airport’s cargo roller coaster heads up in 2021
Several U.S. airports that cater to cargo saw upswings in volume last year because of huge trade flows and increased reliance on pure freighter aircraft due to the pandemic. Rickenbacker International Airport wasn’t one of them.
It suffered a 7.7% contraction in throughput that officials attribute to shifting supply chain dynamics and market vagaries. But 2020 also brought new customers, commodities and opportunities that have positioned the central Ohio airport for strong growth this year and...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/rickenbacker-airports-cargo-roller-coaster-heads-up-in-2021
Port Tampa Bay slices warehouse operator’s payments
The coronavirus pandemic has spoiled a chunk of the fruit import business in the United States. Because of that decline, Port Tampa Bay’s board this week took a big slice out of a refrigerated warehouse tenant’s monthly payments.
The board on Tuesday agreed to defer a $25,000 monthly loan payment for seven years and drop rent from $31,000 a month to 5% of revenues once those hit $5 million annually.
Port Logistics Tampa Bay leases 13.7 acres of land with a 140,000-square-foot refrigerated...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/port-tampa-bay-slices-warehouse-operators-payments
Good economic news: BendPak opens Alabama distribution center
The opening of BendPak’s Alabama distribution center (DC) is good news in a time when there is very little good news.
“The economic outlook globally is stressed and uncertain. BendPak investing in Mobile shows economic confidence is out there and the public gets some good economic news,” said Jimmy Lyons, director emeritus of the Alabama State Port Authority (ASPA).
BendPak, which manufactures and sells automotive lifts used in car dealerships and parking garages, has opened a 100,000-square-foot...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/good-economic-news-bendpak-opens-alabama-distribution-center
New facility in port of Antwerp
On 15 February 2019 Luik Natie Coldstore opened a new refrigerated warehouse offering an additional 6,000 pallet spaces. Furthermore the Kallo-based company is due to open yet another such facility in 2020 which with 22,000 pallet spaces will be by far the largest in Antwerp.
The latest coldstore is specially designed for rapid handling of fresh fruit, with the open refrigerated space permitting fast and accurate yellow checking, quality control and phytosanitary inspections.
“With these new...