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CMA CGM Announces New Gulf, Caribbean Services; Launches Tracking App

April 21, 2015

CMA CGM Group

The CMA CGM Group has launched a new service linking the Mediterranean with the U.S. Gulf and Caribbean.

Risks & Opportunities When Trading with Latin America

April 16, 2015

Nelson R. Cabrera, Director, Business Development, Lilly & Associates Int'l.

Crowley Adds Flat-Deck Barge to Puerto Rico Service

April 14, 2015

Crowley Liner Services

Crowley Liner Services has added a flat-deck barge to its Puerto Rico service.

The State of Logistics in Mexico

April 9, 2015

SupplyChainBrain

Matt Hamson, chief executive officer with Coronado Logistics, details the transportation challenges and opportunities being experienced by shippers, carriers and third parties in Mexico.

Airfreight Industry Finds Asia-to-South America Services Increasingly Popular

April 6, 2015

Air Cargo World

In early March, a loaded 747-400 freighter, operated by Atlas Air on behalf of forwarding firm Panalpina, pushed back from the gate in Huntsville, Alabama, and took off at sunset, full of machine parts from the American Midwest. It was the inaugural flight of Panalpina's twice-weekly "Brazil Wings" main-deck service from Huntsville to São Paulo, Brazil. On its return journey to Huntsville from Viracopos International Airport, the freighter flew on to Hong Kong International, with a load of perishable goods from Brazil and other South American markets. The total transit time for the new VCP-HSV-HKA route was less than 40 hours – pretty impressive for a journey of more than 11,300 nautical miles.

IAG Cargo Adds Services in Latin American Network

March 31, 2015

IAG Cargo

IAG Cargo is boosting its Latin America service network with the launching of a new route into Colombia, and the reopening of its route into Cuba.

Yusen Logistics Expands Project Cargo Network to Brazil

March 26, 2015

Yusen Logistics Do Brasil Ltda.

Yusen Logistics Do Brasil Ltda. has established a dedicated project cargo team in Brazil.

Will Latin America, U.S. Manufacturers Doing Business There Suffer if Oil Prices Continue to Be Depressed?

March 24, 2015

MAPI

The consensus among analysts is that cheaper oil should be broadly neutral for Latin American countries in general, with clear winners and losers. Their expectation is that net oil exporters will suffer from lower oil prices and net oil importers will benefit. Although we can agree with that general short-term diagnosis, it is predicted that a sustained period of lower oil prices will have a net negative impact on Latin America and on the prospects of U.S. manufacturing companies doing business in the region.

Paquetexpress Launches LTL Service Between Mexico, U.S. Southeast

March 13, 2015

J. Canavati & Co. LLC

Paquetexpress, a courier, messenger and consolidated freight carrier based in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, has developed a new service linking 99 Mexican destinations with the southeast region of the U.S.