INBRIEF
> J.B. Hunt Transport Services and BNSF Railway launched Quantum, a pre- mium intermodal oering. The oering cuts delivery times by one day from stan- dard intermodal service. The shipments are assigned priority drayage and rail positions. > Atlas Air , a subsidi- ary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, took deliv- ery of a Boeing 777 Freighter on behalf of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company SA. Atlas Air now operates four 777 Freighters for MSC. The aircraft sup- ports MSC’s weekly global services, including a route from Hong Kong to Dallas/ Fort Worth.
Drive accommodates high- value vehicles on the airline’s freighters and passenger flights, delivering them to more than 160 belly-hold and more than 70 freighter destinations as well as other destinations that are not part of its scheduled services.
>TRANSPORTATION
Cargo airline One Air took delivery of its second Boeing 747-400 freighter. The additional aircraft sup- ports the new airline’s regular charter services connecting Hong Kong and London Heathrow, as well as provides ad hoc capacity for global charter services.
> ZIM started a short sea ser- vice linking Mexico to the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, with the first shipment of more than 1,000 vehicles deliv- ered through the gateway in November 2023. The Gold Star service oering from ZIM provides delivery of roll-on/ roll-o cargo for automakers.
cargo-partner launched cross-border road solu- tions connecting the United States, Mexico, and Canada. Its U.S. team is located in four cargo-partner o ces in Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, and Clarksville. > Lufthansa Cargo wel- comed a fourth Airbus A321 freighter to its fleet and continued to expand its route network by add- ing Stockholm, Amman, and Stavanger to its winter flight schedule. With 14 pallet and container positions on the main deck and 10 on the lower deck, the twin-engine medium-haul aircraft has a total payload of 28 tons. > OOCL launched a new Japan-Philippines service called KTX4. The new oer- ing enhances the network coverage between Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, South China, and the Philippines. KTX4 directly connects multiple ports in Japan with the Philippines.
> A.P. Moller - Maersk (Maersk) is set to launch the rst of its 18 large methanol- enabled vessels currently on order. On February 9, 2024, the new vessel enters service on the Asia-Europe lane, which includes port calls in Shanghai, Tanjung Pelepas, Colombo, and Hamburg, with Ningbo, China, as its rst destination. The container vessel built by Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea is equipped with a dual-fuel engine, enabling operations on methanol as well as biodiesel and conventional bunker fuel.
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