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by rail between Kunming, China and Vientiane, Laos and then by truck from Vientiane to Thailand and other neighboring Southeast Asian countries across the international border with Thailand’s Nong Khai Province. > Bamboo Airways is growing its Asia-Pacific cargo operations with the help of agent ECS Group . The airline is expanding its network beyond Vietnam to the United States, Europe, Japan, Australia, and other regions. Current services include thrice-weekly flights between Saigon and Singapore and twice-weekly flights between Hanoi and Singapore. > Roadrunner , a less-than- truckload (LTL) carrier specializing in long-haul nationwide metro-to-metro shipping, added five direct lanes to its service network and improved transit times by at least one day in 66 of its major lanes. The new direct services include Phoenix to Chicago, Detroit to Dallas, Indianapolis to Atlanta, St. Louis to Dallas, and Cincinnati to Atlanta.
> OOCL launched the Transpacific Latin Pacific 6 (TLP6) service to offer express linkage between China and South America’s West Coast. TLP6 provides direct connections from China to Mexico, Guatemala, and Chile, offering a 22-day transit time from Shanghai to Puerto Quetzal and 32 days to San Antonio, Chile. > Yang Ming started loop SA8, its latest Far East-West Coast of Latin America service, in July 2022. A fleet of eight 2,400-3,700 TEU vessels are deployed on the weekly service; two of them are from Yang Ming. The SA8 port rotation includes Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Pusan, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Puerto Quetzal, Buenaventura, and Valparaiso. > Nippon Express (China) launched a multimodal transport service linking China and neighboring Southeast Asian countries via truck transport that utilizes an international railway connecting China and Laos. The service transports cargo
> PITT OHIO will provide direct LTL service to and from New York starting on August 14, 2022. The company reached an agreement to acquire Teal’s Express, which has provided LTL service within New York state for more than 96 years. Teal’s Express and PITT OHIO have partnered to provide LTL service to and from the state since 2016.
> UWL , in partnership with Swire Shipping, linked a new dedicated barge service from Phnom Pehn, Cambodia, to its express ocean transportation service between Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, and Seattle, which allows shippers in Cambodia to reach the U.S. West Coast in 25 days. The new feeder service provides importers with guaranteed access to equipment and capacity in Phnom Penh.
> Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa Cargo added Swiss WorldCargo to their joint venture, which offers shippers more direct connections and access to the shared network via the booking systems of the three partners. Initially, the airlines will cooperate on routes from Hong Kong to Zurich and Frankfurt. Traffic to and from Hong Kong and the rest of Europe will be added later in 2022.
> LATAM Group now offers direct air cargo service from the Huntsville International Airport in Alabama, to Brazil, in collaboration with freight forwarder DSV . The new LATAM Star service has weekly Monday morning departures from Huntsville and is scheduled to arrive the same day in Viracopos, Brazil.
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