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ACL Airshop signs ULD agreement with Atlas Air

Atlas Air has signed a long-term ULD management agreement with ACL Airshop that focuses on efficiency, digital innovation, and service excellence in worldwide ULD operations. Through the agreement, ACL Airshop will provide integrated ULD management services, including fleet management, MRO, digital tracking, and global logistics support. Atlas Air will benefit from ACL Airshop's IoT-based tracking technology and proprietary ULD management software, offering real-time visibility, utilisation insights, and analytics to optimise fleet performance. Continuous monitoring and proactive interventions will minimise disruptions, reduce costs, and maximize availability, said ACL Airshop. The partnership also highlights ACL Airshop's charter ULD logistics offering, which combines its global footprint with rapid-response capabilities to manage both routine and extraordinary demands. Bobby Wood, vice president, ground operations, Atlas Air, said: "Operational excellence depends on having the right resources in the right place at the right time. "This agreement strengthens our global ULD capabilities through greater visibility, improved fleet management and a trusted partner that understands the complexity of our worldwide operation. Together, these enhancements will help us deliver even greater reliability and service for our customers." James Harris, chief executive of ACL Airshop, added: "Atlas Air is one of the world's largest and leading cargo airlines, and we're proud to continue building a long-standing partnership founded on trust, innovation, and shared success. "By combining our global infrastructure, digital capabilities, and deep operational expertise, we're helping create a more connected, efficient, and resilient ULD management operation for the future."

BNSF's switching rate blitz - gauging the impact

Rewind: a dispute over switching fees at a handful of Nebraska grain elevators is quietly testing the limits of railroad competition in America's heartland. When BNSF Railway rewrote its reciprocal switching tariff on May 1, the effect at one Grand Island, Nebraska facility was immediate and blunt: the per-car switching fee jumped from $295 to $1,395. At five other locations across Nebraska, Iowa, and Texas, the longstanding $105 unit-train grain rate simply vanished, replaced by a standard merchandise rate ...

MSC - M&A hungry and on the prowl

As Ian Fleming wrote in his 1959 novel Goldfinger: "Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action." Apply that to the current M&A-prone landscape for shipping lines and... Now What's known: Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) is - directly or indirectly; more below - readying to pull the trigger, as "urgency is felt to close deals", including those where 100% ownership must be achieved in various ventures. Kind of... in line with the post-Covid narrative for MSC, and so: sourced from ...