DHX-Dependable Hawaiian Express has purchased an 18,000 square foot building encompassing warehousing and offi ce space in the Guamanian capital of Agana for its headquarters on that rapidly growing civilian and military strategic island in the western Pacific. The full service facility was acquired by DHX to handle both air and ocean traffi c. The forwarder is expanding operations between the US Mainland and Guam. The US-based freight forwarder and logistics provider has been active in … [Read more...] about AMERICA: DHX buys building for Guam HQ

Oak Hill Capital Partners has executed a defi nitive agreement to acquire Southern Air, for an undisclosed sum. On closing, Southern Air will be combined with Cargo 360, an existing Oak Hill Capital portfolio company. Southern Air’s founder & CEO, James Neff, and his family will retain a signifi cant minority interest in the combined company, and Neff will serve as its CEO. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The combined business, which will trade as “Southern … [Read more...] about AMERICA: Oak Hill Capital to acquire Southern Air

NWA Cargo said that a new feature, House Air Waybill (HAWB) templates, has been added to Cargo Portal Services (CPS), the airline’s online booking engine developed in cooperation with other major carriers. The HAWB templates allow CPS users to save information and then recall or update the data quickly for subsequent airshipments. HAWBs contain more than two dozen pieces of information on individual shipments including shippers and consignee contacts, account numbers, carrier, routing … [Read more...] about AMERICA: NWA Cargo adds HAWB to CPS

Last month, the European Commission adopted the fourth update of the list of airlines banned in the European Union. This list includes an operating ban of all Indonesian airlines as well as of the Angolan fl ag carrier, TAAG Angolan airlines, and of Volare Aviation Enterprise from Ukraine. The restrictions previously imposed on Pakistan International Airlines have been modified. In addition, airlines from Russia (10) Bulgaria (6) and Moldova (8) have to stop their operations in the EU on the … [Read more...] about EUROPE: EU announces new blacklist