Cargo airline

History of United Parcel Service Airlines United Parcel Service (UPS) was founded in 1907 in Seattle, Washington, when 19-year-old James E. (“Jim”) Casey borrowed $100 from a friend, and established, with partner Claude Ryan, the American Messenger Company, whose services included running errands and delivering packages, notes, baggage and even food from restaurants. In 1913, American merged with a rival messenger service, the Motorcycle Delivery Company, creating Merchants Parcel Delivery, and switched its focus from a messenger service to package delivery for retail stores. In 1915, at the behest of Charlie Soderstrom, Merchant’s began painting their vehicles brown because the color hid dirt well. In 1919, the company expanded outside…

Special Air Cargo There are several categories of special air cargo for which airlines and air cargo operators must provide accommodations. Three of these categories are: high value cargo, perishable cargo, and hazardous materials. When an airline accepts this special cargo for transport, it must provide special equipment to handle the cargo, specialized warehouses to store it or trans-ship it, and sometimes specially configured aircraft to transport it. There are also international and…

Where will I be in ten years? This is a question I often reflectively pose to myself. How can one simple question, containing just seven little words, be full of such endless possibilities and outcomes? Ten years ago, I would not have said that I would be a full time student, on my way to earning a degree in Sociology. Ten years ago I was still in my career of choice, truck driving. One could say I was just “spinning my wheels”, so to speak. A truck driver is certainly not something I had…

When it comes to ordering goods, there are many ways the good can get to and from its destination. Some of the modes include: air, ground, rail, pipeline, and water. The logistics mode air is being used often when it comes to transporting overseas or across the country. Even though air freight is the fastest of the five modes, it is also the most expensive. There are many supply chain uses, costs, innovations, and future possibilities when it comes to picking the mode air. The mode of…

Analysis on China Airlines When China Airlines was founded in 16th December 1959, it had TWD 400,000 registered capital, 26 aircraft fleets, and two PBY aircrafts supported by the Republic of China government. Before having its own routes developed, China Airlines concentrated on operating charter flights more as a military service, including cargo supplies, and it inaugurated the first domestic flight flying from Taipei to Hualien in 1966. Following the introduction of Caravelle and Boeing…

has preceded with shifts in the U.S. economy towards more administrations, expanded generation of high-esteem and light-weight merchandise, extended exchange with Mexico and China, and the present example of worldwide creation and appropriation frameworks impacted patterns in U.S. cargo transportation. As the country 's economy moved towards more administrations, the products offer of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) declined in respect to add up to GDP. Thirty-four years prior, in 1970, merchandise…

“Anchors Under the Sea” Independente. Sounds stressful and tough right? It's like a ship loaded with really important merchandise for a really big company that has to be delivered on time and safe. But the question is, what helps the ship be safe during the trip? Anchors. An anchor tries or avoids an accident of a ship from a really strong wind and waves or even storms. Anchors can even stop a ship from drowning down to the sea. And the reason why I compare this to my life is because ever since…

The maritime industry since the beginning of recorded time has been the focal point for transportation of goods around the world. It is the most economical and environmentally friendly way to transport large goods throughout the world. Today, around 90% of world trade is carried by the maritime industry. Around 50,000 merchant ships, registered in over 150 nations and manned by over a million seafarers of nearly every nationality, transport every kind of cargo internationally. The continuous…

CHAPTER ONE Introduction International Trade has made the world a global village. The superstructure of international trade is built on the shipping industry. The shipping industry is very critical for trade and it faces a fair share of troubles and issues regarding course deviation by ships, seaworthiness of ships, delays in delivery, shipping of dangerous cargo, marine insurance disputes, cargo-worthiness and care of cargo, jurisdictional issues and many other such issues. No country can…

Deregulation of this industry has changed the rule of the game in both the European Union (EU) and the United States (US). The service infrastructure has many interests involved and it is a for profit business. Therefore, some of the advantages of the deregulation are: increased competition, improved efficiencies, better level of services, lower costs, better communication infrastructure, and specialized cargo companies depending on the Intermodal Loading Unit (ILU). These improvements are…