Boeing to host final jumbo handover 
Boeing will present a live webcast of the ceremony marking the delivery of the final 747 to Atlas Air on 31 January 2023 at 16.00 h Eastern time (13.00 Pacific time). Thousands of people – including current and former employees as well as customers and suppliers – will... mehr
Fiata welcomes new vice chairs for CAI and REU
Fiata has elected Samir J. Shah and Tomas Arvidsson as Customs Affairs Institute (CAI) and Region Europe (REU) vice chairmen, respectively. Shah is a past chairman and advisor to FFFAI - Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India - and managing committee member... mehr
ONE tightens links to Latin America
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is introducing a new Altiplano Service (ATS), which is scheduled to commence in February 2023. Connecting Arica and Iquique, Chile, from Callao, Peru, the new ATS service provides an extended coverage of Northern Chile and complements ONE’s existing... mehr
Bridging the African gap
Ethiopian Airlines Group (ET) has partnered with Mailamericas (MA), a private postal operator and gold member of the consultive committee for the Universal Postal Union, to develop competitive cross border ecommerce services within Africa and the Middle East using Addis Ababa as... mehr
Branche braucht einen langen Atem 
GSSA erwartet Aufschwung für die Luftfracht im zweiten Jahresviertel oder im zweiten Halbjahr. Nach einer Hochsaison, die keine war, blickt die Luftfracht ungewiss in die Zukunft. Andrius Antanaitis, der bei Strike Aviation für die Geschäftsentwicklung in Europa verantwortlich... mehr
Expanded intermodal services for US shippers
RSI Logistics and Transtar have inked a partnership agreement. The collaboration will see RSI operate the Delray Connecting Railroad Company’s Zug Island transloading location within Transtar’s US rail network, as well as jointly partnering to market the transloading... mehr
Inform promotes Justin Newell
Inform, a global software provider of AI driven digital decision-making to optimise business operations headquartered in Aachen, Germany, has promoted Justin Newell to CEO, Inform North America. Newell succeeds Inform North America founder and chairman, Adrian Weiler, who... mehr
A mixed bag for J.B. Hunt
US-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported its Q4/2022 results recently. While the net income amounted to USD 201.3 million, 16.9% less than in Q4/2021 (242.2 million in Q4/2021), revenues for the current quarter went up to USD 3.65 billion, an increase of 4% compared to the... mehr
Tonnages make a big jump again - yields not yet
The latest preliminary figures from World ACD Market Data reveal a strong post-holiday season recovery of global air cargo tonnages in the second week of 2023. The 19% upswing is delayed compared with last year, when tonnages had already begun to recover by the end of the first... mehr
Global transit times improving
The Ocean Shipping Index from E2 open is based on information from a business network that includes 420,000 interconnected companies managing 13.5 billion transactions and tracking 71 million containers annually. In its issue for Q4/2022, the index reports that, in major... mehr