WW and Gothenburg fortify partnership 
The major ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen (WW) is increasing its frequencies and destinations in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden), in response to growing demand for vehicle transport and breakbulk and project loads. WW recently added direct services from Gothenburg to the... mehr
Transporting an aircraft from Brazil to Florida
Antonov Airlines has transported parts for an aircraft in cooperation with DB Schenker Brazil from Viracopos, Brazil to Miami, USA, with one week’s notice for planning and executing the project. The unusual cargo was dismantled into consignments with dimensions that met the... mehr
Not only flowers from Colombia to Amsterdam
L&L International de Colombia has reported a recent collaboration with Eastway Global Forwarding, its Irish partner in the UFO network, for the air shipment of two aircraft engines. Each engine had a gross weight of 13.1 t and dimensions of 4.9 x 3.2 x 2.98 m. The... mehr
Hammerschlag in Brasilien 
Der Prozess ist durch die Corona-Umstände in den Hintergrund getreten, steht aber seit dem letzten Jahr auf seinem Höhepunkt. Allein im April 2021 kamen fünf Hafenterminals, teilweise der Binnenschifffahrt, unter den Hammer. Zusätzlich wurden die Konzessionen für 22 mittlere und... mehr
Five more A321P2Fs from Singapore
The Aviation Asset Management unit of ST Engineering has signed a LoI to lease up to five A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft to Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX), a new carrier from Miami. As part of end-to-end asset management solutions, the Singapore-based company will also... mehr
Handling fresh fish
Summer might officially have arrived recently, when the season's first wild Alaska Copper river salmon came in to Seattle WA from Cordova AK. For the second year in a row, however, Alaska Air Cargo staff handled the iconic fish with masks on their faces. Alaska Air Cargo flies... mehr
Ohio short-line deal closed
Agracel, which provides industrial development services to rural communities, has launched a new affiliate in the USA, Agracel Rail Holdings, to develop short-line and regional railroad services in North America. Agracel previously co-developed the Effingham Railroad and... mehr
On the box ships' renaissance
The shipyards are busy again. According to Clarksons, the order book for container ships is also on the rise. Since 2010, when 30% of the global order book were container vessels, their share of the operating fleet worldwide saw a constant downward trend to the low of 8.8% in... mehr
CN, not CPR, will combine with KCS
Canadian National Railway (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KSU) have entered into a definitive USD 33.6 billion merger agreement to create the premier railway. The agreement was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors. This combination of the two railways’... mehr
Heinemann Americas contracts logistics partner
A new partnership in the Americas: Heinemann Americas (HAI), the Florida-based affiliate of the international duty-free company Gebrüder Heinemann, and Bolloré Logistics have extended their ongoing cooperation to the new world. Since HAI opened its Miami office nearly seven... mehr