More Amazon in Quebec 
Amazon has opened two new sortation centres and its first three delivery stations in Quebec (Canada). A 160,000 sqm in Coteau-du-Lac, a suburb just west of Montreal, will be the company’s largest sortation centre in this province and is set to open in the course of 2021.... more
Latest titanium tanks in operation
In Germany, Hoyer Group engineers pooled their specialist knowledge and developed a new generation of titanium tank containers for highly corrosive dangerous goods. After two years of intensive development work and construction time, two units will be put into operation in... more
Cold chain through Alaska
Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage, a joint venture of industrialist Chad Brownstein and McKinley Capital Management, and the State of Alaska have concluded a 55-year lease agreement at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), marking a major milestone in the development of... more
Viasea expands in UK
Norwegian owned company and shipping line Viasea Shipping, established in autumn 2016, has opened a new office in UK. Due to increased traffic between UK and Norway, Viasea has appointed Andrew Ellis as UK managing director to set up the office in Immingham (UK). With over... more
Finland – Siberia in just 5.5 days by rail
Russian Railways (RZD) has launched a high-speed cross-border freight service from Western Siberia to Northern Europe. The first high-speed freight train loaded with chemical products recently departed for Finland from Kopylovo station on West Siberian Railways in the Tomsk... more
Hot demand for chilled goods
The latest annual analysis of the reefer market presented by the Dutch consultancy Dynamar confirmed the trend in 2019, the latest year analysed. A global appetite for selected special food products boosted the reefer market. The provisional figures in Dynamar’s ‘Reefer... more
New basic ULD services solution
Global ULD services provider Jettainer has developed and launched "plug&fly". The new basic version of its full-service ULD solution enables small and mid-sized airlines to unlock the benefits of outsourced ULD management. It helps airlines optimise their ULD... more
50% more capacity and 600 extra containers
Lineas and Poland-based PCC Intermodal will increase the frequency of their regular connection between Belgium and Poland from 1 February 2021. Having previously made three round trips, the Poland Xpress will now travel five times per week to meet a growing demand for... more
CCO for CargoAi
Magali Beauregard joins CargoAi as chief customer officer (CCO), assuming her role from 1 February 2021. Formerly head of commercial Asia Pacific at Lufthansa Cargo and senior account manager at Booking.com, she has experience in SAAS platforms and in the air cargo industry.... more