Methanol-Maersk is on 
In March 2022, A.P. Moller - Maersk entered into strategic partnerships with six companies involved in methanol production. By the agreements with Cimc Enric, European Energy, Green Technology Bank, Orsted, Proman, and Wastefuel, the aim is to source at least 730,000 t/year... more
Joining forces to augment intermodal services
MSC and FS Group have signed a MoU to create synergies in logistics. The agreement will initially aim at checking the opportunities and mutual interest to implement a commercial and operational partnership project to develop intermodal services. FS’s Polo Logistica... more
UPS promotes Engin Kolat
UPS has appointed Turkey director of operations Engin Kolat as its new Turkey country managerto lead the company’s operations, business development, and strategy in Turkey. Kolat joined UPS as an expert in revenue management and pricing expert in 2013 after graduating from... more
Port of Houston's boom to continue?
The Port of Houston in Texas has set its second record for monthly container volumes in 2022. Handling almost 383,000 teu in August, the port surpassed its previous monthly record of 335,000 teu in container throughput set in May 2022. August’s monthly handling result was... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
J.M. Barrie (1860-1937), the author of Peter Pan, always ordered Brussels sprouts for dinner, but he never ate them. He just liked the name so much that he enjoyed saying it. more
AIT partners with Kalitta Air
Global supply chain solutions specialist AIT Worldwide Logistics has entered into a new civil reserve air fleet (Craf) partnership with Ypsilanti (MI)-based Kalitta Air. The strategic alliance continues AIT’s longstanding designation as a Craf-sponsored freight forwarder,... more
Shipper adopts Geodis' carbon reduction programme
The Danish group Grundfos, a major water technology company, has decided to change its global freight policy. Its annual amount of 20,000 containers will now be shipped in a more sustainable manner by the use of the Geodis sustainable fuel programme which aims to replace... more
Transit time significantly shortened
India and Iran have successfully concluded the first pilot of a fully digital intermodal TIR transport, the International Road Transport Union (IRU) reported. The container was released less than a day after arriving in Iran’s Bandar Abbas port, which would have otherwise taken... more
Time to follow the migratory birds
Starting next month, Air Canada will extend its freighter network into USA for the first time, with flights linking its Toronto hub to Dallas and Atlanta. Air Canada Cargo, which continues to increase its widebody freighter fleet, is also expanding its presence in South... more
Ice melting – one way or the other
Second conference on ‘The Future of Norwegian Seafood Air Logistics’. A series of challenges need to be overcome to ensure that Scandinavian seafood exports achieve their full potential, as ITJ correspondent Michael Mackey reports from a conference held in Oslo on 19 September.... more