Skulls instead of drugs 
During a random check at Mexico's Querétaro airport on 30 December 2022, officials of the national security service came across a bizarre shipment. They became suspicious when X-rays were made of a package that was stored at a courier service and came from the state of... more
Nicole – an uninvited guest 
Optimism prevailed at Tiaca ACF 2022, despite dark clouds in the air cargo skies. Tiaca once again held its Air Cargo Forum recently – four years after the last edition of the world air cargo association’s ACF in Toronto (see pages 18-19 of ITJ 45-46 / 2018). The fact that more... more
Parcels and ULDs for its birthday
ITA Airways Cargo chooses its first digital distribution channel. Just over a year ago, on 15 October 2021, ITA Airways took over the mantle of Italian flag carrier from Alitalia. The pandemic of the time didn’t exactly make it an ideal moment to take off in the passenger... more
Forging heavylift transport solutions
Interested parties made bids for the new Goldhofer FT series at Bauma 2022. The manufacturers of transport solutions for heavy road haulage have to anticipate any demands the markets might come up with. Thus the Goldhofer group of companies, which originated from Bavaria and... more
An Atlantic alliance
A B747F and an AN-124-100M help an AOG to a high in the Azores. To prevent outage costs from going through the roof in the event of an ‘aircraft on ground’ (AOG), spare parts are generally urgently required. The recent deployment of several experienced players between the USA... more
Bringing it all together for a project
The market for crane selection and use remains complex – MyCrane will continue to simplify matters. All-rounders who know all about heavylift cranes have to know the industry, the customers and the technology well. Piet Kraaijeveld can offer this, having worked in Europe, Canada... more
18 airports connected by domestic RFS
Singapore Airlines has extended its cargo partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in the UK with a new contract for domestic road feeder services (RFS) connecting regional offline airports. WFS has provided cargo handling for the airline in the UK since 2015,... more
Flying gifts for Ethiopians in need
Boeing, through its ‘Humanitarian Delivery Flight Program’ launched in 1992, and Ethiopian Airlines have again partnered to bring humanitarian aid to those in need – this time using the airline's three recently delivered Boeing B737-8s to transport 5.4 t of supplies to Ethiopia.... more
Shortline railroad for a steel mill
The US class III operator, the Winchester and Western Railroad (W&W), an affiliate of Omnitrax, has signed an agreement to serve a new steel mill in West Virginia run by the Commercial Metals Company (CMC), the largest manufacturer of steel reinforcing bar (rebar) in North... more
Rail network expanding in the Midwest
3i-backed Regional Rail, an owner and operator of short-line freight railroads across North America, has agreed to acquire Agracel Rail Holdings’ three railroads, namely the Effingham Railroad, the South Point & Ohio Railroad and the Illinois Western Railroad, all located in... more