NAC is launch lessor for Embraer E-Jet P2F 
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is a launch lessor for the E-Jet P2F – passenger-to-freighter – programme announced in March 2022. NAC, the world’s largest regional aircraft lessor, will convert up to ten of its fleet of E190s and E195s to freighter aircraft. The E190F and... more
Alliance Ground Intl acquires TAS
Alliance Ground International (AGI) has entered into a transaction to acquire passenger and cargo handling specialist Total Airport Services (TAS) as it continues to expand its ground handling operations. The transaction is subject to customary regulatory approvals. TAS... more
Montreal pushed projects in 2021
The Canadian Port of Montreal recorded a throughput of 1.7 million teu in 2021, up 7.5 from 2020. In tonnage, however, the port saw a decline of 3%, handling a total of 34 million t of goods last year. Financial results remained stable, with operating income moving sidewards... more
Abracadabra in Latin America's air transport business
Exactly 40 years after the Steve Miller Band released the pop classic "Abracadabra", the shareholders of Avianca (Colombia) and GOL (Brazil) have conjured the “Abra Group as a major air transportation group across Latin America” out of the hat. Subject to customary... more
Menzies Aviation and Agunsa to partner in Chile
Menzies Aviation has acquired a controlling stake in Agunsa Aviation Services, formerly a wholly owned subsidiary of Agencias Universales. Agunsa Aviation Services provides full ground handling and air cargo handling services to several major international airlines at... more
Former Baltimore teacher to lead strategic port
Former Baltimore teacher and current Annandale, Va., resident Stephen T. Maloney officially assumed command of US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Baltimore field office during a time-honoured ceremony in Baltimore. Maloney most recently served as the director of CBP’s... more
Change is air cargo’s trump 
In conversation with Jimmy Nares, Miami International Airport’s aviation marketing section chief. more
Improved efficiency and near-zero emissions
Research shows that for the first time, more than half of all diesel commercial vehicles on the road in USA are advanced diesel technology models. The data, which was presented by the Diesel Technology Forum (DTF), calculates the number of 2010+ model year diesel trucks... more
Seko Logistics welcomes Roopa Sudheendra
Transformational IT executive Roopa Sudheendra has joined Seko Logistics as senior vice president, enterprise architecture & product engineering. With 20+ years of experience as an IT leader focused on transformational leadership, she has played a major role in strategic... more
New transatlantic service from Bremen
Norway's Norlat Shipping, which has locations in Sarpsborg and Bergen (Norway) and Gothenburg (Sweden), is launching a regular transatlantic service. It will focus on bulk general cargo such as forestry and steel products and will sail to ports on the US East Coast and in the... more