Increased rail access to US transload facilities 
Norfolk Southern (NS) is partnering with the rail platform Commtrex. Customers shipping with Norfolk Southern will be able to search Commtrex’s comprehensive database for rail-served facilities by location, commodities handled and other parameters, the US class I railroad said.... more
Geodis picks Michael Lamia
Global transport and logistics provider Geodis has appointed Michael Lamia as senior vice president of Geodis Myparcel, a direct-to-customer cross-border small parcel shipping service. Lamia brings over 30 years of experience overseeing global supply chain and logistics networks... more
Fedex partners for long-range drones
Fedex Express has agreed with Silicon Valley-based Elroy Air to develop an autonomous drone. The purpose of the cooperation is to test Elroy Air's autonomous air cargo system within Fedex' logistics operations in USA. In a press release, Fedex said that the exponential... more
ACS Chicago: expansion plans for the Midwest
Capitalising on record figures for the company last year, Air Charter Service, a global aircraft charter broker with 28 offices worldwide, has announced expansion plans for the USA’s Midwest with a planned recruitment drive set to start later this year. The new office in Chicago... more
Canada: big investments in green transports
Canada’s government is planning to establish a growth fund to attract substantial private sector investment to reduce emissions. The budget includes funds for a number of projects particularly for road transport, which accounts for 20% of country’s greenhouse gas emissions.... more
More cash for Logistics Tech
The Boston-based technology company Tive, a specialist in supply chain transparency, closed its series B financing round with a result of USD 54 million. Led by AXA Venture Partners, Sorenson Capital, Qualcomm Ventures, Fifth Wall, SJF Ventures and Floating Point Ventures... more
Two crash landings in two days
Two Latin American cargo planes crashed on landing last week. No people were harmed. First, on Friday 8 April 2022, a DHL Aero Expreso B757-200F overshot the runway at San José Airport (SJO), Costa Rica. It had departed from the same location 50 minutes earlier, heading for... more
Air Canada Cargo adopts eBooking and eQuote
Air Canada Cargo has selected CargoAi’s eBooking and eQuote platform for freight forwarders. “We’re looking forward to further leveraging our API capabilities and the opportunity to reach out to additional users via the CargoAi marketplace. We’re continuing to grow our... more
For spare parts to China and Mexico
Imperial, a provider based in South Africa offering automotive and other logistics services, has been awarded a contract by BMW to manage the foreign supply centre (AVZ) at the Leipzig location in Germany. The project started on 1 April this year. From this location, the BMW... more
335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine
With its ability to carry vaccines, medicine and medical products in compliance with all their specific temperature requirements, Turkish Cargo shipped 335 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine to 61 countries in 2021. By transporting pharmaceutical products such as vaccines to... more