Savage: handing over the baton
Savage has announced that president and CEO Kirk Aubry will be retiring from the company on 31 December 2024 after more than a decade of leadership. Chief operating officer Jeff Roberts is being promoted to the additional role of president, effective immediately. He will assume... more
Realterm fortifies Florida portfolio
The investment manager Realterm has acquired an industrial outdoor storage facility in Lake Worth Beach, Florida as part of its focus on the transport market. The 21,448 sqm site, which was purchased vacant, includes a maintenance shop of 2,322 sqm and standalone office... more
Mourning Barbara Spector Yeninas
Barbara Spector Yeninas, of Holmdel, NJ, died on 31 May at the age of 84. She was the founder of the marketing communications agency BSY Associates, which specialises in maritime, supply chain and logistics and this year celebrated 50 years of business. She will long be... more
Longer office hours during summer season
Delta Cargo has recently expanded its hours of operation at several key stations, just in time for the start of the busy summer season. The US carrier’s warehouse locations in Boston (BOS), Detroit (DTW), Los Angeles (LAX), Salt Lake City (SLC) and Seattle (SEA) now offer... more
SAF production to triple in 2024
The international air transport association (Iata) has announced that its projections for a tripling of Sustainable Aviation Fuels (SAF) production in 2024 to 1.9 billion litres (1.5 million t) are on track. This would account for 0.53% of aviation’s fuel need in 2024. “SAF... more
A 15th member for Oneworld
The airline alliance Oneworld has welcomed Fiji Airways as its 15th full member airline. The flag carrier of Fiji and the South Pacific has been Oneworld’s connect partner for the past five years. During this time, Fiji Airways has developed cooperative links with all... more
Sentenced to four years
Damian Williams, the US attorney for the southern district of New York, announced that Lars Winkelbauer, former COO of Polar, has been sentenced to four years in prison by US district judge Jesse M. Furman in connection with a massive scheme to defraud Polar Air Cargo Worldwide,... more
Emergency houses for Brazil
As part of its "solidarity plane" programme, Latam has transported the first shipment of 100 out of 200 modular houses donated by the United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to support the emergency caused by the floods in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. This initial 16 t... more
For the energy turnaround
An experienced heavylift specialist is ready for the projects of the future. It was 20 years ago that deugro founded deugro Denmark, thus taking an important step towards becoming one of the leading project forwarders for wind power and renewable energies. Since then the firm,... more
More belly capacity to North America
Starting today, 3 June 2024, Lufthansa Cargo customers can book their freight from Frankfurt to the Mexican city of Monterrey. The full route goes from Frankfurt to Mexico City (NLU), then onwards to Monterrey International Airport (MTY), and back to Frankfurt. A B777F will... more