New Orleans: transloading park to open in summer 
The New Orleans Public Belt Railroad (NOPB) and the port of New Orleans are continuing to upgrade infrastructures for shippers to move freight more efficiently between rail and truck into America’s heartland. The class III railroad awarded a USD 2,209,635 contract to the... more
Resilinc: new CMO and CCO
Resilinc, which specialises in supply chain mapping, disruption sensing, and resiliency analytics, has appointed LeAnne Hester as chief marketing officer and April Oman as chief customer officer. Hester is an accomplished marketing executive with a career spanning over 25... more
A new project for Kansas City
The cold storage warehouse is backed by a USD 127 million investment by Americold, which is seeking to expand its presence in Kansas City with the help of CPKC’s network. “Combining our cold storage capabilities with CPKC’s extensive rail network enables Americold to deliver... more
More belly capacity in less than three months
Starting 3 June 2024, Dubai-based Emirates will launch a new daily B777-300ER service from its hub to Bogotá, via Miami, complementing its scheduled services to São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires. As well as connecting Colombia with the UAE, the new services will... more
A strategic partnership for cargo handling
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of Etihad Airways, has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, for cargo handling services at twelve major international airports in Europe, Scandinavia, North America,... more
Granting access to CPKC facilities
Fastfrate has renewed and enhanced its agreement with Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC). The deal strengthens and expands the position of Canada Drayage (CDI), a coast-to-coast drayage provider belonging to the Fastfrate Group. Fastfrate and CPKC will invest in the latest... more
Jetblue Cargo enhances air cargo operations
Aeronex Cargo, Jetblue’s exclusive cargo representative, has selected Champ Cargosystems as its software provider in a new multi-year partnership. Jetblue Cargo will thus migrate to new Cargospot products in April 2024 to support digitalisation and business growth. The... more
JBHT: changing of the guard
J.B. Hunt Transport Services, a provider of supply chain solutions based in North America, has appointed Shelley Simpson as its CEO and president and nominated her for election to its board of directors. Simpson has served as J.B. Hunt’s president since 1 August 2022. The... more
Icao: forecasts for 2024
In its latest press release, Icao forecasts that global demand expressed in freight tonne kilometres (FTK) will be around 2% below 2019 levels for the full year 2024. It bases this projected decline mainly on anticipated reductions in demand due to a weak economic climate... more
Linking Jacksonville with South America
The ocean carrier MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company has combined two existing container services to create a new direct route between the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) and the West Coast of South America. This new Ecuador-NWC and Scan Baltic-USA rotation, which now... more