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Pooling for a leisure airline 
The Canadian leisure airline Air Transat, which currently serves 45 destinations in 27 countries with a fleet of 31 aircraft including twelve wide-body aircraft, and Unilode have extended their ULD management partnership, which started in 2003, until 2026. Under the terms of... plus
Two industry veterans for Jaxport
The Jacksonville port authority (Jaxport) has recruited two experienced transportation experts. Civil engineer Kelsey Cox (left), previously served by James Bennett, P.E., who was recently promoted to COO at Jaxport. Cox is a licensed professional engineer with a decade of... plus
IRU promotes Vincent Erard
IRU secretary general Umberto de Pretto has appointed Vincent Erard to the newly created position of senior director, strategy and development of IRU, the world road transport organisation. Erard joined IRU in 2016 as head of finance, where he revamped financial and budget... plus
Distribution network gains a new member
Trans UK is the latest business to join the Pall-Ex Group owned network Fortec Distribution. The forwarder has developed reputable haulage services within central London since it started operations in late 2019. As a shareholder member in both the Pall-Ex and Fortec pallet... plus
More owls to watch the sea
Another funding round has been completed. The 2019-founded British start-up Cyber Owl raised USD 5.1 million in funding to support the accelerated adoption of their Medulla cyber risk monitoring solution. The need is there. Thetius, an independent maritime research... plus
Geodis sees clouds on the horizon
Geodis, the forwarding branch of the French state-owned railway SNCF, is witnessing a decline in Asia-Europe trade. While H1/2022 ended well with an operating profit surging by 53% and revenues going up by 34% compared to the same period last year, Q2/2022 results already... plus
Mot-clé: transformation
Booster les échanges de données et combiner les trafics. Le logisticien grec doit lui aussi s’adapter car les grandes tendances économiques et la transformation numérique des prestations de service ne l’épargnent pas. Anthony Doukas de Global Maritime donne des réponses... plus
Fully autonomous vehicles to run in Sweden
In what is a first for Europe, Scania and Havi Supply Chain are piloting the use of a fully autonomous vehicle to transport commercial goods in regular traffic conditions between logistics hubs in Sweden. The pilot will see the autonomous truck drive between Södertälje and... plus
Charter Sync welcomes Daniel Carriett on board
Joining Chartersync as global cargo director, Daniel Carriett brings over 22 years of experience in senior management in UK’s air cargo charter broking industry. He previously spent 18 years at a London-based charter brokerage where, latterly, he led global government and... plus