A new president for the maritime commission 
On Thursday, 26 September, during the XIII Feteia congress, Zaragoza (Spain) hosted the meetings of the executive committee and the ordinary and extraordinary general assembly of the federation, both chaired by Enric Ticó. Members of the Freight Forwarders Associations... more
FedEx: first-ever panda roundtrip deliveries
FedEx Corporation transported six giant pandas between the USA and China on two separate flights this week. The roundtrip journey departed Atlanta, GA, arrived in Chengdu, where it delivered four pandas and then returned to Washington, DC with two pandas. Richard W. Smith,... more
RCG strengthens its European network
The Austrian carrier is launching three rail connections this month. With one roundtrip per week, the Rail Cargo Group will start a new intermodal service between Budapest (Hungary) and Zeebrugge (Belgium) for all craneable loading units. The second new train, operated by... more
New services anchoring in Alaska
Anchorage International Airport (ANC) has welcomed several new cargo carriers. Awesome Cargo Airlines from Mexico now operates the Incheon - ANC - Mexico City route, China’s Central Airlines connects Haikou -ANC - Ontario, and ASL Air Cargo from Ireland has launched the Jinan -... more
More teus to enhance cargo flexibility
DP World has acquired 47,000 teu, marking its first purchase of containers branded and registered in its own name. With this acquisition, the company aims to increase cargo capacity, providing customers with enhanced flexibility and availability, especially during periods of... more
A promotion for Leandro Reales
Leandro Reales took over as managing director of A. Hartrodt Argentina in Buenos Aires on 1 October 2024, having joined the company as commercial manager in June this year. After 28 years of experience in the forwarding sector and executive positions at various companies,... more
Pan-European procurement for Vodafone
26,000 sqm of warehousing space in Luxembourg are part of Vodafone Group’s latest project to create a pan-European hub for its mobile and fixed network equipment. Located in Bettembourg Logistic Park, the site is being developed by MG Real Estate to fit the storage of antennas,... more
Indiana River & Rail Terminals launched
The new business venture in the USA is a partnership between Ports of Indiana and Superior River Terminals Indiana. It brings multiple barge, rail and warehouse facilities of the two ports under one operator and will manage all the general cargo facilities at the Jeffersonville... more
Renewing a longstanding partnership
Cargolux, Europe’s biggest all-cargo airline, and Unilode Aviation Solutions, a provider of outsourced unit load device (ULD) management services, have announced the renewal of their longstanding partnership. Cargolux first awarded the management of its ULD fleet to Unilode in... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
114 years ago today, on 18 October 1910, the first distress call from an aircraft was made from the airship ‘America’. A few days earlier, a cat hidden in the airship’s lifeboat, which had set off to cross the Atlantic, had caused the first radio call. It read: "Roy, come... more