"Qare" and commitment to people 
Qatar Airways Cargo recently surpassed a milestone – it transported 10 million Covid-19 vaccines. This total includes doses for Unicef, as part of a recently-signed 5-year MoU to support the UN organisation’s Humanitarian Airfreight Initiative. Since December 2020, the carrier... more
Alstom broadens contract with Wincanton
Alstom UK has extended a contract with Wincanton by three years. Alstom's supply chain partner, who has worked for the shipper since 2018, will widen its services portfolio by adding a new logistics facility.In detail, Wincanton will provide a dedicated warehouse for the... more
CargoAi sets up board of advisors
The online platform CargoAi, founded in 2019 and headed by CEO Matthieu Petot, is launching a board of advisors, made up of airfreight industry experts. They’ll meet quarterly; the first remote session is due in April. CargoAi is a SaaS application that aims to offer digital air... more
Vallair expanding footprint in Central France
Vallair has signed a LoI with the Centre-Val de Loire region and the operator of Châteauroux airport (CHR). It will see the aviation service provider awarded a ten-year lease to operate an 8,500 sqm full-service aircraft maintenance, repair, overhaul and cargo conversion hangar.... more
Virginian comeback
After a serious setback in Q2/2020 (see ITJ Daily of 17 May 2020), the port of Virginia came back strongly, enjoying its best December and handling more than 260,000 teu, a rise of 16%. In total, Q4/2020 saw more than 814,000 teu processed in the port’s two expanded VIG and NIT... more
Russian rail operator modernising fleet
Russia’s United Wagon Company (UWC) has delivered a new batch of 40 ft timber flat cars to rail operator Arkhbum, a subsidiary of the Arkhangelsk Pulp and Paper Mill.The units are equipped with 25 t axle-load bogies, feature a high load capacity of 74 t and a body volume that... more
Less clouds in the coffee
The insolvent Bremen-based German freight forwarder Diedrich Meyer, which specialises primarily in coffee transport, is becoming operational again. With effect from March 2021 the joint venture B-LOG Bulk Logistik, which is made up of the Brake-based L.I.T. Group and the port... more
CEO Jasienski leaving Wallenius Wilhelmsen
Craig Jasienski, the president and CEO of Wallenius Wilhelmsen, agreed with the board on 8 March to end his employment with the company. He served in various positions in the group for more than 30 years. CFO Torbjørn Wist will act as CEO while the board initiates the process of... more
More traffic via Ireland
In April, the Danish company DFDS Seaways is adding a fourth ship to the ferry line between Rosslare (Ireland) and Dunkirk (France). The link, launched with three vessels on 2 January, has operated well so far.The ‘Ark Dania’, a ro-ro vessel with the capacity to carry 188... more
Fuel-efficient trucks for the UK
The English forwarder Boughey Distribution has signed a five-year deal for the supply of Volvo’s new generation FH model, which will be in production from April. The contract, worth around GBP 11 million (EUR 12.8 million), covers 127 vehicles over two years, with the first 25... more