Supporting International Women in Engineering Day 
Specialist airport ground support equipment and services provider Rushlift GSE celebrated International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2024 by recognising the important role women play in maintaining highly specialised vehicles and support equipment in the aviation... more
Port authorities meet in San Juan
Representatives of the Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) and the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) have held the inaugural ‘Puerto Rico - Jacksonville ports and partners summit’ in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following the mou signed in 2021. The gathering explored best... more
RZD Logistics leases first shunting locomotive
The locomotive has been hired by a company in the Transbaikal region to be used among other things for shunting work on access tracks and for supplying and cleaning wagons for the transport of raw materials. Built in 2023, the traction unit is the first shunting locomotive that... more
Direct flights between Bonaire and Barranquilla
As of July, the small regional airline Z Air, based in Willemstad on the Caribbean Island of Curaçao, which belongs to the Netherlands, is launching new regular international flights between the Dutch island of Bonaire (BON) and Barranquilla (BAQ) in Colombia. Initially,... more
Premiering SAF partnership on TUI flights
ECS Group contributes 1% SAF towards the incremental fuel burn associated with the cargo carried on all TUI flights, and forwarders can opt in to contribute 10% SAF for the transport of their shipments. The SAF cooperation between ECS Group and TUI began in August 2022. Since... more
A strategic airfreight partnership in Australia
Team Global Express has entered into a strategic USD 480 million, seven-year partnership with the trans-Tasman cargo airline Texel Air Australasia. This cooperation has introduced four Boeing 737-800 BCF (Boeing converted freighter) aircraft to Team Global Express’ domestic... more
Hupac extends terminal fleet in Italy
Hupac has added a new shunting locomotive to boost train-in/train-out services at its intermodal terminal in Busto Arsizio and Piacenza. The Swiss combined transport specialist manages eight shunting locomotives at its Italian transload facilities in the Busto Arsizio,... more
Carrying forward a Chinese REIT
ESR Group has received approval for its REIT application in China. As part of this real estate investment trust, the company is expected to raise over RMB 2.438 billion. The China securities regulatory commission approved the group’s application to register and list ESR China... more
UPS sells 3PL unit
UPS is selling its 3PL business unit Coyote Logistics to RXO, a North Carolina-based freight forwarder. The transaction has been agreed on for USD 1.025 billion. The sale will help UPS to focus more on expanding its portfolio as a small package provider in future. Coyote... more
Kombiverkehr: modal shift reduced in 2023
With a total of 815,467 truckloads (one load corresponds to the capacity of a truck-trailer combination), or 1.63 million teu, the overall number of containers, swap bodies and semitrailers transported dropped by 15.9% last year compared with 2022. Transport volumes... more