Monitoring shipments of critical vaccines 
Delta supports the global effort to beat the pandemic with Covid-19 vaccine shipments within the USA. These critical vaccines are shipped with the highest priority on Delta aircraft, with the entire journey monitored by the airline’s "vaccine watch tower". Ready... more
Pharma flights before the vaccine 
Better safe than sorry! 246 airfreight containers with their refrigeration units active flew from Italy to the USA between October and December of last year. Qatar Airways Cargo and DHL Global Forwarding used containers leased from Dokasch as well as Envirotainer. more
First LNG freight locomotive
Estonian state-owned rail company Operail is building its first LNG freight locomotive. Construction work on the locomotive, which saves 30% on fuel costs and emits 20% less carbon dioxide and 70% less sulphur dioxide, started a few days ago, after the supply difficulties caused... more
JV for portfolio of leased railcars
In the USA, Greenbrier plans to create GBX Leasing, a new joint venture (JV) with Longwood to develop an owned portfolio of leased railcars primarily to be built by Greenbrier. Longwood is a Chicago-based transportation equipment advisory and asset management firm. GBX... more
Rambaud switches from Africa to Asia
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Jean-Baptiste Rambaud as sales & marketing director for Middle East & South Asia. He will be based in Dubai, UAE reporting to Philippe Lortal, CEO for Middle East & South Asia. Lortal: "His background and leadership in... more
Linz Air Cargo Academy achieves Iata status
The Grownow Group has announced its cooperation with Iata and the appointment of its Air Cargo Academy, founded last year at Linz airport, as Iata regional training partner enabling innovative learning methods and education based on Iata global standards. Roland Zistler,... more
Good start for Long Beach
Following its historic peak year 2020 with 8.11 million teu handled, the Port of Long Beach has reported its busiest start of an annual year so far. The port handled more than 764,000 Teu in January. Imports grew 17.5% to 364,000 teu, while exports climbed 7% to 116,000 teu.... more
A good year for Echo Global
Chicago-headquartered Echo Global Logistics has reported its financial results for 2020. In total, revenues surged by 14.9% to USD 2.5 billion in comparison to the prior year, as gross profit increased 1.6% to USD 374.1 million from 2019. TL revenue went up by 22.3% to USD... more
Seko distributing Life
For the sales region of North America, the shipper Vivo Life has partnered with Seko Logistics for the distribution of health and fitness supplements. The shipper from Glastonbury, UK, started its business range in the US market in time for its first Green Friday marketing... more
Fast BTK corridor
RZD Logistics and Turkish logistics operator Pasifik Eurasia Logistics have dispatched the first consignment of a container train from Turkey to Russia along the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars rail corridor (BTK). A train pulling 15 forty-foot containers departed recently from Marshandiz... more