World's first E195 adapted freighter certified 
Having received certification for the world’s first Embraer E195 adapted dedicated cargo aircraft, Azul took it into commercial service on 26 September. With the conversion of another three aircraft expected by the end of 2020, the Brazilian airline aims to deliver "a... more
New shareholder at BTK
Bernhard Reichert has handed his shares over to Josef Heiss, who will head BTK Befrachtungs- und Transportkontor, a logistics services provider, in a dual leadership with Franz Weiss in future. The shareholders will each hold 50% of the shares and share the management of the... more
Bolloré handles out of gauge equipment for substation
Bolloré Logistics was contracted to transport and deliver out of gauge cargo from Spain to Shango substation in Rwanda through the port of Mombasa (Kenya). The cargo consisted of eight shunt reactors each weighing 29 t, and two transformers weighing 51 t and 75 t. With an... more
Multi-function terminal in Trieste in German majority
After participating in ports in Odessa (Ukraine) and Tallinn (Estonia), the Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG (HHLA) is taking a majority stake of 50.01% in the multi-function terminal "Piattaforma Logistica Trieste" (PLT) in the seaport of Trieste (Italy). The... more
Cincinnati CBP teams: No, drugs are not vital!
On 15 September, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized a shipment containing 13 kg of cocaine concealed in 11 pouches labelled as shelf-stable "emergency food rations". The cocaine has a street value of USD 952,200. The pouches were... more
Houston back to pre-pandemic trade flows?
For the first six months of this year, container traffic at Port Houston declined just 2.3% compared to the same period last year, according to the Texan port's records. Houston’s container activity in August now came close to 2019’s volume levels for the first time since the... more
RZD Logistics expands in Eastern Europe
Russian Far East Land Bridge (FELB), a subsidiary of RZD Logistics, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Czechian CD Cargo Logistic. This partnership will be the next step in the development of FELB’s logistics services in Eastern Europe. The main focus of the... more
Kirsten de Bruijn joins Qatar Airways Cargo
Kirsten de Bruijn has joined Qatar Airways Cargo as senior vice president, cargo sales and network planning. According to Guillaume Halleux, chief officer cargo at Qatar Airways, de Bruijn was the obvious choice: “We share the same vision of the industry and she perfectly... more
Loxxess expands contract with Vodafone
Since 2011, Loxxess has been handling around two million orders per year for its customer Vodafone in 13 of Germany's 16 federal states. With the extension of the contract to cover the whole of the country, Loxxess can now offer Vodafone's cable division a comprehensive... more
Reducing delivery time from 36 to three months
Since many school districts are looking for ways to deliver devices to children to assist with e-learning, Alaska Air Cargo and its network recently moved 12,000+ iPads and cases from Boston to Seattle that will go to Seattle Public Schools (SPS) students. Last year, SPS... more