Rail-ready sites programme launched 
US railroad Omnitrax has launched its new rail-ready sites programme. The initiative, which is designed to bring together rail-served sites and customers in need of development properties, kicks off with ten rail-ready sites along the New Jersey division of the Winchester and... more
Cargo at Guadeloupe Port Caraibes keeps flowing 
In accordance with government measures and their adaptations taken by order of the prefect of the French region to deal with the coronavirus epidemic, the Grand Maritime Port of Guadeloupe has been implementing its business continuity plan (PCA) since 17 March 2020. This PCA... more
Lithuania: drawing on air cargo know-how
Avion Express, a Vilnius (Lithuania)-based ACMI operator originally established as a cargo and passenger airline in 2005 and now part of the Avia Solutions Group, re-enters the airfreight market. It offers capabilities of up to 17/24 t of cargo in the cargo compartment and in... more
MSC posts record performance in Liverpool
The Port of Liverpool’s deep-water container terminal has broken a record. The MSC Federica, which recently docked, exchanged more than 5,400 teu, the highest number seen from a single vessel in Liverpool since the terminal opened in 2016. The vessel is part of MSC’s Turkey... more
Schuon inaugurates new warehouse
The Alfred Schuon Group has opened its new logistics centre in Wildberg (Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany). Besides modern office space, the transport and contract logistics company will have a 9,000 sqm logistics area at its disposal. At this location, which is closely... more
Damco appoints Mike Meierkort as head of Americas
Mike Meierkort has been appointed head of Americas, Damco, as the freight forwarder launches a new cargo rescue programme in the USA, with two service offerings to help ease supply chain congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Meierkort has... more
Comtrak changes ownership
Hub Group in the USA has completed the acquisition of Comtrak for USD 38.0 million. Comtrak is a transportation industry leader in the USA whose services include rail and international drayage for the intermodal sector, full truckload transportation, container storage, yard... more
Silk Way West conquers the Far West
From today, 6 April 2020, Silk Way West is introducing weekly flights to Dallas Fort Worth, adding to its already existing thrice weekly scheduled operation to Chicago. The new service develops the Baku-based airline's customer and sales activities in the USA as a part of its... more
New trimodal terminal to reduce truck traffic
As part of the continued development of logport VI, duisport in Germany has now compiled the approval-related information for the construction of the container terminal and the internal access road for logport VI. The trimodal container terminal (road/water/rail) forms an... more
Imperial and MEX join forces to leverage Turkish potential
Imperial has entered into a partnership with Turkish freight forwarder M Ekspres (known as MEX), which will see the creation of a new multi-modal freight management business housed within Imperial’s freight management capability - specialising in traffic to, from and transiting... more