Big Gecas order for small converted Boeing freighters 
GE Capital Aviation Services (Gecas), the commercial aircraft leasing and financing arm of General Electric, signed an agreement with Boeing at the Paris Air Show exercising ten purchase rights to firm orders and adding 15 more purchase rights for the B737-800 Boeing Converted... more
More container capacities at Bristol Port
The capacity of Bristol Port’s container terminal (UK) has been significantly expanded by the completion of a GBP 9 million upgrade. The investment is a further commitment to the container services offered at Avonmouth and Portbury Docks. The geographical advantage of... more
Role switch at Avinor Oslo airport
Stine R. Westby, Avinor’s current executive vice-president for operations and infrastructure, has been appointed director of Oslo airport. The present airport director, Øyvind Hasaas, will take over responsibility for the operations and infrastructure sector. Avinor CEO, Dag... more
Fleet upgrade to improve intermodal services across USA
Roadrunner Intermodal Services in the USA has acquired over 60 new tractors for operations at U.S. ports and railway hubs. According to the company, the new equipment will help to increase safety, reduce breakdowns, improve fuel efficiency, provide a better driving experience... more
Bolloré Logistics teams up with J2 and Groupe Robert
Bolloré Logistics Canada has signed an agreement to form a consortium with J2 Procurement Management and Groupe Robert, which provides cargo handling, transport and warehousing services. The partnership between Bolloré and the companies specialising in the aeronautics and... more
Volumes shrink again at world's biggest airfreight hub
Airport Authority Hong Kong announced that during May 2019, Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) cargo throughput decreased by 7.3% year on year to 405,000 t. Amid the uncertain global economic situation, cargo imports shrank by 9%, compared to May 2018, while exports and... more
Haropa continues to thrive at the start of 2019
Good figures for Haropa at the start of 2019: After two years’ growth in 2017 and 2018 when the port cooperation's seaborne traffic rose to 95 million t, business continued to thrive at the beginning of 2019. With a throughput of 40 million t at the end of May, Haropa's... more
New heads for Tiaca
Steven Polmans, director cargo and logistics at Brussels Airport Company will become chairman of the International Air Cargo Association (Tiaca), and Sanjeev Gadhia, founder and CEO of Astral Aviation, will take on the vice-chairman role from July. Polmans, who joined the... more
New Zealand: Napier-Wairoa line ready to run
KiwiRail has completed the restoration of the 115 km Napier to Wairoa rail line, which was mothballed in December 2012 following severe storm damage. The next focus of New Zealand’s rail operator is to establish a log-hub in Wairoa so that it will be ready to begin running... more
“Curiosity of the Day” 
Vikings never wore helmets with horns. That is an invention of 19th century painters, poets and costume designers. more