A tandem for SAF 
Swiss WorldCargo has announced an agreement with World Courier, a global specialty logistics provider and a part of Cencora (formerly Amerisource Bergen), which will support the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) within the Swiss airfreight division. World Courier’s... more
Expanding healthcare and time-critical services
UPS has entered into an agreement to acquire MNX Global Logistics, a global time-critical logistics provider headquartered in Long Beach, CA. The transaction is expected to close by the end of the year, subject to customary regulatory review and approval. With MNX’s... more
ANA to open new cargo building in October 2024
Narita International Airport Corporation ("NAA") announced plans to construct Cargo Building No. 8 to address the current dispersed cargo facilities at Narita Airport. ANA will lease Cargo Building No. 8 from NAA and begin service in October 2024. As ANA's largest... more
Shipnext receives grant for supply chain AI
Shipnext, an online cargo platform, has secured a substantial, multi-year grant from Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship (Vlaio) to advance the use of predictive analytics and AI in the supply chain. Shipnext will develop a supply chain volatility forecast to help... more
Movianto: a big investment in anaesthetics
With an investment of several million euros, the pharmaceutical and healthcare logistics service provider Movianto in Neunkirchen, Saarland (Southwest Germany), has tripled its capacity for the storage and handling of narcotics (BTM) and built a solar power production facility.... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In May 1975, the Japanese mountaineer Junko Tabei (1939-2016) was the first woman to reach Mount Everest. more
Finnlines promotes Suvi Niemivuo
Suvi Niemivuo has been appointed as head of the company’s legal, insurance and claims department, effective 1 October 2023. She will also join the executive committee and report to Tom Pippingsköld, president and CEO of Finnlines. Niemivuo has been acting head of legal,... more
Maersk responds to calls for greener haulage
In Brazil, Maersk has conducted two pilots with heavy-duty electric tractor units designed for the transport of containers (FCL). The two-week pilots were carried out with two different EV truck manufacturers on a 100 km span in the metropolitan region of Sao Paulo, and a 230 km... more
China driving EV business in South Africa
Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation (Saic) and a South African dealer has formed Maxus Electric Vehicles to sell Chinese-made commercial EVs to offer urban logistics fleets access to EVs. Early customers in South Africa such as... more
“5,000 active airfreight containers”
How a US forwarder came up trumps at Basel’s EuroAirport. AIT Worldwide has now left its pioneering phase behind it. After its launch by a trio at the EuroAirport in Basel in September 2021 the airfreight enterprise has now grown to more than 30 employees in Basel. Christian... more