A promotion at Coyote Logistics 
Sandeep Pisipati, currently chief financial officer, has been named the new CEO of Coyote Logistics. This appointment comes as Jonathan Sisler announces his decision to pursue other opportunities. Pisipati has been with Coyote for five years and brings over 18 years of... more
Teleport teams up with China’s SF Airlines
Teleport, the market leader for air logistics in Southeast Asia, and SF Airlines, China's largest air cargo carrier by fleet, have signed a bilateral interline partnership to leverage on each other's extensive air network to better serve their respective customers. Teleport... more
Noatum's expansion in Europe
AD Ports Group has announced that its logistics cluster operator Noatum is acquiring a 100% equity ownership of Sesé Auto Logistics, a finished vehicles logistics (FVL) business, for EUR 81 million (USD 85 million). Sesé Auto Logistics handles road and rail transport logistics... more
Car trains to link Germany and Turkey
BLG Logistics recently launched a pilot project in which each train comprises 19 car transport wagons and can transport 190 to 228 cars. The rail service connects the BLG Auto Terminal in Kelheim, Germany, with the Köseköy logistics centre near Istanbul. Taking five to six... more
Westjet Cargo pushes further south
Westjet Cargo has made its first venture into the Cuban capital. Operating one of its four dedicated Boeing 737-800 converted freighters (BCF) every Wednesday on the Toronto – Havanna route, Westjet Cargo offers 20 t cargo capacity per flight per week, addressing the growing... more
From Etihad to Atlas Worldwide
Atlas Air Worldwide, a global provider of outsourced aircraft and aviation operating services, has appointed Martin Drew as chief strategy and transformation officer, effective 25 September 2023. Drew’s most recent position was SVP global sales, marketing, brand and cargo at... more
New short sea service is on
The shipping company Boluda Lines and the multimodal logistics company Samskip have launched a joint short-sea container service between the ports of Santander, Dublin and Liverpool. The service will be operated by the container ship “Lucía B”, with a nominal capacity of 803... more
First non-craneable semi-trailers carried by rail
The ÖBB Rail Cargo Group (RCG) is connecting Ukraine to its intermodal network in partnership with Ukrainian Railways (UZ). The first test train travelled from Kyiv, Ukraine, to the Rail Cargo Terminal BILK in Hungary and transported non-craneable semi-trailers carrying building... more
Arnold expands in Hamburg and Salzburg
The family-run freight forwarder Arnold has opened two more branches: From 1 October 2023, the company will be represented at the Brückenquartier business centre on Veritaskai in the Hamburg region. With more than 5,000 container ships, Arnolds's sea freight division plays a... more
CBP names new DFO for Laredo
Donald R. Kusser, formerly port director for the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, has assumed his duties as director, field operations for the US Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo field office. Kusser succeeds DFO Randy J. Howe, who has retired after 34 years of federal... more