Adding Cleveland and Columbus 
Sun Chief Express has teamed up with the freight forwarder and global logistics provider UWL to expand its inland point intermodal (IPI) programme. The addition of Cleveland and Columbus to its network will enhance the reach and capabilities of the company’s transport... more
Smarthop welcomes Jay Hinson
Smarthop, a freight booking and fleet management platform, has appointed Jay Hinson as its new general manager of Fintech. A seasoned financial services executive, Hinson joins Smarthop to lead the company’s expansion of Fintech tools within its self-service TMS platform for... more
UP to serve new industrial park
The US class railway will be the exclusive rail service provider of the new Rail Park in Buckeye, Arizona (USA). The park’s first tenant, Rehrig Pacific Company, recently broke ground on its 24,155 sqm injection moulding plastics manufacturing plant. In spring 2024, Rehrig... more
Bvlos flights to transport medical radioisotopes
Drone Delivery Canada has gained official approval for Beyond Visual Line-of-Sight (“Bvlos”) flights in tandem with the transportation of dangerous goods for its care by air drone route. With the Bvlos flight authorisation, DDC’s drones will be able to operate beyond... more
The Heavy Lift Group appoints president
Elisabeth Cosmatos, managing director of Cosmatos Group, has been elected president of The Heavy Lift Group (THLG), an international association for specialised heavy transport companies. Cosmatos was given this mandate as the THLG elected its executive committee during its 68th... more
A rail link for containers at Port of Houston
USA-based Union Pacific (UP) has started to load containers arriving at the Barbours Cut Container Terminal in the Port of Houston directly onto rail cars and transport the cargo further by rail to Denver, Salt Lake City, Oakland, Los Angeles and El Paso, all metropolitan areas... more
Röhlig soon to have 40 warehouses worldwide
The multimodal and contract logistics specialist is strategically advancing its contract logistics business and now operates around 260,000 sqm of warehouse space in more than 15 countries. Most recently, Roehlig has expanded its capacity with new warehouses in Malaysia,... more
News from Nars
At its annual meeting in May this year, the North American Rail Shippers Association (Nars) elected new officers, honoured industry professionals with two major awards and announced its 2023 scholarship recipients. The Nars offices for 2023–2024 are: president John Meyers,... more
239 stolen vehicles intercepted
US Customs and Border Protection officers (CBP) routinely inspect imports and exports to ensure that commodities comply with United States laws and safety standards, and international conventions. During fiscal year 2022, from 1 October 1 to 30 September 2022, officers... more
A joint venture to develop H2-locomotives
Canadian Pacific Kansas City (CPKC) and CSX are forming a joint venture for the building and deployment of hydrogen locomotive conversion kits for diesel electric locomotives. As an initial step, CSX plans to convert one of its diesel locomotives using a hydrogen conversion... more