Plans to reopen Colombia’s Pacific rail corridor
Consorcio Pacífico, a JV of DB Engineering & Consulting (part of DB ECO) and the French company Egis, have signed a contract to develop pre-feasibility studies and designs for the Pacific rail corridor in Colombia. The project aims to reactivate the currently abandoned... more
Icao and WFP bolster collaboration
Icao and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) have entered a new landmark collaboration agreement aimed at advancing civil aviation safety, efficiency, and sustainability in humanitarian operations. This strategic partnership, forged under the auspices of the Icao... more
Funding to improve freight transport in Canada
Canada’s government has earmarked up to CAD 12.5 million (EUR 8.7 million) in investment for the Essex Terminal Railway Company to finance a cargo terminal infrastructure expansion project at the Port of Windsor. The project aims to shift the transport of goods from trucks... more
New facility for perishables in Seaport
Worldwide Perishables (WWP), based in New England (USA), has opened a new facility in the Seaport District of Boston, MA. In addition to the existing 3,716.12 sqm facility in the Chelsea Airline District, this new Seaport location will serve as a critical hub for WWP 's... more
Bimco elects Nikolaus H. Schües as president
At its general meeting in Hong Kong on Thursday, 25 May 2023, Bimco, the world’s largest shipping association, elected Nikolaus H. Schües, CEO and owner of Reederei F. Laeisz as its new president. Schües takes over as the 46th president of Bimco and the first German national to... more
MOL Switch for decarbonisation
The Japanese shipping company Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) has drafted a new management plan, "Blue Action 2035", to achieve its target of net zero emissions by 2050, which is one of its main strategies. It has now also a wholly indirectly owned company in USA, called MOL... more
Not a clean affair
3,940 water filters bearing counterfeit National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) logos printed on the products were recently discovered by US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport, in coordination with Import Specialists assigned... more
Air Charter Service investing in research
Air Charter Service has announced its latest investment in the future of sustainable aviation. Chris Leach, the company’s chairman: “Internally, we have been a certified carbon neutral company since 2007, but we realised several years ago that this was not enough, so we are... more
Groundbreaking at BHM
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM) is preparing to start construction of a USD 27 million air cargo facility. The new building will be the home-base for a new line of business that includes a scheduled international cargo service already in operation between... more
CCM begins to roll out upgraded chassis fleet
In USA, Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM) has welcomed the first shipment of CCM new build container chassis SACP 3.0, which recently arrived in Savannah. Scheduled to start in October 2023, the next generation of chassis pool provisioning in the South Atlantic will be... more