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
Direct deliveries from ships to inland terminals
Union Pacific Railroad (UP) is expanding its intermodal services at the Port of Houston, USA. From 1 June 2023, intermodal containers will be loaded directly from cargo ships onto railcars and transported to inland terminals. The new service will give customers direct rail... more
Shipsy growing in Africa
Over the last few quarters, Shipsy, a global SaaS-based platform for the management of shipments, has rapidly grown its presence in African markets by acquiring customers in the courier, express and parcel, last-mile delivery, e-commerce, and retail segments. Shipsy CEO and... more
Automotive competence centre in Mexico
Bolloré Logistics has opened an automotive competence centre in Mexico. It follows the launch of the company’s first facility of this kind in Le Mans, France, three years ago. Coordinated by a team of experts across the automotive supply chain, the new centre is geared to... more
Transmitting know-how in Bahrain and New Zealand
Cpat Global, a Houston-headquartered provider of distance learning for the aviation industry, has been awarded a new contract with Texel Air NZ, enabling it to now support both branches of Texel Air. Cpat will be supplying the cargo carrier with B737-800BCF Aircraft... more
Natilus picks Zeroavia
Natilus, a designer and developer of new autonomous blended-wing body (BWB) cargo aircraft, and Zeroavia, a specialist in zero-emission commercial aviation, have announced a strategic partnership to jointly develop hydrogen-electric engines for the Natilus Kona cargo aircraft.... more
MIS Marine welcomes Robert Kessler
MIS Marine, a specialist in marine assurance technology, has opened its first US office in Houston and thus bolstered its presence in the Americas. Industry veteran Robert Kessler will head up the US office, reporting to Dominic McKnight Hardy, managing director at MIS... more