Exciting prospects for Cargo-Partner USA 
Cargo-Partner is growing closer to its American-based customers, in a year where the wider business is celebrating its special jubilee. Founded in 1983 as an air freight specialist in Vienna, Austria, Cargo-Partner is now a global transport and logistics provider with 4,000... more
Silk Way West: regular flights to Houston
Silk Way West Airlines, a global cargo airline based in Baku, Azerbaijan, launched new weekly flights to Houston starting from last week. The airline will operate the flights to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH). Silk Way West Airlines will also continue to operate... more
Swissport Swissport bolsters executive team
The aviation services company Swissport is making two key changes to its executive team. Karen Cox, formerly global director of operations & safety and co-head of UK and Ireland, will assume the role of CEO for the group’s UK & Ireland region. Andres Diez has been... more
Boston-based B2B matchmaker
Pelicargo has launched its air freight sourcing solution which, in addition to the tech and services start-up spun out of MIT in 2021, "radically simplifies the air freight sourcing process by matching airlines and freight forwarders with the right cargo at the right... more
A new solution to simplify air freight shipments
"ECU360", the digital logistics platform of Mumbai-based ECU Worldwide, has launched a new digital air freight service to streamline the entire shipping process for businesses of all sizes, from quoting to booking, including real-time tracking and live schedules. With... more
AMI expanding operations in Canada
Global wholesale freight forwarder Menzies International (AMI), part of the Menzies Aviation group, has opened a new branch near Toronto Pearson International Airport in Canada. The new location reinforces the company’s commitment to ensuring the reliable movements and safe... more
FAA certifies Opticooler RKN container
The Federal Aviation Administration of the United States (FAA) has certified the Opticooler RKN container for Dokasch Temperature Solutions, a German specialist for active temperature-controlled packaging solutions. The FAA approval of the compact RKN container follows the... more
Changes at the helm of DHL
DHL Global Forwarding, the air and ocean freight specialist of Deutsche Post DHL Group and Hillebrand Gori – a DHL company, have announced that Dominique von Orelli (left) has taken over as CEO Hillebrand Gori with immediate effect. Von Orelli succeeds Tim Scharwath, CEO DHL... more
Canadian airport reports second-best cargo year
Halifax Stanfield (YHZ) processed 36,979 t of cargo in 2022, up 6.4% from 2021 and up 12.1% from 2020. The value of products exported from the airport in 2022 was CAD 540 million (EUR 367 million, up 8.9% from 2021 and up 15.8% from 2020. Volume and value surpassed 2018 levels,... more
A big catch for Brookfield
Triton International, one of the world's largest global owners and lessors of intermodal containers, is about to be taken over by Brookfield Infrastructure Corporation and its institutional partners. The global infrastructure company that owns and operates long-life assets... more