A titan in the air 
Bones flown as airfreight from Buenos Aires to London Heathrow. The name is rather suitable for the primordial beast – Patagotitan mayorum. The skeleton of a giant dinosaur that lived in today’s Argentina crossed the Atlantic as belly freight in 40 crates recently. Now it will... more
Ports of Indiana promotes Jody Peacock 
Ports of Indiana has named Jody Peacock (left) as the new chief executive officer for the state-wide port authority which operates three ports on the Ohio River and Lake Michigan. The appointment was approved during the meeting of the Ports of Indiana Commission. Peacock has... more
Investing in core business and global operations
EFL Global has acquired Trans American Customhouse Brokers. Established in 1984, Trans American has evolved into an industry innovator in customs and global logistics. It is ranked within the top 20 of all US customs brokers by annual entry filings. With this purchase, EFL... more
Third month of the year, three old "Combi" jumbos
AMS has been exclusively retained to remarket three B747-400 aircraft, serial numbers 28459, 28460 and 30454. The CF6-powered aircraft were manufactured in 1997, 1999 and 2000, respectively. The three B747-400Ms, which can accommodate seven pallets on the main deck behind... more
JAS continues to strengthen Americas team
JAS Americas has made several leadership appointments to further solidify its strategic direction as a quality-driven and customer-centric logistics provider. Mario Tenebruso (top left) has been promoted to vice president, sales & marketing for the Americas Region. He... more
Good news from Iceland
2022 brought good results for the logistics provider and shipping company Eimskip from Iceland, which operates scheduled services in the North Atlantic. Revenues exceeded a total of EUR 1 billion for the first time, an increase of 21.3% compared to 2021. Ebitda amounted to... more
Joining forces to deploy e-trucks in California
Uber Freight, Watt EV and Chep are cooperating to deploy electric trucks on select routes in Southern California. As part of this collaboration, Watt EV will provide electric trucking capacity to Uber Freight shippers. The pilot is Uber Freight’s first EV deployment and... more
Priority access to hub-to-hub lanes
USA-based transport company Ascend is the first carrier customer to reserve autonomous freight capacity on the Volvo Autonomous Solutions (VAS) network. By reserving capacity, Ascend will have priority access to V.A.S.’s first lanes that will run based on a hub-to-hub model.... more
2023 Rock Stars of the supply chain award
UWL, a top-10 American-owned NVOCC and global logistics solutions provider, reports that Jane Colazzo, senior vice president, strategic development at UWL, has been honoured with the 2023 Rock Stars of the supply shain award presented by Food Logistics. This award recognises... more
Qatar Airways doubles cargo capacity in Munich
Qatar Airways Cargo is doubling its capacity at Munich airport. All four flights between Germany's fourth biggest air cargo gateway and Doha are operated on behalf of the logistics company DB Schenker. One of the carrier's new rotations continues from Munich to Chicago Rockford,... more