Fiata welcomes new vice chairs for CAI and REU 
Fiata has elected Samir J. Shah and Tomas Arvidsson as Customs Affairs Institute (CAI) and Region Europe (REU) vice chairmen, respectively. Shah is a past chairman and advisor to FFFAI - Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations in India - and managing committee member... more
ONE tightens links to Latin America
Ocean Network Express (ONE) is introducing a new Altiplano Service (ATS), which is scheduled to commence in February 2023. Connecting Arica and Iquique, Chile, from Callao, Peru, the new ATS service provides an extended coverage of Northern Chile and complements ONE’s existing... more
Bridging the African gap
Ethiopian Airlines Group (ET) has partnered with Mailamericas (MA), a private postal operator and gold member of the consultive committee for the Universal Postal Union, to develop competitive cross border ecommerce services within Africa and the Middle East using Addis Ababa as... more
The industry needs staying power 
GSSA expects airfreight upturn in Q2 or H2. After a peak season that didn’t deserve the moniker the air cargo industry is now looking to the future with uncertainty. Andrius Antanaitis, director of business development for Europe at Strike Aviation, thinks the industry will have... more
Expanded intermodal services for US shippers
RSI Logistics and Transtar have inked a partnership agreement. The collaboration will see RSI operate the Delray Connecting Railroad Company’s Zug Island transloading location within Transtar’s US rail network, as well as jointly partnering to market the transloading... more
Inform promotes Justin Newell
Inform, a global software provider of AI driven digital decision-making to optimise business operations headquartered in Aachen, Germany, has promoted Justin Newell to CEO, Inform North America. Newell succeeds Inform North America founder and chairman, Adrian Weiler, who... more
A mixed bag for J.B. Hunt
US-based J.B. Hunt Transport Services reported its Q4/2022 results recently. While the net income amounted to USD 201.3 million, 16.9% less than in Q4/2021 (242.2 million in Q4/2021), revenues for the current quarter went up to USD 3.65 billion, an increase of 4% compared to the... more
Tonnages make a big jump again - yields not yet
The latest preliminary figures from World ACD Market Data reveal a strong post-holiday season recovery of global air cargo tonnages in the second week of 2023. The 19% upswing is delayed compared with last year, when tonnages had already begun to recover by the end of the first... more
Global transit times improving
The Ocean Shipping Index from E2 open is based on information from a business network that includes 420,000 interconnected companies managing 13.5 billion transactions and tracking 71 million containers annually. In its issue for Q4/2022, the index reports that, in major... more
Cargojet renews strategic contract in Canada
Cargojet has extended the master services agreement with Canada Post Corporation and Purolator (Canada Post Group of Companies “CPGOC”) until 30 September 2029. An additional option to renew to 31 March 2031 remains available. Cargojet and CPGOC first entered into the... more