Nigeria welcomes FedEx 
FedEx has launched its own commercial presence in Nigeria. Red Star Express, the current service provider in Nigeria, will continue to provide the infrastructure for FedEx in the field of ground operations.Nigeria is the largest and fastest-growing economy in Africa, and the... more
When French and US-Americans sympathise
The Marseille-based CMA CGM Group has inked an agreement to acquire GCT Bayonne and New York terminals, on Staten Island. The two east coast facilities belong to Global Container Terminals (GCT). The price of the purchase wasn’t disclosed. The Port Authority of New York and New... more
Memphis steams infested chestnuts for the holidays
A month ago US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Memphis TN intercepted nine immature insects in a shipment of chestnuts. The eight-kilogram shipment from Bolzano (Italy) was en route to a residential address in Long Island NY and lacked the... more
More volumes in sweet waters
Puerto Aguadulce (Colombia) passed a threshold by handling the largest-capacity vessel so far to call the port and in the country at all. The ‘CMA CGM Argentina’, a 1,572 teu vessel, was built in 2019 and sails under the Maltese flag. The milestone highlights Buenaventura’s... more
Humanitarian logistics award from 2023
The Logistics Hall of Fame is set to present a new international award from 2023 onwards – the Lynn C. Fritz Medal for Excellence in Humanitarian Logistics. The annual medal will recognise humanitarian organisations and their partners for outstanding logistics projects. The... more
14 countries team up for a trade tool
14 government agencies in charge of guarding national frontiers worldwide, amongst them the USA’s Customs and Border Protection agency (CBP), have agreed on a common tool to improve their services. They will deploy a so-called ‘Global Business Identifier’ (GBI) pilot... more
Natilus partners with Janicki
Natilus, a US corporation, is producing the world’s first purpose-made autonomous aircraft for airfreight transport. As a big step forward, Natilus has partnered with Janicki for composite part design and fabrication. Through Natilus’ design and development of a mostly... more
CDB Aviation picks Jie Chen
The board of directors of CDB Aviation, a wholly-owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has selected Jie Chen to become the company’s new chief executive officer. Chen will take the helm in January 2023 and replace Patrick Hannigan, whose... more
De-icing pads to keep parcels moving at MEM
Federal, state, local and business leaders marked the completion of 3.3 million sqft de-icing pads at Memphis International Airport, home to FedEx’s largest air cargo sorting facility. The pads are large enough to de-ice twelve wide-body cargo aircraft simultaneously, which will... more
CCA welcomes members and treasurer
The Cool Chain Association (CCA) has welcomed Brussels Airport, Boeing, Singapore Airport Terminal Services (Sats), and Validaide as new members and appointed Miguel Rodríguez, the senior manager of climate control products with Qatar Airways as its treasurer. The... more