Latam emerges stronger from Chapter 11 process 
Latam Group has completed its financial restructuring process in USA, which it voluntarily commenced in May 2020 to reduce its debt (35% less than pre-filing), access new sources of financing (over USD 2.2 billion of liquidity) and transform its business in response to the... more
Unilode picks Mohammed Akhlaq
Unilode Aviation Solutions, a major player in outsourced unit load device (ULD) management, repair and digital services, has appointed Mohammed Akhlaq as chief commercial officer (CCO). Akhlaq has over 30 years’ experience in senior commercial and operational roles in the... more
CBP intercepts strange cement statues in Memphis
On 8 October 2022, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists in Memphis, Tennessee seized two bird carcasses and palm seeds encased in cement statues. The shipment from Mexico City was en route to Odessa, Texas and vaguely manifested as a gift to a... more
XPO Logistics welcomes Carl Anderson
XPO Logistics has appointed Carl Anderson as chief financial officer, effective 8 November 2022. Anderson will replace Ravi Tulsyan, who will leave the company after assisting with the CFO transition. Anderson most recently served as chief financial officer of Meritor, a... more
Copa Airlines brings Champ’s TGC to Brazil
The Latin American carrier Copa Airlines has expanded its relationship with Champ by adding ‘Traxon Global Customs’ (TGC) to its essential resources. Copa, which is headquartered in Panama, already uses Champ’s TGC solution for its branches in Bolivia, Paraguay, Trinidad and... more
H2 Clipper takes Martin Wittaker on board
H2 Clipper, an aerospace and alternative energy company developing uniquely capable hydrogen-powered airships and end-to-end hydrogen infrastructure solutions, has elected Martin Whittaker to its board of directors. Whittaker, founding CEO of Just Capital, brings almost 30... more
Robert Steen Kledal joins Survitec
The company Survitec, a leading survival technology solutions partner, has appointed Robert Steen Kledal as CEO. He has 30 years of experience in executive positions in charge of global operations, and was CEO for nine years of Wrist Ship Supply, a leading ship and offshore... more
Antonov Airlines air-lifts communication satellite
Antonov Airlines cooperated with Bollore Logistics Space recently to transport a civil telecommunications satellite on one of its Antonov AN-124-100-150 aircraft. It flew the unit from Toulouse (France) to the ‘Nasa Shuttle Landing Facility’ in Titusville FL (USA), where it will... more
Chief accounting officer for XPO spin-off
Freight transportation services provider XPO Logistics Inc is appointing Jason Kerr as the chief accounting officer of RXO, a planned spin-off of XPO’s brokered transportation platform. Kerr has joined XPO as the chief accounting officer for the North American transportation... more
100 zero-emission BEVs for California
The US zero-emission electric vehicle (EV) service provider Zeem has executed a purchase order for 100 Nikola ‘Class 8 Tre’ battery-electric vehicles (BEVs), in order to ensure immediate availability of electric trucks for freight and logistics companies utilising Zeem’s... more