Reaching number ten 
US-based Scannell Properties has completed its 10th successful local project since it entered the German market in 2019. The real estate developer has now also found a tenant for its second speculative logistics property in Kitzingen, Bavaria, a site of 23,500 sqm. All... more
Aeroterm picks Lödige Industries
Aeroterm, North America’s largest third party on-airport developer, has selected Lödige Industries, a global provider of cargo terminal solutions, to install a state-of-the-art automated cargo system at John F. Kennedy International Airport’s new 32,516 sqm facility. Lödige’s... more
A new link with the Americas
Starting December 2022, the Marseille-headquartered carrier CMA CGM is launching its new Americas XL service, providing connections between ports on the US East Coast and the West Coast of South America. CMA CGM will deploy its own vessels with a minimum 500 plugs per unit... more
Brian Rodriguez takes the helm at ACS Florida
Air Charter Service, a global aircraft charter broker, has chosen the experienced Brian Rodriguez to lead its Florida operation, based in Miami. Richard Thompson, president of ACS Americas: “Rodriguez has been with us for more than ten years and has shown his knowledge and... more
Jaxport boosts its commercial team
The Jacksonville port authority has welcomed two experienced ocean carrier executives to its commercial team. David Briceno (right) joins Jaxport as director of cargo sales for the US Southeast. His task will be to drive the container business. Briceno has nearly two decades... more
‘Hotbirds’ fly clean with Beluga
A special aircraft landed at the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral in Florida last weekend, when the Airbus BelugaST (A300-600ST) delivered the Airbus-built Hotbird 13G satellite for Eutelsat. This happened a few hours after the successful launch of its twin, Hotbird 13F.... more
Wabtec wins major services contract
Manufacturer Wabtec has signed a services contract with leasing company Akiem to provide maintenance of critical equipment for locomotive fleets in Europe. The agreement, which is to run for the next five years, covers brake components, pantographs and Heating, Ventilation... more
Forty conversion orders for Mammoth Freighters
Mammoth Freighters has named Avia AM Leasing (Avia AM) as the launch customer for its new 777-300ERMF freighter conversion with the signing of a conversion sales agreement for six 777-300ERMF freighters. Including this order, Mammoth now has firm orders for twenty-three 777... more
Anthony Ciobanu joins Chapman Freeborn
Chapman Freeborn, the global air charter specialist and part of Avia Solutions Group, has appointed Anthony Ciobanu as business development executive at its new office in Perth, Western Australia. Ciobanu brings 15 years of aviation industry experience to his new role. He... more
Avianca Cargo makes a first in the Americas
Avianca Cargo has now met all the necessary requirements to receive the Ceiv Fresh certification from Iata. This certification, which was officially presented during an event at Avianca Cargo’s facilities in Miami, qualifies the carrier Colombian carrier as the first airline in... more