UPS sells 3PL unit 
UPS is selling its 3PL business unit Coyote Logistics to RXO, a North Carolina-based freight forwarder. The transaction has been agreed on for USD 1.025 billion. The sale will help UPS to focus more on expanding its portfolio as a small package provider in future. Coyote... more
IBS Software picks CEO
IBS Software, a global SaaS solutions provider to the travel industry, has appointed Somit Goyal as its new chief executive officer (CEO), effective immediately. Somit succeeds Anand Krishnan, who has served as CEO of IBS Software since 2018. Goyal brings a wealth of... more
KN for French fashion
Kuehne + Nagel (KN) is establishing a distribution hub in Piscataway, New Jersey, which will be used for the French fashion brand Sézane’s e-commerce operations. Founded in 2013 in Paris, Sézane has since grown its brand and is now looking to expand its network in the USA.... more
Another eight blue birds for Prime Air
Sun Country Airlines will fly cargo for Amazon at least until the end of the decade. On 20 June 2024, the two companies extended their existing cooperation contract until 2030, which also includes the option of an extension for a further seven years until 2037. It was also... more
Cargo handling partnership grows
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the Sats Group, has extended its partnership with American Airlines in Europe with a new cargo handling contract in Copenhagen to support the launch of the airline’s daily Boeing 787 flights between Denmark and its transatlantic hub... more
Container train delivers finished vehicles
DP World has launched an industry-first solution based on using 53-foot intermodal containers with racking systems to ship finished vehicles by rail from Mexico to the USA and Canada. The service is based on loading finished vehicles into containers directly at the factories in... more
Collaborating on shipment tracking
Westlake Global Compounds will be working with Fourkites, a supply chain visibility platform, on real-time shipment tracking and minimising disruptions and delays. By integrating the Fourkites platform, Westlake Global Compound will be able to monitor its truck shipments in the... more
Guadeloupe port digitalises with Soget
CEI.BA (Centre d’Échanges Informatisés de la Basse-Terre et de l’Archipel), an organisation that manages the digital data platform for Guadeloupe's port and airport community, has transitioned to “S)ONE”, Soget’s latest port community system. This move marks another step in... more
Maersk and Nike to christen green-fuelled vessel
Maersk and Nike will christen one of the world’s first methanol-enabled container vessels at the Port of Los Angeles on 27 August. This green-fuelled vessel, with a capacity of more than 16,000 teu, will be named at a private ceremony featuring Maersk CEO Vincent Clerc, Nike... more
GXO appoints MD in France
GXO Logistics, a pure-player contract logistics provider, has promoted the former deputy manager Vincent Ricci to managing director for its French operations. Ricci is based at the company’s offices in Neuilly. "Ricci brings with him a wealth of industry expertise that... more