On trends of cargo theft in US ports 
The conditions at congested US ports are partially to blame for a shift in cargo theft in Q3/2021 compared to the same period a year before, a study jointly conducted by TT Club, London and BSI, New Jersey, concludes. Storage facilities, targeted in 45% of reported cases,... more
Key appointments at Air Canada Cargo
Air Canada Cargo has appointed Peter Laub senior director cargo – USA & Latin America, and promoted three other industry veterans to key leader ship positions: Janet Wallace is now senior director, cargo transformation, Milt Fenske becomes director, cargo sales – USA, and... more
A proper global e-commerce division
The global e-commerce market grew by 24% in 2020, producing market sales revenues of USD 4.2 trillion. Another year of record growth in 2021 is expected to boost sales to nearer USD 4.9 trillion. USA-headquartered Seko Logistics is launching a new e-commerce business... more
WFS and Polar Air Cargo extend partnership
Polar Air Cargo, a global provider of time-definite, airport-to-airport scheduled air cargo services, has expanded its cargo handling partnership with Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) in North America through a new long-term contract at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).... more
Empire Holdings buys West Air
Empire Holdings, parent company of Empire Airlines, has purchased West Air, a Fedex feeder airline headquartered in Fresno, California. Founded in 1978, West Air operates Cessna Caravans for Fedex, serving parts of California, Nevada and Utah. The company has feeder... more
VCFI reports stabilised growth
The Valencia Containerised Freight Index (VCFI), which measures the trend and evolution of container transport costs by sea from the port of Valencia (Spain), closed the year with a 4.14% increase in December compared to November. This rise continues the trend of the last... more
An update at Tecon Santos in Brazil
T2S has installed a new terminal operating system (TOS) to control all cargo movements at Tecon Santos, one of Latin America's major container terminals. The South Korean company Cyber Logitec, which provides the Opus Terminal operating system, cooperated with T2S in its... more
Autonomous cargo carrier from Silicon Valley
Reliable Robotics has appointed David DeRose as director of finance and Lee Tomlinson as director of operations (from the right) to the company’s fully-owned Part 135 airline subsidiary, in preparation for commercial cargo flights. They join Jeff Drees, director of cargo... more
Air Canada Cargo augments freighter schedule
On 2 January 2022, Air Canada freighters began their service to Miami, Quito and Lima. Starting 15 January, further flights will be launched to San Juan, Mexico City and Guadalajara. This new schedule replaces the previous routing between Frankfurt, Toronto and Vancouver.... more
A drop in times of overflow?
The Chicago-based maritime intelligence provider Project 44 recently analysed the latest developments in ocean shipping and gave its outlook for 2022. Despite a steady decline in teu capacity occurring during H1/2021, port conditions deteriorated. In December, though, port... more