Changes in Unilever leadership executive 
Chief legal officer & group secretary Ritva Sotamaa will retire from the company at the end of March 2022. She will be succeeded by Maria Varsellona, general counsel & company secretary for global technology company ABB. Furthermore, Marc Engel, chief supply chain... more
Second Nature Brands names Mack Phillips
Second Nature Brands, a leading snacks company, has appointed Mack Phillips as its chief supply chain officer. In this role he’ll be in charge of all supply chain activities, including oversight of plant-level procurement, production planning, manufacturing and... more
North American purchase of rolling reefers 
TFI International, which operates in the USA, Canada and Mexico, has acquired the trucking company D&D Sexton, based in Carthage MO (USA). D&D’s fleet of more than 120 tractors and 150 drivers specialising in refrigerated freight, will be integrated into the... more
Inchcape opts for a digital logistics partner
Inchcape Shipping Services and Horizon Air Freight are taking the joint digital path. Customers of Inchcape’s last-mile spares logistics and door-to-deck delivery throughout the Americas can now use the Horizon World Track portal, which gives them real-time updates on all their... more
Bolloré Logistics picks Anne-Laure Marchal
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Anne-Laure Marchal as head of perfumes and cosmetics for the Americas region, based in New York. Before joining Bolloré Logistics, Marchal was key account manager at Flexport. During her career she’s also held various positions in the USA and... more
Truck rental company changes ownership
The USA’s Penske Truck Leasing has agreed to acquire the assets of De Carolis Truck Rental. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including certain regulatory approvals. The parties anticipate closing the transaction on 17 December 2021. De Carolis Truck... more
Kangaroo returns to India
Qantas international flights from Melbourne are taking off again today, 6 December 2021, for the first time in 20 months after the pandemic grounded international travel. The national carrier will recommence scheduled international flights from Melbourne today with flight QF35... more
Los Angeles: an almost genuine treasure hoard
The US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport had a successful Fiscal Year 2021 (1 October 2020 – 30 September 2021). The number of trade enforcement seizures increased by 24% and the overall value of these seizures increased... more
Silver Airways takes parcels on board
Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL, the regional airline Silver Airways operates flights between gateways in Florida, the Southeast and the Bahamas. It took delivery of its first five dedicated freighters, all converted ATR72-500F, and began operations on behalf of Amazon last... more
Cool chain concentration in Latin America
A player from Brazil is currently reshuffling Latin America's logistics cool chain scene: cold storage operator Emergent Cold Latin America (Emergent), headquartered in Sao Paulo, has acquired Friopacífico, a major cold storage business in Chile. This takeover marks... more