Door Dash's European expansion continues 
The world is not enough: food delivery giant Door Dash, which has just inked a USD 8 billion deal to buy Finnish startup Wolt, is widening the door to the European market. Before the deal with Wolt, the group only delivered in USA, Canada, Australia and Japan. The takeover... more
Iata appoints chief economist
Marie Owens Thomsen will join the International Air Transport Association (Iata) as its chief economist, effective 4 January 2022. She has served as head of global trends and sustainability at Banque Lombard Odier since 2020. Before that, she was global head of investment... more
Early ail mail across seas and oceans
90 years ago today, on 19 November 1931, Pan American Airways' "American Clipper" entered service. The Sikorsky S-40 was the first four-engine aircraft in commercial service with a US flag carrier and improved access to Latin America. Charles Lindbergh piloted the... more
Unilode assists Turkish Cargo
Turkish Cargo has appointed Unilode Aviation Solutions to service and repair its ULD fleet under a three-year agreement. The global provider of outsourced ULD management and repair services will overhaul Turkish Cargo’s standard and heavy-duty pallets, pallet nets, cargo and... more
Unctad optimistic for 2021
In its shipping report "Review of Maritime Transport for 2021", Unctad made it clear that despite the anti-pandemic measures, volumes in fell less dramatically in the course of 2020 than formerly expected: "The shock in the first half of 2020 caused maritime trade... more
BDP International picks Anthony Elwine
BDP International has appointed Anthony Elwine as its new chief commercial officer (CCO). He brings nearly 30 years of logistics and supply chain experience to the role, with a background in transportation, sales strategy, chemical, petrochemical, industrial and manufacturing... more
Gender balance on Atlas Air's board
At the Women’s Forum of New York 2021, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings was named as one among Corporate Champions in recognition of its leadership to attain gender balance on its corporate board. The “Breakfast of Corporate Champions” (BCC) event on 10 November 2021 in New York... more
Boeing: three new freighter conversion lines
As global demand for freighters continues to soar, Boeing is planning to add three conversion lines for the 737-800BCF in North America and Europe. The company has also signed a firm order with lessor Icelease for eleven of the freighters as the launch customer for one of the... more
Promotion for Tom Drury
Transport and logistics provider Geodis has promoted Tom Drury to executive vice president of strategic development of the Americas region. He will succeed Fred Loeffel, who is retiring after nearly 36 years in the company. Since 2015, Drury has been executive vice president of... more
High rates well into 2024?
Starting out from the China Containerized Freight Index, the Copenhagen-based shipping consultancy Sea-Intelligence has defined five periods each of sustained rate decreases and of sustained rate increases, specially the average percentage point drop per week over the full... more