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
Transporting 50 t of whey to China
RZD Logistics (RZDL) operates multimodal transports with its Agroexpress service. Now the subsidiary of the Russian railways has expanded its network and carried 50 t of dried milk products for Kosmos, a major producer of agricultural products, from the Russian republic of... more
Two for cyber security at sea
Bureau Veritas (BV) and insurance consultancy Bessé are teaming up to improve protection against cyber-attacks in the maritime sector. This partnership will be key to help shipowners comply with IMO and IACS requirements. BV has developed a set of rules (NR 659) which make... more
Green Swan Partners launches second company
Green Swan Partners (GSP), a sustainability-focused venture builder has elected Chetan Chothani - chief executive officer, Lala Faiz - group sustainability officer Mark V. Santo - group general counsel, Anders Flensborg - chief commercial officer and Mare Straetmans - chief... more
Long Beach paves the way
The US West Coast Port of Long Beach moved almost 7.89 million teu in the course of the first ten months of 2021. This is an upswing of 21% compared to the same period in 2020. Although congestion and limited capacity at marine terminals slowed imports at the Port of Long... more
Airbus unveils identity of A350 launch lessor
Air Lease Corporation (ALC) has signed a letter of intent (LoI) covering all Airbus families. Founded in 2010, Los Angeles-based ALC is one of Airbus’ largest customers, having ordered a total of 496 Airbus aircraft to date. The new order, which will be finalised in the... more
Rail park in Oklahoma
Jaguar Transport has entered into an agreement with Haskell Lemon Construction to operate the Oklahoma Central Rail Park (OKCRP) in El Reno, USA. The 800,000 sqm facility just west of Oklahoma City will be fully operational on 1 January 2022. The park connects with the Union... more
Paycargo chooses Amit Gairola
Paycargo has named Amit Gairola as chief design officer. Prior to this appointment, Gairola worked at Amazon for ten years in a variety of general management, product and commercial roles, including most recently as general manager of Amazon Freight in Europe. During his... more