Seychelles: a hub for sea-air transhipments 
Mahe Shipping Company, a freight forwarder headquartered in the Seychelles, in cooperation with Mauritius-based Freight and Transit Company Limited (FTL) and Air Seychelles Cargo, has for the first time ever handled an exceedingly large cargo transhipment from sea to air... more
Kales markets Venipak's capacity
Kales Airline Services has been chosen as the dedicated GSSA for Venipak’s new weekly Hong Kong – Riga B737 freighter service. The Dutch company is representing the sales segment on these flights in Europe, except for the Baltics and Hong Kong. Justas Sablinskas, CEO of... more
US-made locos to carry coal in Australia
Bowen Rail has received its first state-of-the-art locomotives arriving through the Port of Townsville in Northern Australia. The locos will be used to transport coal for Bravus Mining & Resources Carmichael Mine. Bowen Rail’s fleet of locomotives are fresh out of... more
Linking Lyon to the cargo world
Two weeks ago, on 17 September 2021, Qatar Airways Cargo and ECS Group celebrated one year of serving Lyon. Since its first flight, the international cargo airline, together with the global GSSA ECS Group, has flown over 5,000 t of cargo out of France's second largest... more
Direct LCL link from China via USA to Mexico
Dachser Mexico has launched a cross-border trucking and customs clearance service to connect its customers to Dachser USA’s LCL service between China and ports on the US West Coast. To address congestion at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the LCL service from China... more
Finally night shift in Long Beach
There is hope that the long queues of container vessels in the bays near the biggest US Ports on the West Coast will soon be a thing of the past. The Total Terminals International container terminal on Pier T in the port of Long Beach recently granted trucks access to the... more
Jaxport names Wendy Hamilton
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport) board of directors appointed new officers during its monthly meeting on 27 September 2021, unanimously electing financial services executive Wendy O. Hamilton as its chair. Hamilton is a certified financial planner and president of... more
First leased and operated, then finally owned
US short line railroad Buckingham Branch Railroad (BBRR) is acquiring a 264 km long line in Virginia, USA, from milepost 276 in Clifton Forge to milepost 111.78 at Doswell, according to the US surface transportation board. BBRR has been leasing and operating the stretch from CSX... more
Cargo growth fuels new leadership roles
Alaska Air Cargo group has filled three new management roles: Kim Beelitz (right) is now manager of cargo ground operations in Seattle (SEA). She has worked with Alaska Airlines for more than a dozen years and has been a member of the Seattle cargo team since 2016. Gina... more
First 767-800BCF conversion programme in China
Boeing and Guangzhou Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Company (Gameco) have announced plans to create additional capacity for the 767-300 Boeing converted freighter (BCF). The agreement, which was presented by the two companies at the China international aviation &... more