Five weekly flights to West Africa 
IAG Cargo is introducing a new direct route to Dakar, Senegal from Madrid, running five times a week with Iberia A330 and A350, as the company responds to increasing demand for the transportation of goods to West Africa. Freddie Overton, regional commercial manager for... more
USA: Aransas terminal to handle project cargo
In Port Aransas, TX, family-owned company Aransas Terminal Company (ATC) is redesigning the marine terminals of Harbor Island. ATC is a new baby born in July 2021 to lease, administer, operate and maintain the port facilities called Aransas Terminal – Harbor Island located on... more
Logistics to keep C-17 Globemasters ready
Under contract for performance-based logistics (PBL) support of the C-17 fleet since 1998. Boeing will continue assuring the C-17 Globemaster III's worldwide mission readiness through a follow-on contract awarded by the US Department of Defence, valued at up to USD 23.8 billion... more
US e-truck plants to be served by CSX
Ford and Korean SK Innovation will invest USD 11.4 billion in new campuses in USA to produce the next generation of electric trucks and the batteries to power them. The plants will be served by US class I railways CSX. Production will begin in 2025. Called Blue Oval City,... more
Green equipment for NYNJ
Maher Terminals at the Port of New York & New Jersey has ordered three new ship to shore (STS) container cranes. They will be installed alongside the existing eight Liebherr STS cranes at Maher’s terminal. The first two cranes were supplied in 2012 with a further two in... more
321 Precision tackles two more A321-200PCF
Greenwich Highland Aviation is the latest A321-200PCF customer to contract 321 Precision Conversions. The US Airline has initially pledged two aircraft, msn 1438 and 1953, which will induct in early 2022 at Haeco Americas in Lake City, FL. The pair of A321-200PCFs will be leased... more
Jürgen Erdt joins ITG Group
The ITG Group recently opened a new air & sea office in Atlanta (USA), which will be headed by Bryant Goss as regional manager southeast. Guido Voss, who helped establish ITG's US branch in 1994, will continue to serve as president of ITG International Transports. ITG... more
Delays eating up capacity
On the basis of its global liner performance (GLP) and trade capacity outlook (TCO) databases, the Copenhagen-headquartered maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence has measured the impact that congestion and vessel delays have had on the global deployed liner capacity. At the... more
Diving to recover crashed freighter
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is sending a team of investigators to the ditching site of a freighter aircraft off the Hawaiian island of Oahu to coordinate the recovery of the wreckage from the ocean floor. The recovery effort is scheduled to begin on or... more
Dubai Airport and Servy launch joint service
Dubai Airports, which also operates Dubai International (DXB), has established a new logistics chain to launch DXB & more. This new offer was developed in partnership with US-based Servy, an enterprise self-service platform for hospitality which was launched in 2015 as an... more