An old and new brand in Argentina 
In September 2020 the towing company Svitzer took over the firm Madero Amarres from Grupo Meridian in Argentina, and subsequently changed the company name of the subsidiary to Svitzer Argentina. Now the company has acquired a new client in Argentina. On 1 April Svitzer started a... more
Final farewell for Hawaiian’s ‘Ohana operations
Hawaiian Airlines won’t restart its ‘Ohana by Hawaiian passenger services between Honolulu and Moloka‘i and Lāna‘i, as well as its statewide ATR freighter cargo service. Freighter services with ATR 72 aircraft were suspended in November 2020 and passenger services with ATR 42... more
100% zero-emissions refrigerated delivery
Albertsons, a US chain of grocery stores, recently took delivery of two e-trucks at its distribution centre in Irvine CA. The ‘VNR Electric’ models from Volvo Trucks North America are the first zero-tailpipe emission, battery-electric class 8 trucks to be deployed in Albertsons... more
Ready for return of air cargo
Qatar Airways' resumption of four-weekly Atlanta (ATL) flights today, 1 June 2021, marks the full return of the airline’s pre-pandemic US network increasing its gateways to 12, two more than it operated before Covid-19. The airline will also be increasing frequencies to Boston,... more
Trois-Rivières and Montreal: three projects
As part of the collaboration agreement signed in late 2018 that aims to improve respective or shared port services, the ports of Montreal and Trois-Rivières have announced three new projects: the implementation of a common extranet portal to manage vessel arrivals, the... more
Change of hands in South Carolina
Pall Corporation, a global manufacturer of high-tech filtration, separation and purification products servicing manufacturing, food and life sciences industries, has acquired a new logistics site from McCraney Property. The so-called "85 Logistics Park", a... more
WW and Gothenburg fortify partnership
The major ro-ro operator Wallenius Wilhelmsen (WW) is increasing its frequencies and destinations in the port of Gothenburg (Sweden), in response to growing demand for vehicle transport and breakbulk and project loads. WW recently added direct services from Gothenburg to the... more
Transporting an aircraft from Brazil to Florida
Antonov Airlines has transported parts for an aircraft in cooperation with DB Schenker Brazil from Viracopos, Brazil to Miami, USA, with one week’s notice for planning and executing the project. The unusual cargo was dismantled into consignments with dimensions that met the... more
Not only flowers from Colombia to Amsterdam
L&L International de Colombia has reported a recent collaboration with Eastway Global Forwarding, its Irish partner in the UFO network, for the air shipment of two aircraft engines. Each engine had a gross weight of 13.1 t and dimensions of 4.9 x 3.2 x 2.98 m. The... more
Air-Ports under the hammer 
The process was put on the back burner during the outbreak of Covid-19; but now it has returned to centre stage again. In April 2021 alone five port terminals, including inland waterway hubs, were auctioned off. On top of this the concessions for 22 small and medium-sized... more