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
Five more A321P2Fs from Singapore 
The Aviation Asset Management unit of ST Engineering has signed a LoI to lease up to five A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft to Global Crossing Airlines (GlobalX), a new carrier from Miami. As part of end-to-end asset management solutions, the Singapore-based company will also... more
Handling fresh fish
Summer might officially have arrived recently, when the season's first wild Alaska Copper river salmon came in to Seattle WA from Cordova AK. For the second year in a row, however, Alaska Air Cargo staff handled the iconic fish with masks on their faces. Alaska Air Cargo flies... more
Ohio short-line deal closed
Agracel, which provides industrial development services to rural communities, has launched a new affiliate in the USA, Agracel Rail Holdings, to develop short-line and regional railroad services in North America. Agracel previously co-developed the Effingham Railroad and... more
On the box ships' renaissance
The shipyards are busy again. According to Clarksons, the order book for container ships is also on the rise. Since 2010, when 30% of the global order book were container vessels, their share of the operating fleet worldwide saw a constant downward trend to the low of 8.8% in... more
CN, not CPR, will combine with KCS
Canadian National Railway (CN) and Kansas City Southern (KSU) have entered into a definitive USD 33.6 billion merger agreement to create the premier railway. The agreement was unanimously approved by both companies’ boards of directors. This combination of the two railways’... more
Heinemann Americas contracts logistics partner
A new partnership in the Americas: Heinemann Americas (HAI), the Florida-based affiliate of the international duty-free company Gebrüder Heinemann, and Bolloré Logistics have extended their ongoing cooperation to the new world. Since HAI opened its Miami office nearly seven... more
New CCO at GATX Rail Europe
GATX Rail Europe, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, the European branch of an USA-based leasing company for rail vehicles, has appointed Jörg Nowaczyk as new CCO, effective 1 July 2021. He will report directly to current CEO Johann Feindert. Nowaczyk brings rail logistics... more
Sale-lease-back for two Air France B777F
Funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management and Merx Aviation, a global aircraft leasing, management and finance company, have completed a sale and leaseback transaction with Air France which comprises two B777F. The aircraft, manufactured in 2009, were acquired... more
More A330 freighters for Mexican carrier
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has reached an agreement with Mexico-based Mas Air Cargo Airline for the lease of two A330-300 passenger-to-freighter (P2F) aircraft, marking the lessor’s first-ever lease transaction with... more