BCG and Miebach join forces 
Strategy consultancy Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and supply chain specialist Miebach Consulting have partnered to help companies around the world optimise their supply chains. "Global supply chains are becoming ever more complex in the face of increased trade... more
Better screening at USA's biggest mail facility
The International Mail Facility (IMF) at New York JFK has undergone a multi-million-dollar renovation. Troy Miller, senior official performing the duties of the commissioner: "I am immensely proud to cut this ribbon and step into a new era of narcotics detection and border... more
A peak in Long Beach
While the run on the US West Coast ports continues, the Port of Long Beach achieved its busiest month and the second-best quarter in its history in March 2021. Although March is traditionally one of the slowest months in the shipping calendar, throughput amounted to more... more
Bolloré chooses Delvecchio
Bolloré Logistics has appointed Pino Delvecchio as head of healthcare vertical Canada. This nomination takes part of the continuous focus on the expansion of the company’s healthcare vertical in the Americas. Delvecchio has been working in the group since 2009. Benoit... more
Logistics marathon continues
42 days after the first doses of Covax, the global mechanism for equitable access to Covid-19 vaccines, were shipped and delivered internationally, to Ghana, more than 38 million doses of vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Serum Institute of India have now been... more
Covid-19 vaccines to Latin America and Caribbean
IAG Cargo, which was created as a single business unit exactly ten years ago, following the merger of British Airways World Cargo and Iberia Cargo, has delivered 2.5 million doses to Latin America and the Caribbean since January. The shipments were transported using IAG... more
XPO continues GXO appointments
XPO Logistics is continuing to build up the executive management team for its contract logistics spin-off, GXO Logistics. A few days after the promotion of Sandeep Sakharkar, currently XPO’s SVP – logistics technology, to the role of GXO's chief information officer, Baris... more
Western Global pilots vote to join Alpa
The US National Mediation Board (NMB) has certified the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (Alpa) as the bargaining representative for the 180 pilots of Florida-based carrier Western Global Airlines. The NMB announced that 69% of the eligible pilots participating in the... more
Genesee & Wyoming: new CEO for UK/Europe
USA-based Genesee & Wyoming (G&W) has appointed Eddie Aston as CEO of its UK/Europe region. This region includes Freightliner, provider of railfreight, terminals and trucking services; Pentalver, container logistics provider; Freightliner Poland, a railfreight operator... more
Three months of money, money, money...
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Chicago’s International Mail Facility (IMF) have been counting a lot of money, counterfeit money, in different denominations that have been seized from parcels coming into the USA. In the past three months, officers have seized... more