Crane Worldwide Logistics promotes Thomas 
Crane Worldwide Logistics has appointed John David Thomas has regional vice president, South-Central region in the Americas, which includes headquarters in Houston, Texas, Central West Texas, Louisiana and on the USA-Mexico border. Thomas first joined the company on the... more
Faces and projects for drone businesses
Airflow, a US aeriallogistics company which is building the first electric-STOL aircraft for middle-mile logistics, has appointed Allan McArtor to its advisory board. McArtor, who was chairman of Airbus Americas for nearly two decades, will advise Airflow as it works to build... more
Exploring new flight paths
UPS plans to purchase electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Vermont-based Beta Technologies to augment its air service for select small and mid-size markets. Beginning in 2024, the first ten of these aircraft (+150 on option) will take off and land on... more
A good March in South Carolina Ports
On the US East Coast, South Carolina Ports witnessed its best handling results ever last month, with the Port of Charleston processing record volumes as the Hugh K. Leatherman Terminal began operations. SC Ports moved almost 249,000 teu across the Port of Charleston’s Wando... more
First North American airline on e-booking platform
Having raised over USD 60 million in two funding rounds in 2020 to support its expansion, with North America as a key focus, cargo.one has signed a letter of intent with Air Canada to offer its cargo capacity on the German air cargo booking platform. Jason Berry, VP cargo at... more
Swissport banks on experience
Glenn Rutherford, Swissport EVP for Asia-Pacific, has decided to leave the company at the end of 2021 after 23 years of service. His successor Brad Moore (photo) brings extensive international experience as an airline executive, most recently as Qatar Airways SVP ground... more
USA invests in airports
The US department of transportation’s federal aviation administration (FAA) will award more than USD 627.7 million in infrastructure and safety projects through the FY/2021 airport improvement programme. The funding includes 449 grants to 390 airports in 39 states, Puerto... more
Thirteenth record in a row
Canadian National Railways’ (CN) large investments of CAD 10 billion (EUR 6.67 billion) in track, safety enhancing technologies, locomotives and railcars since 2018 are now paying off. In March 2021, the carrier moved 2.95 million t of western Canadian grain, exceeding the... more
To Brazil on a river barge 
Two inland waterway shipping lines and ports in three countries have teamed up to promote Latin American exports. more
Grimaldi expands Malta activities
Naples-based Grimaldi Group is banking on Malta, where it runs a number of activities, including MCAST, the Maritime Institute for the training of sea cadets. Now, because of Brexit, Atlantic Container Line (ACL), a Grimaldi Group company, has proceeded to reflag its fleet over... more