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
Crowley names VP for sustainability
Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted Alisa Praskovich to vice president of sustainability. Based in Jacksonville, Florida, she will report to Ray Fitzgerald, CEO, and will lead Crowley’s environmental, social responsibility and governance (ESG) activities. By working... more
Pilot Freight Services' next acquisition
Pilot Freight Services (Pilot), a transportation and logistics provider with 96 locations in North America and several locations in Western Europe and Asia-Pacific, has acquired the company’s Kansas City franchise. The station and employees were integrated into Pilot’s... more
Using Amazon-owned widebody cargo aircraft
Deepening their partnership forged in 2019, Cargojet has entered into a new air transportation services Agreement with Amazon Canada fulfilment services. As part of this arrangement, which has a four-year term with three successive two-year renewal options, Cargojet... more
Civilian mission to Brazil
The German Air Force has brought 80 ventilators from stocks of the federal ministry of health to Manaus. The transport, which was commissioned by the German foreign office, began at Cologne-Wahn air base, which has direct access to Cologne-Bonn Airport. There, an A310MRTT... more
Californian bees to nest in Singapore
Roambee, a Silicon Valley-based supply chain visibility solutions provider which wants to drive growth in Asia and further increase its global life sciences footprint, has appointed Michael Culme-Seymour in Singapore, where he has been living with his family for 22 years, as its... more
Three musketeers for USEC
Maersk, MSC and ZIM are launching a new joint TP23 service between from China and Vietnam to the US east coast from May this year. Ports of call will be Vung Tau in Vietnam, Yantian in South China, and, after crossing the Panama Canal, Savannah, Charleston and Newark. The... more