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
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