Rocking air cargo near Chicago 
For Chicago Rockford International Airport (RFD), the year 2020 ended with the largest year-to-date landed cargo weight in the organisation’s history, growing by more than 15% to 1.225 million t of freight that landed and travelled through RFD compared to 2019. The leading... more
Dachser restructures regional management
Dachser Air & Sea Logistics (ASL) has reorganised the management of two regional business units. Tobias Burger (photo), already in charge of the strategic development as deputy director ASL, has assumed the position of managing director ASL Europe, Middle East and Africa... more
Air cargo information for freight forwarders
Fiata recently informed that Icao has released amendments to the 2021-2022 edition of the Technical Instructions for the Safe Transport of Dangerous Goods by Air relating to the containment of Covid-19. One of the amendments aims to facilitate the transport of vaccines, by... more
Increasing regional impact
After two back-to-back record-breaking years of cargo volumes, Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) and Aeroterm have entered into a ground lease to develop a multitenant cargo facility at the airport located in South New Hampshire, some 80 km North of Boston, until 2024.... more
Centerpoint buys hub in Texas
Center Point Properties has acquired a 56,000 sgm warehouse and office building at 3507 Pasadena Freeway in Pasadena, Texas, from Link Logistics Real Estate. The company highlights the complex's portfolio of connections with the combination of rail service by Union Pacific,... more
More fresh flowers from South America
During the 2021 Valentine’s Day season, which, together with Mother’s Day, represents the peak of the fresh flower export trade, Latam Cargo Group carried 7% more flowers than in 2020, totalling more than 13,200 t. The good figures are due to the group’s uninterrupted... more
More than 1,700 new jobs
BNSF Railway’s customers invested USD 1.1 billion in 2020. BNSF expects these investments to create more than 1,700 new jobs in local communities. This marks the 10th consecutive year that BNSF customers have invested more than USD 1 billion in a calendar year for new or... more
Uneasy times for XPO Logistics
Greenwich (USA)-headquartered XPO Logistics has reported for the full year 2020. The company generated revenues of USD 16.25 billion, a slight loss compared to the USD 16.65 billion in 2019 (-2,5%). Operating income went down significantly to USD 391 million from USD 821 in... more
Jaxport bounces back too
The global recovery of the automobile manufacturing industry is also driving growth in the Jacksonville Port in Florida (Jaxport). In the first quarter of its fiscal year, which started in October 2020, the port’s vehicle volumes grew 7% year-over-year compared to the first... more
Michelin banks on wind transport
Michelin recently signed a transport commitment with Neoline as a test initiative to help decarbonise the group's logistics operations. The commitment concerns the trans-Atlantic trade on cargo ships with tyres loaded in containers from Halifax (Canada) to Saint-Nazaire -... more