Rebranding across America 
As of January 2021, Freight Logistics International, Pirâmide SeaAir and Rodair will officially be known as Rhenus Logistics in the Americas. The three companies in the United States, Brazil and Canada were acquired in 2018 and 2019. Jörn Schmersahl, CEO of Rhenus Air &... more
Two strategic promotions
Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), a cooperative chassis pool manager from the USA, has named Thomas Martucci (left) the company’s new vice president and chief technology officer and Timothy Sibley (right) vice president and chief financial officer. Both positions will... more
Wind of change at Gefco
Gefco announces the arrival of new general managers, with new positions for many seasoned GMs around the world: Concerning the clusters, Frank Erhard now leads a new cluster covering the Benelux region, Austria, and Switzerland; Thierry Vasselin has been promoted to GM of... more
First carbon-neutral shipment
Contecon Guayaquil (CGSA), the concessionaire of the public port in Guayaquil (Ecuador), recently handled the world’s first certified carbon-neutral container shipment. The logistics process involved supply chain firms, from exporter to port and distributor, that go easier on... more
Connecting three continents
Responding to the lack of freight capacity on passenger flights, DB Schenker has extended its global flight network. For the first time in its company history, own-controlled flights connect America, Europe and Asia directly. Launched last week, the new offer comes in addition... more
Prince Rupert full-fledged
2020 was another good year for the Port of Prince Rupert (PRPA). Despite the pandemic, the Canadian port handled 32.4 million t of cargo, 9% more than in 2019, which is a new record mark. Exports of coal, propane, and wood pellets led the increase. Although factory shutdowns... more
Cold chain through Alaska
Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage, a joint venture of industrialist Chad Brownstein and McKinley Capital Management, and the State of Alaska have concluded a 55-year lease agreement at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC), marking a major milestone in the development of... more
More Amazon in Quebec
Amazon has opened two new sortation centres and its first three delivery stations in Quebec (Canada). A 160,000 sqm in Coteau-du-Lac, a suburb just west of Montreal, will be the company’s largest sortation centre in this province and is set to open in the course of 2021.... more
Hot demand for chilled goods
The latest annual analysis of the reefer market presented by the Dutch consultancy Dynamar confirmed the trend in 2019, the latest year analysed. A global appetite for selected special food products boosted the reefer market. The provisional figures in Dynamar’s ‘Reefer... more
Colombian operator achieves milestone
The Sociedad Puerto Industrial de Aguadulce (SPIA), a joint venture between ICTSI and PSA International, started the year well when it handled 1 million teu in January. The SPIA operates the Aguadulce multiuser container terminal in the Colombian port of Buenaventura. SPIA... more