USD 100 million for Project44 
Project44, a startup founded in 2014 that specialises in supply chain visibility for shippers and logistics companies, has secured a further USD 100 million investment funds in a Series D financing round. The new funding raised by Insight Partners will be used to expand the... more
US transport minister resigns
After the events of last Wednesday in Washington DC, US Secretary of Transportation, Elaine Chao, has written the following letter. "Dear Department of Transportation colleagues Yesterday, our country experienced a traumatic and entirely avoidable event as supporters of... more
1,000 charter flights since March 2020
IAG Cargo ended 2020 with the departure of its 1,000th charter flight since March that year. The new service was introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic and utilises aircraft from the group that would, in normal times, not be available. This offering continues to be managed by a... more
Solar energy is cool
Protecting the environment has long been an important issue for Swiss provider Rhyner Logistik. It therefore takes great care to deploy eco-friendly utility vehicles in its transport services. The cooling units used on Rhyner trucks are powered via an auxiliary drive by... more
Bertling appoints head for Houston office
Steve Walter has been appointed general manager of Bertling Logistics’ Houston office. He assumed his position on 1 January 2021. Walter brings a wealth of commercial, operational and management experience from his 23 years in the freight industry to his new role. In his... more
Connecting Silicon Valleys
From tomorrow, 9 January 2021, Air India will operate the first-ever nonstop flights between San Francisco airport (SFO) and Bangalore (Bengaluru), India. The twice weekly B777-200LR service also represents the only nonstop flights between the "Silicon Valley of... more
Amazon buys aircraft
Continuing its fleet expansion, the US e-commerce giant Amazon completed its first-ever purchase of eleven B767-300. The four aircraft purchased from WestJet in March are currently undergoing passenger to cargo conversion and will join Amazon Air’s network in 2021, and the seven... more
Aersale begins first of 24 P2F conversions
Aersale, a major US provider of aviation products and services, has inducted the first of its 24-owned B757-200 for passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion at its heavy-MRO centre in Goodyear, AZ, which has been performing such services since 2013. The first aircraft was... more
Transitions and performance at Daseke
At the end of last year Christopher Easter, the CEO of Daseke, a transport and logistics company based in Addison TX (USA), retired as CEO and as a board member, on account of family-related obligations. Jonathan Shepko, one of Daseke’s directors and a co-founder and... more
ITJ Video News – 7 January 2021
In the ITJ Video News of the 7th of January 2021, editor-in-chief Chris Doepgen shines the spotlight on Olfa Hamdi, the 36-year-old new president and chairwoman of state-owned Tunisair; the shipping line ZIM’s plans to go public; an ‘air bridge’ between Belgium and England;... more