Unequal treatment of traffic to islands 
USA and UK have completed the signature of the air transport agreement, with secretary of transportation Elaine L. Chao (photo) and secretary of state Mike Pompeo signing for the USA. Including the UK Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, it meets all the criteria of... more
Collection of the Port of Trois-Rivières
The Canadian Port of Trois-Rivières has acquired the collection of canvas artworks "Hommage au Saint-Laurent", created by a collective group of artists composed of Gérard Boulanger, Yvon Lemieux, Raymond Quenneville, Robert Roy and Yvon St-Aubin. “The collection... more
Competition for wide-body charter market
AELF Flightservice has entered the wide-body wet leasing and ACMI charter market, with its first A330-200 aircraft, now available for work in passenger and auxiliary cargo configuration. This is the first of four A330-200 that the company with offices in Chicago, Miami, and... more
Cherries choose MSC
The Switzerland-headquartered Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) has started its new express service for cherry and fresh fruit cargo from Chile to Asia. The so-called "Cherry Express service" will run as a joint carrier agreement, connecting Asia and the west coast... more
Another quarterly dividend and B767 freighter
The board of directors of Cargojet, a Canadian provider of time sensitive premium overnight air cargo services, has declared a cash dividend of CAD 0.2340 (USD 0.17976) per common voting share and variable voting share for the period from 1 October to 31 December 2020.... more
"Big Brown" works with "Bikini" carrier
Vietjet, a private Vietnamese carrier whose female flight attendants are known for posing on calendars, and UPS have entered an agreement which they call "historic". It provides Vietjet with access to the integrator's global network via UPS’s "browntails"... more
New standards for containers
BIC (Bureau International des Containers) and DCSA (Digital Container Shipping Association) have accomplished a standardisation of codes used to identify facilities such as depots, container yards, M&R vendors and other supply chain container facilities. The... more
Level brings IAG's cargo to Latin America
IAG Cargo, the cargo division of International Airlines Group (IAG) and its sister airline Level, have announced a return to regular services from Barcelona to Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. Level's services were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, but will now resume... more
Daniel Bean honoured
Jax Chamber has elected Jaxport board secretary and retired US Navy Captain Daniel K. Bean (Photo) as the recipient of the 7th annual RDML Kevin F. Delaney Hall of Fame award in recognition for his significant contributions to the Jacksonville community as veteran. Bean... more
Inaction risks wave of bankruptcies
New research of the International Road Union (IRU) reveals the continuing catastrophic impact of Covid-19 on the commercial road transport industry, with a very high default and insolvency risk across the sector worldwide. Ranked on a risk scale from one to ten, all regions... more