Transplace picks Palo 
Transplace, a Dallas, TX-based provider of logistics technology and services, has appointed new chief marketing officer Carmen Palo. She will enhance integrated communications strategies to extend Transplace’s reach and better serve its diverse clients of globally recognised... more
Pacific Harbor Line to test battery locomotive
In the USA, Progress Rail has reached an agreement with Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) to supply its new battery electric locomotive for a demonstration project operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. The new, six-axle locomotive will feature the latest... more
Gameco's first B737-800BCF completed
The Chinese MRO services provider Gameco has announced the completion of the first 737-800 Boeing Converted Freighter (BCF) at its Guangzhou facility. The conversion was completed on 15 October 2020 and comes roughly four months after Gameco launched its BCF conversion programme... more
Connecting the USA with Europe and India
Delta has launched cargo-only flights between the United States, Europe and India. Shawn Cole, VP – cargo: "Given the travel constraints within Europe, we are strategically adding cargo capacity in Spain, Ireland and Germany to support overall passenger and cargo... more
A new Mexico–Florida shuttle
ZIM is launching a new Mexico–Tampa shuttle service (MTS9) to commence in mid-December, expanding the company's regional network and providing more options for customers in Mexico and the USA. The MTS9 will deploy a 1,000-teu vessel on a weekly, fixed-day schedule between... more
Alitalia to return to South America next month
After suspending these services in March and April this year, Alitalia will resume its weekly scheduled flights to Argentina and Brazil in mid-December. The services from Rome FCO to São Paulo GRU, which are set to begin on 15 December, and those to Buenos Aires, which will... more
Alha Group helps build transatlantic bridge
Volga-Dnepr Group continues to support the life-saving uninterrupted supply chains through its dedicated services offering in partnership with DHL Global Forwarding LS&H sector experts. This time Air Bridge Cargo Airlines and Cargo Logic Air organised the delivery of insulin... more
Sea Intelligence on demand in Q4/2020
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy "Sea Intelligence" recently analysed the latest demand data for September 2020 published by Container Trade Statistics (CTS). Global demand grew by 6.9% in comparison to September 2019, with positive growth in all... more
More than 1,000 cargo-only flights since March
Since the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, Swiss International Air Lines has carried over 23,000 t of goods on more than 1,000 cargo-only flights, operated by its airfreight division Swiss Worldcargo. During the months of April and May, the major commodities transported... more
American Airlines introduces new mail module
American Airlines Cargo continues the modernisation of its business with the completion of digital airmail handling and mail revenue accounting modules from IBS Software’s "iCargo" system. This deployment, which was completed in late August, was the final... more