Shopify Canada in the black with record Q3 
The wave of e-commerce has also advanced the business of Shopify, a proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. In Q3/2020, the Ottawa-based company, which keeps its books in USD currency, posted revenues of USD 767.4 million, a... more
Cargo business up in the North
Cargo operations remained strong as Winnipeg airport (Manitoba Province, Canada) and partners helped move vital goods in and out of the community. The number of cargo plane landings increased by 1.85% in Q3/2020 compared to the same period in 2019. The airport also welcomed a... more
Maritime goes smart
The maritime industry in general is changing fundamentally as vessels transform into sophisticated sensor hubs, generating data and connecting through satellites in an expanding interconnected web. To enable the uptake of these systems and unlock the associated efficiencies,... more
Amazon in Switzerland
In the second half of 2022, Amazon Web Services (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, plans to open a new infrastructure region based in Zurich (Switzerland) with three availability zones across the country, in addition to the already existing European regions in France, Germany,... more
EMSA on ship calls during the pandemic
The ports of Croatia, Iceland, Slovenia and Spain are statistically the ones that have suffered the most from the decrease in the number of ship calls throughout the European Union, Norway, Iceland and the United Kingdom since the end of July due to the pandemic. According... more
C. H. Robinson tackling the times
C. H. Robinson has published its figures for Q3/2020 and the months from January till September 2020 - and they are on the positive side. In Q3/2020, the 3PL's revenues increased by 9.6% to USD 4.2 billion compared to the same period in 2019, due to higher prices in some fields... more
Air cargo makes a strong comeback
Together with the Houston office of the Germany-based heavylift expert Deugro Group, Deugro Air Chartering recently executed the transport of oversized compressor equipment from Cologne to Minneapolis. Initially, it was planned to ship the cargo by sea, but due to the impact... more
US short-line railroad modernises its track
The Nebraska, Kansas & Colorado Railway (NKCR), a short-line railway managed by Omnitrax, has received a USD 4.5 million grant from the US department of transportation. The grant will fund the renovation of more than 160 km of track in western Nebraska and eastern Colorado.... more
World trade on the rise
The container throughput index of the German RWI – Leibniz institute for economic research and the institute of shipping economics and logistics (ISL) showed a robust improvement in September, rising from (corrected) 116.5 to 119.7 points. The uptick was felt in Chinese... more
Delta partners with Dokasch
To support safe, reliable and efficient transportation of pharmaceutical products, Delta Cargo has approved the Dokasch "Opticooler" RAP container for use on its aircraft as part of its cold chain pharma programme for the transportation of vaccines. This... more