"Hard" October at US customs 
Earlier this month, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago seized a shipment containing 15,000 tablets marked and packaged as Viagra 100 mg tablets (photo) and varying brands of honey mixed with Sildenafil. The consignment was shipped by a company in... more
Prologis' balance sheet in 19 countries
Logistics real estate developer Prologis has reported its results for Q3/2020. As of 30 September 2020, the company owned or had investments in ventures, properties and development projects estimated to total approximately 91 million sqm in 19 countries. Moreover, the... more
A new option for Etihad pharma transports
Etihad Cargo, the cargo and logistics arm of the Abu Dhabi (UAE)-based Etihad Aviation Group, partners with CSafe Global, an US provider of active, passive parcel and cell and gene temperature-controlled container solutions, to introduce its latest container, the CSafe RAP,... more
No "aloha" for freight from next month
Hawaiian Airlines, which reduced its workforce by nearly 2,500 employees this month when the coronavirus aid, relief and economic security payroll support programme (PSP) expired, will suspend its "‘Ohana by Hawaiian" passenger flights between Honolulu (HNL) and... more
Brazil: road-rail solution for automotive sector
Ventana Serra do Brasil, in cooperation with major logistics and intermodal operators in South America, has developed a road-rail solution in Brazil for container transportation in the automotive sector for its customer CNH Industrial. Until now, CNH Industrial semi-finished... more
K+N: less traffic, more profit
The Schindellegi (Switzerland)-headquartered Kuehne + Nagel Group stuck to profit instead of volumes in Q3/2020. While net turnover and ebit decreased over the first nine months of 2020 with CHF 14.8 billion (-5.7%) and CHF 790 million (-5.9%), ebitda with CHF 1.4 billion was... more
XPO hires Nascimento
XPO Logistics, a global provider of transport and logistics solutions, has appointed Carla Nascimento as transport sales leader for Portugal, Galicia and Asturias. She shares responsibility for the strategic expansion of customer relationships with Carlos Rivero, senior... more
Cargo capacity no longer required
A C-130 Hercules aircraft used as a static trainer for US airmen since the early 1980s finally met its end as part of a defence logistics agency disposition services scrap contract at Hanscom Air Force Base, MA. The 30-m-long aircraft, locally known as "Hulk", had... more
Lombardi to become IICL president
Effective 1 January, Dennis Lombardi will become president of the Institute of International Container Lessors (IICL), a US trade association representing lessors of maritime containers and intermodal chassis. The industry veteran who spent most of his 40-year career in... more
B737 freighter from Wales to Uganda
Prodigy Aviation Solutions (PAS), a provider of aviation services based in London (UK), has transferred a B737-800F to Uganda. With a technical stopover in Cairo, a French crew flew the aircraft belonging to Elite Aviation from Saint Athan (DGX) airport in South Wales to... more