Montreal receives a new rail hub 
Canadian Pacific (CP) has opened its new multi-commodity transload facility in Montreal. The facility will offer transloading services and supplementary intermodal transportation and distribution services from CP's Côte Saint-Luc yard, with more space available for future... more
Air-City and Seko launch parcel service into the USA
Air-City, powered by Seko, has launched a new international parcel delivery service into the United States after gaining approval from US Customs & Border Protection (CBP) to process ocean imports through Seko Logistics’ container freight station (CFS) in Long Beach,... more
Blume Global welcomes Tom Williams as CFO
Blume Global, a provider of logistics and supply chain solutions has hired Tom Williams as its new CFO. Most recently, Williams led the finance team at Steelwedge as CFO, which included the management of the company's acquisition by E2Open. Williams will be based in Atlanta... more
Expanded rail access for Georgia and Florida
US transport company Omnitrax is launching its rail-ready sites programme along the short line railroad Georgia & Florida Railway (GFRR) in coordination with nine counties across south Georgia and north Florida. Omnitrax is collaborating with economic development... more
Next step for Huntsville 565 Logistics project
Intersect Development Group has released an initial rendering of its planned Huntsville 565 Logistics project and announced it has closed on the 190,203 sqm of land that will host three newly constructed buildings resulting in a 37,200 sqm logistics park. With a... more
Geodis appoints Mike Honious president & CEO Americas
Geodis has announced that effective 3 October 2020, Mike Honious will be promoted to president & CEO of the company's Americas division, reporting to Marie-Christine Lombard, CEO of Geodis. In his new role, Honious will be responsible for freight forwarding,... more
Converting Koreans choose Columbus
In partnership with global airfreight forwarders and Korean Air Cargo, Columbus Rickenbacker International Airport (LCK) recently became the world’s only airport serving Korean Air Cargo’s new fleet of cargo-converted passenger aircraft. In these uncharted times, Korean Air... more
UN: Improve intermodal coordination across borders!
Eight UN bodies - the International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao), the UN Conference on Trade and Development (Unctad), the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), the UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca), the UN Economic Commission for Europe (Unece), the UN... more
56% of ports back to pre-pandemic levels
Several trends are outlined in the Covid-19 Port Economic Impact Barometer for H1/2020 published by the IAPH. The report, which was compiled by a dedicated Task Force operating under the World Ports Sustainability Programme (WPSP), summarises responses from 85 ports from around... more
CP and Maersk to build a hub in Vancouver
Canadian Pacific Railway and Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a transload and distribution facility in Vancouver to expand CP’s and Maersk Canada’s supply chain options for customers. The new project will be an expansion of CP’s existing Vancouver... more