World trade keeps coming back 
According to the current flash estimate, the container throughput index published by the RWI - Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics (ISL) rose slightly in August 2020, seasonally adjusted, from (revised) 115.2 to 116.1, while the... more
Assisting in delicate and emotional air shipment
After being removed from burial grounds in Colorado in the 1890's, eventually ending up in the National Museum of Finland, the remains of Native American inhabitants have been returned to Mesa Verde NP. Part of a global effort to bring artefacts back to indigenous people,... more
More traffic on the Great Lakes
Every cloud has a silver lining. Although total shipments in the Canadian part of the Great Lakes are still down by 8% compared to the same period last year, some ports of the Ontario are speaking of progress. While the shipments of iron ore, dry bulk and liquid bulk... more
On the move again
Transborder freight between the USA and other North American countries (Canada and Mexico) increased by 11% in July 2020. Total transborder freight moved by all modes of transportation valued USD 91.0 billion, up 10.9% compared to June 2020 and up 62.2% from May 2020 and... more
ITJ Video News – 24 September 2020
The latest episode of the ITJ Video News is out. Featuring Fesco; this year’s inductee to the Logistics Hall of Fame; Japan’s first LNG bunkering vessel; the official logistics provider for the Fifa World Cup 2022 and more. Presented by editor-in-chief Christian Doepgen.... more
Vancouver intermodal hub opening in 2021
Canadian Pacific Railway (CP) and Maersk have reached an agreement to build and operate a trans-loading and distribution facility in Vancouver. The CP facility will be an expansion of its existing Vancouver intermodal centre and will thus benefit from turn-key railway... more
A South Floridian matter
GA Telesis from Fort Lauderdale (pictured), which is already a customer of the Miami-based MRO Aeronautical Engineers (AEI), is exercising an option for a second Boeing B737-800SF freighter conversion. This follows an announcement for a first B737-800SF, awarded in July. The... more
Fake Covid-19 protection items intercepted
After 20,000 counterfeit N95 masks arriving from Hong Kong had been seized by officers of the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) earlier this month at Boston airport, their Chicago colleagues confiscated a shipment of 500,000 counterfeit N95 masks arriving from Shenzhen,... more
Twelve weeks between Hong Kong and Pittsburgh
Cathay Pacific Airways has launched a temporary expansion of its cargo operations in the Americas, linking Pittsburgh International (PIT) with Southeast Asia and supplementing its existing network of 19 cargo stations throughout the Americas, including East Coast services to... more
DHL supports Livent Corporation in Argentina
DHL Industrial Projects has been supporting Livent with the expansion of its production facility in El Salar del Hombre Muerto in the province of Catamarca, Argentina. This includes international shipments, ocean charters for prefabricated modularised cargo, airfreight, storage... more