Kansas City Southern picks vice president 
Kansas City Southern (KCS) has promoted Rodrigo Flores from vice president automotive to vice president automotive and intermodal sales. In this expanded role, he is responsible for the automotive and intermodal business units in the USA and Mexico. “While leading our... more
North Highland acquires Logistipoint Consulting
North Highland, a change and transformation consultancy, has taken over Logistipoint Consulting, a retail supply chain and distribution consulting firm that helps clients achieve significant results in logistics and distribution operations. Founded in 2009, Logistipoint... more
Increasing capacity for grain transport
Canadian National Railways (CN) has awarded a contract to build 1,150 new generation, high-capacity grain hopper cars to National Steel Car of Hamilton, ON, bringing to USD 1 billion the amount CN plans to invest in Ontario by the end of 2022. In addition to its purchase as... more
New appointments at Port of Corpus Christi
The Port of Corpus Christi has appointed Jeff Pollack as its first chief strategy officer. Pollack, who specialises in coastal community land use and resiliency, joined the port’s leadership team in 2018 as director of planning, a newly created position overseeing all strategic... more
Passenger airline becomes cargo-only carrier
When American Airlines relaunched cargo-only flights in March, its cargo team started with 20 strategic flights to two key destinations. This September, its cargo-only schedule will total more than 1,000 flights serving 32 cities; a plan that began as an experiment has now grown... more
Supporting the Tour de France for 40 years
Last weekend, on 29 August 2020, XPO Logistics took to the roads of the Tour de France as official transport partner for the 40th consecutive year. A team of 68 XPO drivers will pilot 52 trucks for 3,479 km, moving over 420 t of cargo along the course. XPO is responsible for... more
Panama Canal extends relief measures 
The trend is pointing upwards: after weak months of May and June, transits at the Panama Canal climbed from 845 in June to 933 in July, and August is showing a similar curve. As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to impact the global economy, the Panama Canal is extending its... more
Relief on track from Santa Barbara to Beirut
More than 60 t of critical aid will soon offer needed relief to medical personnel in Beirut, Lebanon. Fedex transported the emergency supplies via a dedicated charter flight to help health facilities responding after a deadly explosion ripped through the city earlier this month,... more
Production of class 3 e-truck to start in 2022
Cityfreighter and AB-JOOST have signed an agreement to build Cityfreighter's beta version of the CF1 at AB Joost's production facility in Belgium. The CF1 is an electric class 3 truck for last mile logistics and has a modular concept which will significantly lower development... more
Swiss continues to expand cargo network
From today, 28 August 2020, Swiss Worldcargo is back in Moscow DME, performing thrice-weekly A320/A220 flights from Zurich and a weekly A220 flight from Geneva. The Swiss national carrier also announced the addition of two long-haul destinations to its cargo-only network -... more