Global maritime capacities coming back 
The idle fleet worldwide is shrinking while the carriers add further capacities to the global maritime market. The trades between Asia and North America West Coast are particularly strong, capacities being up 15% compared to the same weeks last year, as the Copenhagen... more
Diesel and propellers: technology for the future?
The Californian start-up Otto Aviation officially introduces the Celera 500L as "the most fuel-efficient commercially viable passenger aircraft in the world". The full-scale prototype has completed 31 test flights validating its performance goals: a max. cruise... more
Pharma logistics providers praise cooperation
Skycell, a Swiss-based provider of temperature-controlled container solutions, has supported three vaccine shipments sent from a manufacturer in Italy to the Brazilian government amid the pandemic. The first charter, jointly operated by Lufthansa, DHL and Skycell, flew from... more
Maersk reshuffles its brands
Having posted stronger-than-expected results for Q2/2020, tripling its net income to USD 443 million in comparison to USD 153 million in Q2/2019, Maersk is redesigning its portfolio. The Safmarine and Damco brands will be fully integrated and no longer marketed by the end of... more
San Francisco today, Boston tomorrow
Only a few days after landing again in Buenos Aires (photo), Swiss Worldcargo is expanding in North America. Starting today, 2 September 2020, the freight division of Swiss International Air Lines will operate three weekly flights from Zurich to San Francisco... more
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