Port Everglades' long-term strategy revised 
The US Port of Fort Lauderdale, Port Everglades, FL, has received unanimous approval on its 20-year master plan, updated from 2014, from the Broward county board of county commissioners. The master plan is a blueprint for five, ten and twenty years of development and capital... more
Harbour commissioner leaves Port of Long Beach
Long Beach harbour commissioner Tracy J. Egoscue has decided not to seek another mandate when her term expires on 30 June 2020. Since her appointment in 2014, Egoscue has served as board secretary, vice president and president of the board that oversees the Port of Long Beach... more
Air Canada moves big life-saving load to London
Air Canada Cargo, which regularly transports radioactive material used in cancer treatments and takes numerous precautions to ensure that they are handled safely and in accordance with all applicable regulations, recently flew a life-saving piece of medical equipment from... more
Change of ship crews still in crisis
Two days before the international "Seafarers' Day", the situation of crew changes in the global merchant fleet has not improved. Alfred Hartmann, president of the Association of German Shipowners (VDR), made an urgent appeal to states that prevent seafarers from... more
H2/2020: Full black or full red?
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime analyst Sea-Intelligence has issued a new assessment of the carrier's financial situation in 2020. In a first estimate in April, the Danes suggested two possible outcomes, both based on a presumed 10% loss of volumes. One forecasts... more
Paycargo Capital offers credit facility
Paycargo Capital, a sister company of the online payment platform Paycargo, is working with businesses in the fresh produce supply chain to provide fast and flexible financing for the movement of perishable cargo. Customers of Paycargo in North America can apply for credit of... more
Two Air Transat A330-200 to fly for GTA Air Cargo
Montreal (Canada)-based leisure carrier Air Transat will convert two of its A330-200s into makeshift freighters for use on behalf of GTA Air Cargo, the newest company of the GTA Group. Mario D'Urso, the chairman of the Canadian logistics firm's parent, GTA dnata, said via... more
Maersk sticks to its optimism
A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S (APMM), the world's largest container shipping group, said it expects better market demand than previously forecast in the current three-month period. The quarterly profit should therefore be "slightly above" the USD 1.5 billion mark achieved... more
Kale Logistics expands its presence in USA
Kale Logistics Solutions has appointed Donna Mullins as vice president of its subsidiary Kale Info Solutions (USA). She will play an important role in developing the company's North American market. Mullins comes with over 38 years of experience in import/export and freight... more
Cargo link between Northwest and Northeast
Pittsburgh airport (PIT) in Pennsylvania is expected to sign an agreement to expand its collaboration with another airport – 4,000 miles away in Alaska. The agreement, with Anchorage airport (ANC), aims to boost sales and marketing efforts at both airports, with a particular... more