Airbridges from China to Nantes and from Vietnam to Columbus 
The New York-based apparel solutions provider Wen-Parker Logistics has chartered Ohio's five first direct flights from Vietnam through Columbus Rickenbacker. Bryan Schreiber, manager, air cargo business development for the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, points out that,... more
UN organisations issue joint declaration
The International Civil Aviation Organisation (Icao) has joined the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) in issuing a new statement on the need to ensure ‘key worker’ designations for the millions of skilled personnel now... more
New rail service between Moncton and Halifax
In collaboration with the Halifax Port Authority, stakeholders, ocean carriers and customers, Canadian National Railways (CN) now offers a new intermodal service through its Moncton yard aimed at reducing short-haul trucking in Halifax. “This intermodal service will play a... more
State aid for Lufthansa, creditor protection for Latam
Economic Stabilisation Fund (WSF) of the Federal Republic of Germany has approved its stabilisation package for Deutsche Lufthansa. The airline's executive board, led by CEO Carsten Spohr (right, together with German federal minister of transport Andreas Scheuer and Bavarian... more
Container index takes a fall in April
The downturn had been expected. The container throughput of the RWI Leibniz Institute for Economic Research and the Institute for Shipping Economics (ISL) fell from 110.4 (corrected) to 108.9 in April, down 6.5% from the value of the same period last year. In the Chinese... more
Towards an Easa approved P2F solution
Brussels-headquartered Akka Technologies and Avianor from Montréal, the majority-owned affiliates of Drakkar's aerospace & ground transportation division, have signed a collaboration agreement for Avianor's passenger-to-freighter conversion solution, certified by the... more
Fedex expands in Paris, UPS in Greater Chicago
Fedex Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. which currently represents more than a third of the cargo capacity at Paris CDG, processes thousands of medical shipments through its European hub every day. This includes PPE, clinical trials, medical supplies and equipment, which are... more
New Pakistan carrier takes over first cargo aircraft
Rostrum Leasing Ireland has delivered its first B737-300BCF to Air Falcon, a regional airline headquartered in Lahore, Pakistan. Converted by Pemco, the aircraft was ferried earlier this month from Victorville, California, to Karachi. Rostrum Leasing will be supplying a second... more
Bahamas Maritime Authority chooses new deputy director
The Bahamas Maritime Authority (BMA) has appointed Captain Ghulam Hussain as deputy director (maritime affairs) with responsibility for Bahamas representation at IMO and intergovernmental meetings. Hussain joins the BMA having recently held a similar position at the Nautical... more
Fostering e-bills of lading globally
The Digital Container Shipping Association (Dcsa), in which most of the major carriers seek to standardise their digital activities, has put forward that the current pandemic forges the need to digitise the bill of lading (B/L) in shipping as well. André Simha, global chief... more