Latam Group increases cargo capacity on widebody aircraft 
After three days of work at Sao Paulo’s maintenance centre, Latam Group announced the first B777-300ER reconfiguration. This aircraft's economy cabin had passenger seats temporarily removed to increase its cargo transportation capacity by 20%. Due to its suitability for long... more
Long Beach feels pandemic impact in April
The waves of the measures against the Covid-19 pandemic continued to hit the US West Coast port of Long Beach in April. The port posted a throughput of almost 520,000 teu, down 17.3% from April 2019, which remains the port’s busiest April on record. While imports decreased... more
Another longest "domestic" flight
French Bee, a subsidiary of the Dubreuil Group, has made the world’s longest nonstop domestic commercial flight to date by flying one of its A350-900s from Papeete in French Polynesia to Paris and landing at Orly airport on 15 May 2020. The flight time to cover a route of more... more
United Cargo increases capacities
United Cargo's inaugural cargo-in-cabin flight flew from London to Chicago (ORD) last week, with almost 2 t of mail in the passenger cabin, plus a full payload of freight in belly. Initially, cargo-in-cabin shipments will be loaded on B777 and B787 cargo-only flights, which... more
First Copper River salmon salutes medical professionals
Alaska Air Cargo, which transports more than 13,000 t of cargo annually, has delivered the first catch of Copper River salmon to Seattle, which will be distributed to grocery stores across the USA. As a thank you for their efforts on the frontlines of the battle against... more
Hapag-Lloyd holds its course in 2020
Hapag-Lloyd's transport volumes of passed the threshold of 3 million teu in Q1/2020 (3.053 million teu), a 4.8 % increase compared to Q1/2019, freight rates went up by USD 15 per teu from USD 1,079 to USD 1,094. Altogether, the first quarter of 2020 was friendly to the... more
24% more freighters at biggest global cargo hub
In April, cargo throughput at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) dropped 14.2% compared to the same month last year, to 338,000 t. The overall decline in cargo handled was mainly attributed to the 51% decline in transhipments, while exports increased by 4%, with North... more
New sites along Winchester & Western Railroad
US railroad Omnitrax is extending its new rail-ready sites programme to the West Virginia branch of the Winchester & Western Railroad (WW). This project connects rail-served sites with customers in need of property to access the benefits of rail. OmniTRAX officials... more
Nokian Tyres adds supply chain leader
Nokian Tyres has hired Christy McDaniel as head of supply chain for the Americas region, a new position that will manage the tyre manufacturer’s logistics, supply chain planning and customer service divisions. The company opened a factory in Dayton, Tennessee (USA) last year... more
Humanitarian hubs and depots around the world
The UN Word Food Programme (WFP) has chosen Guangzhou in southern China and not the Alibaba metropolis Hangzhou (see ITJ 19-20/2020, p 14) as the place to set up one of its eight global humanitarian hubs. These locations form a hubs-and-spokes system that will route medical... more