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
Two small and one big new aircraft
Founded in 2007, the Hungarian airline Fleet Air, whose Bulgarian subsidiary has registered three ATR freighters, has taken over two ATR42-300F. The medium-term goal of the regional airline, which carried out a comprehensive overhaul of its fleet in the late summer of last... more
Reliance Partners expands senior leadership team
Reliance Partners, an American commercial insurance agency focused on logistics and transport, has named Thom Albrecht as CFO & chief revenue officer. Albrecht is a 32-year veteran of the transportation industry and served most recently as CCO and CFO with Celadon Group.... more
Exclusive agreement for thermal packaging solution
DuPont has entered into an exclusive agreement with Cold Chain Technologies for the global production, sales, distribution and technical service of "Tyvek cargo covers" for the life sciences industry. Starting in exactly two months from today, on 15 July 2020, CCT... more
CCM enhances booking application with QR code functionality
Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), the interoperable gray chassis pool manager in the United States, has added QR code functionality to its ChassisChoice.com booking application system. Utilising smartphone technology, this enhancement enables swift, contactless... more