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
Louis DeJoy to serve as new postmaster general
The board of governors of the United States Postal Service has unanimously elected Louis DeJoy to serve as the 75th postmaster general of the United States and CEO of the world’s largest postal organisation. DeJoy is an accomplished business executive with more than 35 years... more
Drugs in turntables and washing machines
On 1 May 2020, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Cincinnati airport inspected a shipment originating from Mexico destined for Prague. The package contained a DJ Pioneer turntable. After examining the rusty, broken item and probing what appeared to be the... more
Will Maersk weather the storm?
A.P. Moeller-Maersk showed a better performance in this year's first quarter than expected. Nevertheless, the Danish container shipping company warned of a 20-25% decrease in volumes in the second quarter. Maersk posted a USD 197 million net profit in the first three months... more