Building up Panama's humanitarian hub 
Panama's "logistics humanitarian hub" - one of eight designated by WHO and WFP (see today's ITJ 19-20/2020) - is working day and night to give Panama and all countries in the Latin American region access to the greatest number of medical supplies and food during this... more
Innovative tools for Termont Montreal
The container terminal operator Termont Montreal (Termont) is introducing a number of process automation solutions for its cargo-handling equipment fleet. Delivery of the order is scheduled to begin in Q2/2020. Termont is based at the port of Montreal in Canada. Its... more
How to swap vessel crews?
A number of companies and maritime organisations have joined forces to investigate how crew changes can be made possible during the Covid-19 pandemic, said Henrik Jensen, who founded Danica Crewing Services in Odessa (Ukraine) in 2008. The company runs offices in Hamburg... more
New interim president for the Port of Santos
Brazil's ministry of infrastructure has replaced the president of the Santos Port Authority (SPA). The former president Casemiro Tércio Carvalho resigned last week. No reasons were disclosed. As interim president, Fernando Biral will now take over the helm at Latin America's... more
Flying for current and future food needs
Emirates Skycargo has used B777F and B777-300ER passenger freighters to help maintain and replenish food supplies in the UAE. The air cargo carrier has helped import more than 34,000 t of food since January 2020, out of which 13,000 t were imported between March and April coming... more
DB Schenker charters PVG shuttle service
After combining efforts through three flights carrying medical equipment from China to Iceland, Icelandair Group and DB Schenker have signed an agreement regarding 45 cargo flights between Shanghai PVG and Munich. Three redesigned B767 with removed seats have already started... more
Global idle fleet crosses threshold of 3 million teu
The pandemic forces all carriers to idle segments of their operated tonnage, now amounting to 3 million teu, according to the latest figures of Alphaliner. The maritime intelligence provider said that this number surpasses the previous peak mark of 2.46 million teu reported at... more
Beneficiaries of the crisis?
The French association of overseas companies, Fedom (Fédération des Entreprises des Outre-Mer), is concerned about capacity bottlenecks between mainland France and the territories overseas. In a letter that was sent to the relevant members of the government at the end of... more
Paycargo offers transactions in CAD
Paycargo has launched a dedicated CAD online freight payment platform in Canada. Payers now have the flexibility to pay in either Canadian or US dollars for the first time. The Canada launch, part of ongoing growth and development plans by the Fintech company, was fast-tracked... more
Smaller US airports continue to rise
Chicago Rockford airport (RFD) handled more than 283,000 t of cargo in Q1/20 - the most that the world's cargo airport with the highest rate increase in 2019 has ever processed during three months and 30% more than in Q1/19. Passenger terminals at Ontario... more