Damco appoints Mike Meierkort as head of Americas 
Mike Meierkort has been appointed head of Americas, Damco, as the freight forwarder launches a new cargo rescue programme in the USA, with two service offerings to help ease supply chain congestion caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. Based in Chicago, Illinois, Meierkort has... more
Comtrak changes ownership
Hub Group in the USA has completed the acquisition of Comtrak for USD 38.0 million. Comtrak is a transportation industry leader in the USA whose services include rail and international drayage for the intermodal sector, full truckload transportation, container storage, yard... more
Silk Way West conquers the Far West
From today, 6 April 2020, Silk Way West is introducing weekly flights to Dallas Fort Worth, adding to its already existing thrice weekly scheduled operation to Chicago. The new service develops the Baku-based airline's customer and sales activities in the USA as a part of its... more
Choice Logistics names Robb Porter as chief customer officer
Choice Logistics CEO Matthew McKeever has announced that the US-based company has named Robb Porter as its chief customer officer. In this role, he is responsible for developing and deploying a comprehensive customer strategy to maximise customer acquisition, retention and... more
US short line railroad to handle turbine parts
The New England Central Railroad (NECR) has leased a 20,230 sqm parcel under its control to the Connecticut port authority to handle wind turbine components through the American Port of New London, which at this time does not require rail service. In return, the port authority... more
Emirates Skycargo calibrates cargo ops
Emirates Skycargo has announced a new flight schedule for its global operations which also includes cargo flights operated on Emirates' B777. These flights will offer around 40 t of lower deck cargo capacity per flight and will supplement the cargo capacity being offered on... more
One Swiss belly to Beijing, two series to New York
Swiss World Cargo will re-introduce additional capacity into its network. Ashwin Bhat, head of cargo, Swiss International Air Lines: "In addition to our three-times weekly service to EWR, we will offer a cargo-only belly capacity to JFK two times per week. To Asia we will... more
More Latin American carriers link the world
Colombia-based Avianca Cargo is providing uninterrupted freight transport service now with the support of aircraft and passenger crew, to contribute to the supply of food, medical equipment, toiletries, and medicines. On 26 March, a B787-8 made its first cargo flight between... more
Eco-friendly cranes increase rail terminal efficiency
US class I railways Norfolk Southern (NS) has selected Konecranes to provide five Konecranes for intermodal operations in the Chicago area, USA. The hybrid rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes are equipped with a battery pack and Tier iV final genset for very eco-efficient... more
Air Canada delays BRU launch but adds cargo-only flights
Air Canada, which had planned to complement its existing daily service between Montreal and Brussels with a six times weekly B787 service from Toronto, as of 1 May 2020, had to drastically reduce its domestic and international network and shelve these plans which are... more