Disaster response resources for short lines in place 
“Short lines need to be thinking through disaster preparation, response, mitigation and resiliency on the calm days so that they’re ready to respond in a crisis,” says the American short line and regional railroad association (ASLRRA). Therefore, the association has... more
US short line railroad deploys PTC
Illinois Railway (IR) is one of the first US short line railroads to implement fully functional positive train control (PTC) and enable state-of-the-art safety on its trains, according to Omnitrax that operates the line. The IR has installed PTC equipment on three locomotives... more
Latam Cargo flies to Mount Pleasant
Having been chosen to operate the service in December 2018 following a tender process agreed between the British and Argentinean governments to introduce a new international air link to Mount Pleasant, Falkland Islands, Latam Airlines Brazil has announced that its new weekly... more
Jaxport in upbeat mood at the end of fiscal year
The Jacksonville Port Authority (Jaxport), one of Florida’s major container ports, achieved record volumes in containers, vehicles and overall tonnage during the fiscal year ending 30 September 2019. Altogether, the port handled almost 1.34 million teu, a rise of 5% in... more
Everybody flies to Florida
Just before the Air Cargo Americas, which is taking place in Miami from today, 29 October, until Thursday, 31 October, and where ITJ would be pleased to meet you, the Cincinnati Zoo returned manatees Miles and Matthew to Florida as it prepares to rehabilitate Truffleshuffle, the... more
Partners to make Canada's drones fly
As the sales agent for Drone Delivery Canada (DDC), Air Canada Cargo has announced that DDC has entered into a commercial agreement with DSV Air & Sea Canada, the Canadian arm of DSV Panalpina, to deploy DDC’s drone delivery platform for the use of DSV commencing at its new... more
New head for customs activities
Alexandra Kleinschmidt joins Crane Worldwide Logistics in Houston (TX, USA) to lead the customs brokerage and trade advisory team. Kleinschmidt is a licensed customs broker, certified customs specialist and has an experienced background in leadership roles covering customs... more
Transatlantic JV for the US offshore wind industry 
Hamburg (Germany)-based Bernhard Schulte Offshore (BSO) and Mid Ocean Wind (MOW), which operates in the USA, have agreed on a joint venture to build and operate support vessels for the US offshore wind industry. They will also strive to explore opportunities in other sectors of... more
Management changes at Boeing
Boeing has named Stan Deal to succeed Kevin McAllister as president and CEO of Boeing commercial airplanes and Ted Colbert to succeed Deal as president and CEO of Boeing global services, effective immediately. Vishwa Uddanwadiker has been appointed to Colbert's former role... more
UPS COO Jim Barber announces retirement
UPS has announced that its COO Jim Barber will retire at the end of December 2019. As COO, Barber is responsible for the company’s global small package, freight, supply chain and freight forwarding units and global engineering. Serving UPS for nearly 35 years, he joined the... more