Another US short-line railroad changes owner 
US transport company OmniTRAX has completed the acquisition of the 101 year-old Winchester & Western Railroad (WW) from Covia. WW is a Class III shortline railroad operating in the US states of Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and New Jersey. The railroad interchanges... more
Port of Long Beach enjoys a busy August 2019
This year, the port of Long Beach recorded the fifth-busiest August in its 108-year history. A total of almost 664,000 teu were handled during this month. Nevertheless, August 2018 was stronger (+2.3%). In August 2019, imports slid by 5.9% to 323,000 teu, while exports rose 4.5%... more
Red Hawk appoints logistics specialist
Red Hawk, a distributor of medical devices, has appointed a supply chain, procurement and finance veteran, Joseph R. Mohr, to its board of directors effective 15 October 2019. Mohr has over forty years of c-suite executive experience, including thirty years of executive supply... more
Calling at the port of Corpus Christi for the first time
Eagle Ford Terminals Corpus Christi, a joint venture of Plains All American Pipeline and Enterprise Products Partners L.P., recently docked its first vessel at its new dock on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel. The terminal consists of a vessel berth with a total depth of... more
Improved conditions for perishables at Toronto airport
Air Canada Cargo is extending its collaboration with its handling partner in Toronto (Canada) to include all "AC Cool Chain" shipments. From today, 16 September 2019, in addition to pharmaceuticals, shipments booked with the "AC Fresh" solution flowing... more
Ryder opens largest facility in Texas
Ryder System has opened a new maintenance facility in Saginaw, Texas (USA) – an inner suburb of Fort Worth. The new 2,600 sqm facility will employ up to 60 people to better serve the nearly 100 Ryder customers in the area. “The Dallas-Fort Worth region continues to expand,”... more
Mike Wilson to receive 2019 Silver Kingpin Award
Mike Wilson, CEO, Consolidated Chassis Management (CCM), will receive the 2019 Silver Kingpin Award, which is presented by the Intermodal Association of North America (IANA). The award recognises an individual’s long-term contributions to intermodalism. Wilson will be... more
Investing in LNG terminal in Colombia
The Dutch company Royal Vopak has just acquired 49% of the shares of the Sociedad Portuaria el Cayao (“Spec”) in Cartagena, Colombia. Spec is so far the only LNG import facility in Colombia and has been in operation since 2016. The facility consists of an LNG jetty, onshore... more
From DP World to Delta Cargo
Delta Cargo has appointed Rob Walpole as vice president – cargo operations and logistics. This new position, reporting to Shawn Cole, will see Walpole lead Delta Cargo’s global operations and Delta Logistics control centre teams. “Walpole has a strong operational background and... more
An American in Europe 
American Airlines Cargo is the North American legacy carrier with the largest freight capacity (see page 24 of ITJ 31-35 / 2019), offering 430 weekly widebody links to Europe and 120 to Latin America. ITJ editor Andreas Haug talked to Lisa Oxentine, managing director for global... more