ID Logistics extends its footprint to USA 
ID Logistics, a French provider of contract logistics, has acquired the assets of the American company Jagged Peak, a logistics company specialised in e-commerce, multi-channel and consumer products. Eric Hémar, chairman and CEO of ID Logistics commented: "This... more
Swiss opens Edelweiss bellies for Mexican exporters
ITJ was the first to announce it: Swiss World Cargo has now opened its Cancun station for exports, which means that all flights between Zurich and Cancun can now carry freight on both their inbound and outbound journeys. Swiss World Cargo connects both airports with a... more
Ceva enables mission to honour fallen US veterans
It has always been a dream of Morrill Worcester, founder of the USA-based non-profit organisation Wreaths Across America (WAA), to place a wreath in honour of every US veteran laid to rest around the world. To breathe life into his dream, Ceva Logistics, for the second year... more
Two new northern routes by the end of the year
From today, 3 December 2019, Air Senegal is offering daily flights between its home base in Dakar and Casablanca, Morocco’s largest airport. While the intra-African route will use A319 aircraft, the new, three-weekly connection from Dakar – Marseille (France) – Barcelona (Spain)... more
Iberia to add IAD
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) in USA has announced that Iberia Airlines will begin a nonstop service between Madrid (Spain) and IAD from 1 May 2020 with four A330 flights per week, expanding to five flights a week from 6 July 2020. Yil Surehan, VP airline... more
Goodman offers logistics space in LA
Businesses wanting to grow their footprint in Orange County (CA, USA) will have the rare opportunity to enhance their supply chain with a purpose-built facility developed by Goodman Group. The company has acquired a 263,045 sqm manufacturing and distribution centre in Fullerton,... more
Caribbean focuses on peak season
For the 2019 holiday peak period, specifically from today, 2 December 2019, until Christmas, Caribbean Airlines Cargo will be increasing its cargo capacity by over 100%. This increased capacity includes six weekly flights to Port of Spain (Trinidad & Tobago), five weekly... more
Sweden and Switzerland: new pharma targets
CSafe Global, a US provider of active temperature-controlled container solutions for pharma logistics, has expanded its cold chain service offerings in Europe by opening two new technical service centres - one in Zurich, Switzerland, and one at Stockholm Arlanda airport, Sweden.... more
Flying Whales and small AI-controlled airships
Québec intends to invest at least CAD 30 million (EUR 20 million) in the Flying Whales airship project in southwestern France and in a new local subsidiary, Les dirigibles Flying Whales Québec. The plan to invest public funds to open up remote areas of the Canadian province to... more
UIC: Railway safety achieves a record high
Rail transport is the safest mode of overland transport and is improving continuously in terms of safety, as the International Union of Railways (UIC) demonstrates in its latest report on railway accidents. Accidents and numbers of victims were reduced by almost 17% between... more