Panalpina's transatlantic service happy and Brexit-ready 
Mexico-based Querétaro airport (QRO), which was added to the Panalpina charter network (see page 14 of ITJ 23-26/2018) last May, is performing very well. Matthias Frey, global head of the charter network: "We closed 2018 with 37 regular flights into QRO, 71 into Mexico... more
Canadian firm introduces outsourcing fleet solution
Montreal (Canada)-based Andy Transport has launched its newest business venture: Tristan Cartage. The new company is an outsourcing fleet solution (truck and driver) for local and regional fluctuating transport needs. Tristan Cartage’s target customers are other for-hire... more
LoManto Aurichio named CII executive director
The New Jersey based Containerization & Intermodal Institute (CII) has named Lisa LoManto Aurichio as executive director. She will assume the role held by Barbara Spector Yeninas since 1985. Yeninas has now taken on the position of senior advisor. Michael J. DiVirgilio,... more
Lynden Air Cargo crosses last frontier
Lynden Air Cargo, a US airline based in Anchorage AK and Seattle WA, has joined a short list of operators that serve all seven continents by starting a new project in support of an Italian Antarctic expedition team doing research on the icy land mass. The month-long mission... more
GTA Dnata with North American first in Toronto
GTA Dnata, the joint venture company of the Dubai-based ground handling services provider Dnata in Canada, has been certified by Iata's Center of Excellence for Independent Validators in Pharmaceutical Logistics (CEIV Pharma) for its pharma handling processes and facilities in... more
Norfolk Southern to expand US terminal capacity
Kalmar, part of Cargotec, has signed a deal to supply the US railway company Norfolk Southern with four Kalmar Smart Power rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) equipped with a suite of process automation solutions. Delivery should be completed by the end of 2019. The RTGs... more
Improving rail access to northeast corridor in USA
In the USA, Quonset Development Corporation has received a USD 3 million federal grant for the Quonset freight rail enhancements and expansion project, designed to increase freight train capacity at the Quonset Business Park and provide easier access to the port of Davisville RI... more
UPS creates position President Supply Chain Solutions
Philippe Gilbert is joining UPS as president, supply chain solutions this month (January). He will also become a member of the company’s management committee, the company’s senior most leadership group. Gilbert will be based at the company’s global headquarters in Atlanta GA... more
German air service provider orders B737 p2f
The US aircraft conversion company, Aeronautical Engineers, has signed a contract with Miesbach (Germany)-based Royal Aero to provide the latter with a B737-400SF freighter. The aircraft, Royal Aero's first AEI freighter conversion of this aircraft type, will be modified at... more
US railway provides solid help to industry
Norfolk Southern (NS) generated more than 60,000 carloads of new rail traffic in 2018 that helped 90 industries locate or expand business operations along the company’s rail lines in the USA. The 72 new and 18 expanded industries across 17 US states represented an investment... more