Award for US short-line railroads 
In the USA, OmniTRAX recently honoured some of its short-line railroads for safety, culture and performance in the framework of its annual national leadership meeting in Denver (CO). The OmniTRAX “railroad of the year” award went to Brownsville & Rio Grande... more
Weber strengthens its leadership team
With two new additions and one promotion, Weber Logistics has augmented its leadership team. In his new role as vice president, transportation operations, Jerry Critchfield will have overall operational and financial responsibility for Weber’s transportation division.... more
Dakotas: more celebrations ahead
Only days before reviving the Berlin airlift of 1948-1949, several of the more than 800 Douglas C-47 Skytrains (Dakotas) which participated in “D-Day”, when almost 160,000 Allied troops stormed the Normandy beaches, will come back to the place where they made history on 6... more
Orbcomm promotes Dean Milcos to CFO
Orbcomm, a provider of machine-to-machine (M2M) and internet of things (IoT) solutions, has promoted Constantine (“Dean”) Milcos to executive vice president and CFO, upon the resignation of Mike Ford, who previously held that position. In his new role, Milcos will oversee... more
Airlines deepen cooperation with pharma logistics providers
Ahead of the Logipharma event in Montreux (Switzerland) from today, 9 April 2019, until next Thursday, CSafe Global, a US provider of active and passive temperature-controlled packaging solutions for pharmaceutical products, has reported that American Airlines is the latest... more
Atlas Air: new aircraft for Amazon and Qantas
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings has entered into an amended and restated air transport services agreement with Amazon.com Services. According to the pact, Atlas Air's wholly owned subsidiary Southern Air will provide CMI services to Amazon using B737-800 series aircraft. The... more
UPS supports trans-border shipments
UPS has expanded its UPS worldwide express freight palletised service, which is now available in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. With this move, UPS can provide its customers with guaranteed delivery of palletised shipments in one day to the United States, helping to expedite... more
Azul - strong enough to go it alone
The Brazilian carrier, Azul Linhas Aéreas, has decided not to pursue a commercial agreement with Correios, Brazil’s postal service, to create an integrated logistics solutions company. The move had been approved by the country's competition authority a few months ago. In... more
ABC adds second weekly service to Ohio
Launched exactly one year ago, Airbridge Cargo Airlines (ABC) is expanding its scheduled freighter operations at Rickenbacker airport (LCK) to a twice-weekly frequency. This doubles its airfreight solutions for customers within a one-day drive to nearly half of the US population... more
São Paulo Guarulhos airport augments market share
The approximately 100,000 sqm (37,000 sqm refrigerated), São Paulo Guarulhos airport (GRU) Cargo Terminal (Teca) has strengthened its position as Brazil's main airport logistics park, and collared 42% of the market share in 2018. Since the concession began in 2012, there... more