CN to strengthen its rail network in Manitoba 
Canadian National Railways (CN) plans to invest CAD 120 million (EUR 79.5 million) in Manitoba in 2019 to strengthen the company’s rail network across the province. The planned expansion projects include, inter alia, a new train passing siding east of Winnipeg and the... more
Bright future beckons for Scottish airport
Glasgow Prestwick Airport (PIK) welcomed a new twice-weekly B747F service from the British Cargologicair, connecting Scotland with Houston and Frankfurt. Each service offers 110 tonnes of freight capacity, giving a welcome boost to the regional oil and gas, aerospace and other... more
American Club appoints new managers
Shipowners Claims Bureau, managers of the American Club, has made several senior appointments to enhance the capabilities of its global service teams. At the Club’s headquarters in New York, Margaret Lee has been appointed as lead counsel. With twenty years of experience in... more
US class I railroad digitalising further
Kansas City Southern (KCS) is to deploy the Cloud Moyo Crew Management (CCM) solution in the USA. The cloud-based CCM is already in place in Mexico. The solution enables KCS crews in the USA and Mexico to work more effectively and securely across geographical locations,... more
Gendron appointed operations director
Gaétan Boivin, president and CEO of the Trois-Rivières Port Authority (TRPA), a Canadian port located between Montreal and Quebec, has announced the appointment of Sylvain Gendron as operations director. A graduate in naval architecture from the Institut Maritime du Quebec... more
Major milestone in US unmanned aviation
After completing more than 3,000 flights for healthcare systems in Switzerland, the Californian drone technology provider Matternet is now partnering with UPS in the first Federal Aviation Administration sanctioned use of a drone for routine revenue flights involving the... more
New partnership in Indiana's short-line rail network
In the USA, G&W’s affiliates, Peoria & Western Railway (TPW) and Central Railroad Company of Indianapolis (CERA), have signed long-term agreements to lease and operate the Winamac Southern Railway and Kokomo Railroad, respectively, which together own 92 km of track in... more
Spanish airline becomes more cargo-friendly
CDB Aviation, a wholly owned Irish subsidiary of China Development Bank Financial Leasing, has delivered the first of two A330-200 aircraft to Spain’s third-leading, long-haul airline Wamos Air. The second aircraft is slated for delivery in June 2019. In another move to... more
More intermodal traffic in Brazil's interior
In Brazil, the rail company MRS and the road haulier Tora have formed a partnership to transport more goods between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo per rail and to promote intermodal traffic in the country’s interior. The companies plan to offer joint railfreight services for... more
CFO Andrew Clarke leaving C.H. Robinson
Andrew Clarke will step down from his position as CFO of C.H. Robinson on 31 March 2019. The US company has commenced a formal search for Clarke’s successor, and is reviewing internal and external candidates. John Wiehoff, chairman and CEO, declared: “Over the last four... more