Driver shortages to double in five years 
Over 3 million truck driver jobs or 7% are unfilled in 36 countries, a report of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) shows. Surveying over 4,700 trucking companies in the Americas, Asia, and Europe, which represent 72% of global GDP, IRU has found that truck driver... more
Cargo-Partner expands Canada-USA-Mexico network
Cargo-Partner has launched new road transport solutions connecting Canada, the USA and Mexico. The company is well-represented in North America with two offices in Mexico and four key hubs in the USA offering air, sea and road transport. The new portfolio will connect the... more
First flight for Elroy's Chaparral C1
Elroy Air flew the world’s first turbogenerator-hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing (hVTOL) aircraft on 12 November at its test-flight facility in Byron, California - the Chaparral C1. The C1 is an autonomous hVTOL aircraft, with distributed electric propulsion and a... more
American railroads prepare for 200th anniversary
The B&O Railroad Museum, the birthplace of American railroading, has announced that Joe Hinrichs, president and CEO of the CSX Corporation will chair the museum’s USD 30 million dollar capital campaign to transform its campus in preparation for the 200th anniversary of... more
Characterised by cooperation 
Large organisations’ joint projects take centre stage at World Ports Conference. Is it the growing urgency of questions determining the future, the increasing fragmentation of the world, or simply an increasing willingness to cooperate? Be that as it may, large associations and... more
New prospects for Brazilian aircraft manufacturer
Brazil's accession to the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Agreement on Trade in Civil Aircraft (TCA), formalised in Geneva (Switzerland) last week, has been welcomed by Embraer. The aerospace company's president and CEO, Francisco Gomes Neto: "From now on, the country... more
Santa and his helpers are getting a bigger sleigh
This week, Alaska Air Cargo is adding a new 737-800BCF to its dedicated cargo fleet, increasing the capacity and flexibility on the routes serving communities in Alaska and connecting them to the lower 48. A second 737-800 freighter will join the existing lineup of three... more
“An eye on the big picture”
In conversation with the Italian chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping. The ICS, which represents 80% of the global fleet, has been headed by Emanuele Grimaldi since 2022. The ICS’s chairman of the board spoke to Christian Doepgen at the World Port Conference in Abu... more
Fourkites welcomes new senior executives
Fourkites has expanded its senior management team. Technology industry veteran Sean Fallon returns to Fourkites as chief strategy officer, while chief product officer Priya Rajagopalan takes on an expanded role that closely aligns customer operations and product development... more
A cocktail of automated logistics solutions
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Symbotic have formed a partnership to deploy Symbotic’s robotics warehouse automation systems in some Southern Glazer distribution centres. The implementation is planned for 2025. Southern Glazer’s is a US-based alcoholic beverage... more