Air Canada Cargo: maindeck cargo routes
From autumn, Air Canada's first B767 freighter, a converted 767-300ER, will operate on routes linking Toronto to Miami, Quito, Lima, Mexico City and Guadalajara, the first time the carrier will serve the Mexican destination. As more freighters enter service, more flights in... more
Shocking beyond Marseilles
Dominique Lebreton, member of the executive board and audits, projects and marketing director of port community systems provider MGI from Marseilles, as well as a French foreign trade advisor (Conseiller du Commerce Extérieur – CCE) was killed in a road accident on Saturday 12... more
Universal Wolf and Ferguson collaborate
Fergusons Transport, a major haulier in the northeast of England, has expanded its partnership with design and manufacturing specialist Universal Wolf. This moves follows the companies’ joint effort to build and deliver 750 hospital beds to support the NHS during the... more
Digital platform for Teesport
In UK, PD Ports, statutory harbour authority for the River Tees and owner and operator of Teesport, has launched a new digital platform aimed at promoting the strengths of the river and the ‘levelling up’ agenda for the north. The new platform, which is designed as a tool... more
Taylor-made finances
Becky Taylor has been appointed CFO DHL supply chain, UK&I, focussing on building DHL’s data-driven insight capabilities to support growth, while continuing to manage risk, controls and compliance. Moving from her current position as VP commercial DSC UK&I and... more
Finnair Cargo chooses CargoAi platform
The worldwide offering of Finnair Cargo is now live on CargoAi. Digital booking services - e-quotes and e-booking - of the Nordic and Baltic region’s largest air cargo carrier are available to forwarders directly via the SaaS platform. CargoAi CEO Matthieu Petot: "We’re... more
35 new wood chip wagons
VR Group’s Russian subsidiary Finnlog is expanding its rapidly growing operations. The company’s 35 new wagons will be deployed to import wood chips from Russia to the Metsä Group pulp mill in Joutseno, Finland. Finnlog specialises in wagon operating services in eastern... more
DPD France contracts Axians
Parcel service provider DPD France will continue to use Cargonet, a logistics system developed by Axians ICT Austria, for another ten years. DPD has been working with the software platform for 25 years. "We have been working with DPD on a pay-per-use model from the very... more
Modern tolling system for Louisiana
Plenary Infrastructure Group has contracted Austrian traffic technologist Kapsch TrafficCom to implement a new tolling system in the USA. The Louisiana Highway (LA-1) project launched by Louisiana’s department of transportation and development complements an existing contract.... more