UPS Board appoints Carol Tomé as CEO 
The UPS board of directors has named Carol Tomé as UPS CEO from 1 June 2020. David Abney, the current chairman and CEO, will remain in his role until 1 June, when he'll become executive chairman of the board. He'll retire from the UPS board on 30 September. In order to... more
DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics expand partnership
In the USA, DHL Supply Chain and Locus Robotics, a provider in autonomous mobile robots (AMR) for fulfilment warehouses, have extended their partnership to include ten new, nationwide deployments of the Locus AMR solution in 2020. The companies have signed an expanded multi-site... more
Chinese ebb in the port of Long Beach
A tandem torpedo hit the Californian port of Long Beach at the beginning of the year. The total number of boxes handled in January and February declined 7.1% compared to the same period in 2018. Lingering effects from the United States’ trade war with China on ship calls and the... more
Maritime volume contraction like in 2009?
The Copenhagen (Denmark)-based maritime consultancy Sea-Intelligence predicts a Corona-caused decline of shippers' demand similar to the aftermath of the global financial crises in 2008 and 2009: "This implies a potential volume loss of 10% equal to 17 million teu... more
MacGregor's service to cover the Americas
MacGregor, part of the Finnish Cargotec Group, has announced that following the acquisitions of Rapp Marine and TTS in 2018 and 2019 respectively, it will extend its coverage and capability to support all service need of customers on the American Continents. Based in six... more
Northern cargo hub imports Covid-19
An individual associated with an Anchorage-bound cargo flight was tested positive for Covid-19. The patient is a non-US national who developed a fever and respiratory symptoms shortly after arriving at Anchorage airport on 11 March 2020, before going to Alaska Regional Hospital... more
Building an air bridge between the Americas and China
Because the new coronavirus situation is so volatile, capacity planning is becoming a real challenge. Now Dachser Air & Sea Logistics is adding to its existing charter service between Frankfurt and China: starting today, 16 March 2020, the Germany-based freight forwarder... more
Europe's biggest cargo gateway feels sick in February
This is no surprise: In February 2020, Frankfurt airport, Europe's biggest air cargo hub, witnessed cargo throughput (airfreight + airmail) shrinking by 8% to 148,500 t. The impact of the coronavirus, particularly towards the end of the month, far outweighed the positive... more
Port of Los Angeles' corona loss so far
The 544,000 teu handled in the port of Los Angeles in February stand for a 22.9% decrease in volumes compared to last year. While February imports decreased 22.5% to 270,000 teu compared to 2018, exports decreased 5.7% to 134,000 teu. Empty containers declined even more... more
US railroad heads for a more sustainable future
Union Pacific (UP) intends to set science-based targets to determine a time-plan and strategy for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. A letter of commitment was submitted to the science based targets initiative (SBTi), which independently assesses corporate emissions... more