Latam Cargo Brasil now linking Mexico and Brazil 
Starting in April 2022, Latam Cargo Brasil will operate weekly cargo services between the markets of Mexico and Brazil. The southbound flight will serve Mexico City-Recife-Viracopos on Sundays, while the northbound flight will connect Viracopos with Mexico City on Saturdays.... more
Intersport's omnichannel logistics concept
The Hamburg-based Intersport Group, which has more than 1,000 affiliated retailers in the B2B sector in Germany, has put its logistics on a new footing. The central warehouse in Heilbronn has been gradually expanded since 2018 in keeping with the company’s omnichannel... more
"Curiosity of the Day" 
In Alaska, it is forbidden by law to get elks drunk or push them out of an airplane. more
TNW Corporation chooses Jeremy Bush
Jeremy Bush has joined TNW Corporation, a privately held operator of short line railroads and logistics centres, as superintendent of railway operations at the TXGN Railway and TXR Railway. In his new position, Bush will oversee day-to-day operations and be responsible for... more
A partnership for the decarbonisation of shipping
It is a new cooperation to further decarbonisation in the shipping industry: in Italy, the inspection, certification and consulting engineering company Rina and Fincantieri, a design and construction company for ships and maritime technological systems, have signed a memorandum... more
Honours for best digital transformation projects
Geodis has won the first prize in the transportation category at this year’s computer weekly innovation awards Apac for its innovative use of internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) in the development and design of its road services.... more
Brazil’s rail operators to receive new locos
USA-based manufacturer Wabtec is introducing a new locomotive model to Brazil’s railfreight market with deliveries of 25 ES44ACi diesel-electric locomotives to Suzano, MRS and Rumo expected for the coming days. The introduction of the new vehicle type provides Brazil’s... more
Greetings from Berne
At the "Logistics & Automation – The unique national meeting place of the logistics industry in Switzerland", which is now (30 – 31 March 2022) taking place in Berne, you meet national decision makers from automated warehouse and conveyor technology to... more
US investment in British cargo carrier
Bournemouth (UK)-based European Cargo Limited (ECL) has closed a significant minority equity investment by Priority 1 Logistics Holdings, a newly formed subsidiary of USA-based Priority 1 Holdings. Proceeds of the investment will be used to eliminate third-party debt,... more
Nola swears in HPD chief Melanie Montroll
The Port of New Orleans (Port Nola) has sworn in Captain Melanie Montroll as the new chief of its harbour police department (HPD). She is the first woman and the first African American woman to be elected chief of the HPD. Montroll succeeds chief Robert Hecker, who retires after... more