One month to go for MAP candidates 
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will accept applications from airport sponsors through 17 December 2020, under the fiscal year 2021 military airport programme (MAP). The MAP, for which the FAA has funded approximately USD 753 million since 1991, provides funding... more
ICC decides for DIT
The ICC Arbitral Tribunal ruled on 13 November 2020 that a new call for tenders must be launched for concessions for the port of Douala in Cameroun - including the port and terminal operator Douala International Terminal (DIT), a subsidiary of APMT and Bolloré Groups. The... more
Twelve UK logisticians of the year
Twelve of the UK’s finest logistics businesses celebrated last week after being recognised as the 'best of the best' at the 2020 Logistics Awards of Logistics UK (a trading name of FTA), sponsored by the Port of Dover. The awards celebrate supply chain leadership and... more
First transport of coke to Italy completed
PKP Cargo International has transported the first train hauled by a multisystem locomotive with a load of 1,220 t of coke from Ostrava in Czechia to the Slovenian-Italian border crossing station Villa Opicina. This was the first journey of the carrier’s locomotive on Italian... more
Gebrüder Weiss remains on course
At a recent event organised by the Aircargo Club Deutschland (ACD), Lothar Thoma, managing director air & sea at Gebrüder Weiss (GW), confirmed that the Austria-headquartered company will continue its expansion strategy. Being currently represented at over 150 locations,... more
Livestock ex St Louis
St Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) has added livestock as a new type of air cargo. Last week, approximately 200 breeding pigs departed STL for São Paulo VCP. The pigs left the airport aboard an Atlas Air B747-400F. STL director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge said that... more
Transplace picks Palo
Transplace, a Dallas, TX-based provider of logistics technology and services, has appointed new chief marketing officer Carmen Palo. She will enhance integrated communications strategies to extend Transplace’s reach and better serve its diverse clients of globally recognised... more
Pacific Harbor Line to test battery locomotive
In the USA, Progress Rail has reached an agreement with Pacific Harbor Line (PHL) to supply its new battery electric locomotive for a demonstration project operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, California. The new, six-axle locomotive will feature the latest... more
More handling capacity on the Red Sea
In Jeddah, the Red Sea Gateway Terminal (RSGT) has taken delivery of two new ship-to-shore (STS) cranes, and ten hybrid-rubber-tyred gantry cranes (RTGs) manufactured by ZPMC in Shanghai. These are further steps in the planned expansion of Jeddah Port's strategy to double... more