More intermodal transport in North America 
For full year 2013 US railroads reported a cumulative volume of 14.61 million carloads and 12.83 million intermodal units, a 0.5% decrease and 4.6% increase respectively compared to the previous year. The Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported that the total combined... more
New sales manager for Captrain Deutschland
Birgit Mazur is joining the management of SNCF Fret Deutschland GmbH (Captrain Solutions), based in Frankfurt am Main, on 1 February 2014. As new managing director, she will head the company together with Philippe Golder, who has worked for Captrain Solutions since 2006 and who... more
Oldest plane in US fleet retired
Delta Air Lines retired its remaining Douglas DC-9 aircraft after it completed the 16.20 (CST) flight from Minneapolis/St Paul MN to Atlanta GA on 6 January. It was the DC-9's last scheduled commercial flight operated by a major US airline. Delta was the launch customer for the... more
AEO certification for BDP International in Thailand
The US-based transport and logistics company BDP International (BDP) recently announced its Thailand offices have been awarded authorized economic operator (AEO) certification by the Thailand customs department. AEO is a supply chain security programme developed by EU member... more
Gulf ports to collaborate on environmental issues
The Texan port of Corpus Christi will host environmental staff from US and Mexican ports around the Gulf of Mexico for the 3rd annual Gulf Ports Environmental Summit on 16 and 17 January 2014. The ports will work together in discussing best practices in environmental management... more
Flacke joins Champ Cargosystems
Markus Flacke has become the new managing director of Champ Cargosystems, a provider of integrated IT solutions and distribution services for the air cargo industry. He took over from Felix Keck on 1 January 2014. Flacke joins Champ from Lufthansa Cargo where he held a... more
Husa Transportation ending railfreight operations
Husa Transportation plans to withdraw its open-acess railfreight operations. Husa Transportation Railway Services (HTRS) Nederland and its German subsidiary HTRS Süd, will cease operations by 1 March and are being offered for sale. The finances of the Dutch logistics company... more
India's first air cargo community portal established
Mumbai International Airport Private Limited (MIAL) and its strategic IT technology partner Kale Logistics have launched India’s first air cargo community portal "GMAX-GVK MIAL Air Exchange". The portal was officially launched by MIAL at the 40th ACAAI Convention... more
Change of leadership at port of Melbourne
Nick Easy has been appointed as chief executive officer of the Port of Melbourne Corporation (PoMC). He is expected to take up his position in March 2014. Caryn Anderson was chosen as interim CEO. The outgoing CEO, Stephen Bradford, is rescinding the position after ten years of... more
RAlpin posts best annual performance in 2013
Piggyback train operator RAlpin took a record number of trucks off the roads and shifted them to the railway last year. Some 109,000 lorries wound their way through Switzerland on nearly 5,500 rolling motorway trains in 2013, 9% more than in 2012. The trains’ utilisation rate... more